Natural History & Culture Museums

Family-friendly Museum

Betty Brinn Children’s Museum

Milwaukee's only museum designed specifically for kids ages 10 and younger, featuring hands-on exhibits and interactive programs. Step inside Home Town, a kid-sized community where kids can explore a manufacturing exhibit, post office, construction site, TV studio and more. Kids will discover exciting hands-on exhibits that teach them about healthy lifestyles, art, trains and rotating special exhibits.

Science & Technology

Discovery World

This spectacular museum complex on Milwaukee's lakefront brings science, technology, and water to life through fun and educational activities kids love. Take a 3-D journey into virtual environments, lie on a bed of nails, drive a racecar simulator and more. See aquatic life from the Great Lakes, North Atlantic and the Caribbean in the Reiman Aquarium, including a walk-through tunnel and creatures to interact with in the Touch Tank. Other exciting experiences include day sails on the Sailing Vessel (S/V) Denis Sullivan, DIY projects in the Kohl’s Design It! Lab, and live theater shows.

History

Jewish Museum Milwaukee

Celebrate the history and contributions of Southeastern Wisconsin’s Jewish community. Changing special exhibits like “Jews Who Rock” and “Stitching History from the Holocaust” explore the breadth of the Jewish experience alongside historic pieces in the permanent collection.

History

Milwaukee Public Museum

Travel around the world, back in time, and to the depths of the oceans. Visit the turn of the century at the Streets of Old Milwaukee and European Village exhibits – not far enough? How about going back 65 million years with one of the world’s largest dinosaur skulls? You’ll also visit Africa, Asia, Europe, the Arctic, South and Middle America, the Pacific Islands, and a Costa Rican Rainforest. Add in special exhibits and the live butterflies the Puelicher Butterfly Wing, and you can see practically the entire world in these three and a half floors downtown.

Aviation

Mitchell Gallery of Flight

You don’t need to be flying to visit this free aviation museum located in the General Mitchell International Airport, but it is a great way to spend some time at the airport! Exhibits feature great aviators, historic aircraft, and the history of General Mitchell Field.

Museums

Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum

The mission of the Wisconsin Black Historical Society/Museum is to document and preserve the historical heritage of African descent in Wisconsin.