The architects helping the Milwaukee Public Museum design a new $240 million museum building released renderings Monday showing what they’re plans will lead to when they take shape.

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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley on Monday approved a plan for the county to contribute $45 million toward the construction of a new building for the Milwaukee Public Museum.

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The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to provide financing for a $240 million replacement of the county's Milwaukee Public Museum building.

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Milwaukee County officials voted on Tuesday to advance a plan that would provide the Milwaukee Public Museum with $45 million to help build a new building to replace its 70-year-old current home.

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The Milwaukee Public Museum and Betty Brinn Children's Museum have tentative plans to move to a new site. The public museum in 2018 released two design concepts for its proposed new building, including one on downtown's lakefront.

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The Milwaukee Public Museum could be moving into Mitchell Park, sharing a site with Milwaukee County's well-known Domes structures under a plan the county board of supervisors on Thursday agreed to study.

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Milwaukee County faces a "seemingly insurmountable" logjam of repairs to its park and recreation facilities under its current regime of limited borrowing, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds.

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Milwaukee County is seeking bids for a facade restoration project on the north and south sides of the Milwaukee Public Museum.

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By Caley Clinton Milwaukee philanthropist Michael Cudahy introduced a new plan Monday for O’Donnell Park that includes a smaller parking structure, a hotel and a 12-story office building. Cudahy indicated the hotel would likely be high-end, said Harold Mester, county ...

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By Joe Lanane

staff writer

Proposals to demolish O’Donnell Park came and went last year. Milwaukee County officials initially praised the suggestion to redevelop the valuable lakefront property, but once budget season came, the focus instead shifted toward $6.6 million repair plans.

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