You can visit many of Milwaukee’s museums, parks, and zoos for free. Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s most popular cultural destinations offer free admission on specific days throughout the year. This is good news for those on a budget or lacking membership (members receive free entry with an annual fee).
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Milwaukee Public Museum
Direction
800 W Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, EE. UU.Get directions
Telephone
+1 414-278-2728
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The Milwaukee Public Museum is a museum of natural and human history located in the center of the city. The museum offers free general admission to all visitors on the first Thursday of the month. Additional charges apply for the Dome Theater and special exhibits. In addition to the days off on the first Thursday, there are additional days of special free admission:
- Mother’s Day – Free for mothers
- Father’s Day – Free for Parents
- Veterans Day – Free for veterans and current members of the military
- Grandparents Day: free for grandparents
- Memorial Day – Free for veterans and current members of the military
The museum has exhibits and events for all ages. You’ll want to take several hours to tour the Museum’s 150,000 square feet of exhibit space where you can “Visit Africa” and wander the bustling “Streets of Old Milwaukee” of a century past through life-size interactive exhibits.
The Dome Theater and Planetarium offers a free planetarium show plus exciting big-screen, 3D programming that requires the purchase of a ticket.
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Milwaukee art museum
Direction
700 N Art Museum Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53202, EE. UU.Get directions
Telephone
+1 414-224-3200
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The Milwaukee Museum of Art, one of the largest art museums in the United States, is an architectural landmark, comprised of three buildings designed by three famous architects: Eero Saarinen, David Kahler, and Santiago Calatrava. The museum houses 25,000 works of art.
The museum offers free admission for children under 12 every day and free for all on the first Thursday of each month. The museum participates in the Blue Star Museum program which, year after year, offers free admission to the museum to the nation’s active duty military personnel and their families, including the National Guard and Reserve, beginning on Memorial Day weekend. until Labor Day.
Be sure to schedule your visit to see the huge Burke Brise Soleil (“wings”) on the roof of the museum open at 10am, flap at noon, and closed when the museum closes (weather permitting).
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Mitchell Park Domes
Direction
524 S Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53215, EE. UU.Get directions
Telephone
+1 414-257-5611
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Parks and gardens
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The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory is known as “The Domes.” The dome structures are actually the only cone-shaped glass houses in the world and serve as a glass greenhouse for the plants and the event venue. Located just west of downtown Milwaukee at The Domes, you can experience a desert oasis, a tropical jungle, and flower gardens.
The Show Dome, included with general admission, transforms five times a year with a seasonal display. Each Show Dome display has a specific theme and the plants on display are selected specifically for that theme. Shows last six to 14 weeks.
Children under the age of five are always admitted free and on Mondays from 9 am to noon, Milwaukee County residents are admitted free (with ID).
The domes show signs of age and various community groups are working diligently to come up with a plan to ensure the buildings will last for many years.
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Milwaukee County Zoo
Direction
10001 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, EE. UU.Get directions
Telephone
+1 414-771-3040
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The Milwaukee County Zoo is home to more than 3,100 mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles in specialized habitats on 190 wooded acres.
Children two years and under are always admitted free. Milwaukee County residents with ID receive free admission to the zoo on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
In addition, there are annual sponsored free admission days. In 2018 the days off are:
- January 6, 2018
- February 3, 2018
- March 3, 2018
- Oct 6, 2018
- November 3, 2018
- December 1, 2018
Parking at $ 12 per car is still charged on free admission days.
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Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
Direction
929 E Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53202, EE. UU.Get directions
Telephone
+1 414-390-5437
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The Betty Brinn Children’s Museum is located in O’Donnell Park on the second level of the Miller Pavilion.
At the museum, you can become a creator with hands-on projects, explore science, or experience the science of movement. Kids can roll and run golf balls on tracks, loops, and hills to experience momentum, friction, gravity, acceleration, speed, and distance.
Classes and exhibits change but, as a rule, it’s about learning through activity and play.
The museum offers free admission on the third Thursday of each month from 5 p.m. M. At 8 p. M. Children under one year are always admitted free.
