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Grohmann Museum
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1000 N BroadwayMilwaukee, WI 53202
Neighborhoods: East Town, Downtown
(414) 277-2300
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2 reviews for Grohmann Museum
2 reviews in English
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Review from Kyle H.
4/24/2011 21 photos
The Grohmann Museum on the campus of MSOE is a great art museum dedicated to celebrating Man at Work, a comprehensive collection by Dr. Eckhart Grohmann, an MSOE regent. General admission is $5 and well worth it. Images of men and women working go back as far as the 1600's, and the collection is impressive.
As you enter the museum, you cross a mosaic floor, while three stories above, an equally colorful mural by artist Hans Tylle represent great minds of science with the message to students and those entering "Seize the Day" and "Science Without Art is Nothing".
The current Mills of Milwaukee exhibit features photos of Milwaukee's steel mills and lots of documentation about how the mills came about, videos about how steel is made, and paintings and sculptures of the steel industry.
The standing Man at Work collection is very nicely done, separating paintings and sculptures by industry such as steel, physicians, wines and brewing, wool making, farming, and much more. Take the winding stairs up to the sculpture garden where large bronze sculptures of men and women of industry loom over the edge of the roof.
One visitor talked with us, saying she had come all the way from Appleton just to see the exhibit. She put it very well that the sheer size of the sculptures on the roof are a testament to how important industry has been to the City of Milwaukee. And the same can really be said of the Grohmann Museum, as it's testament to representations of work and industry couldn't have found a better City as a home.Listed in: Milwaukee, the Good Land
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Review from shavar g.
Milwaukee, WI
10/8/2010
The Grohmann Museums is so awesome, seeing magnificent beauiful paintings and even statues on the roof. I always go every year. the zeal of the place is just beauiful.
