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Inside the $255M Milwaukee Public Museum project
The precast shell of the future Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin is complete and the building is expected to open in 2027. Currently, crews are chipping away at the interior in downtown Milwaukee.
New Milwaukee museum nears fundraising goal amid rising costs
Milwaukee Public Museum's fundraising campaign for its new building has reached nearly 90% of the campaign's original goal. But the project's costs are increasing due to inflation and tariffs.
Milwaukee County shares mixed-use plan for old Milwaukee Public Museum site
A consultant report found that a high-density, mixed-use project would be a lucrative use for the old Milwaukee Public Museum site once it closes its doors forever. The museum will fully relocate in late 2027 or early 2028.
PHOTOS: Vertical construction of Milwaukee’s public museum wraps up
Crews lifted the final beam in place at the Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, a $240 million, five-story public museum at Sixth and McKinley
PHOTOS: Panels for future Milwaukee Public Museum cast in Germantown facility
Germantown-based Stonecast Products Inc. will make more than 600 unique panels that will go on the outside of the future Milwaukee Public Museum.
Milwaukee Public Museum exterior will be finished in 2025
Exterior construction of the $240 million Milwaukee Public Museum is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. Interior construction will continue through 2025 and into 2026.
Milwaukee Public Museum construction reaches first floor
Mortenson crews will work on the five-story, $240 million museum project throughout the winter.
Woman-owned firm ALLCON playing leading role in Milwaukee museum construction
To expand its project to the surrounding community, general contractors for the Milwaukee Public Museum are trying to include as many local businesses as possible.
Consultant needed for old Milwaukee Public Museum building
The county wants to redevelop the building with future uses and city housing goals in mind.
Milwaukee Public Museum construction starts
Crews drove 523 piles on the future Milwaukee Public Museum site.
Milwaukee Public Museum construction starts with small business goals
The project has self-imposed goals for diverse businesses and a local workforce.
Milwaukee Public Museum construction will start in the summer
Top museum officials said they were 70% of the way through their private campaign goals.
Today’s News
- Dangerous tornadoes hit the western Fox Cities
- Fraser and HD Hyundai eye Superior shipyard for modernization
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | July 27
- Interstate 41 work continues with $167M contract
- Sixth Street roundabout in Milwaukee could be reworked
- Wisconsin lawmaker accepts award for helping pass DACA bill
- Plans for $107M Wauwatosa library gain momentum
- Trump signs additional tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 27, 2026
- Feds commit $5B to AI-powered research for construction
- Worker files NLRB complaint against Wisconsin painters union
- Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin Supplier Diversity Program
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)