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Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin

Milwaukee natural history and culture museum at 800 West Wells Street, with a successor museum planned downtown for 2027.

800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233 · Milwaukee, WI

About Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Public Museum on West Wells Street is the current home of this museum's collections and exhibit halls. The institution says it will be succeeded by a new natural history museum, the Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, in downtown Milwaukee in 2027. Its collection holds about 4 million objects. Visitors can buy admission that includes one planetarium program, while Dome Theater films cost extra. Members and young children enter free, and an EBT-based program offers reduced entry to many visitors receiving food assistance.

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