Milwaukee WI Cruises
Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin. Best known for its Major League Brewers and famous breweries, Milwaukee is also rich in history. Milwaukeeans treasure their roots which is abunda in the revitalited architecture of downtown and the celebration of many summer festivals depicting the diverse cultures of today. Check out the Milwaukee Art Museum or the Harley Davidson Museum. Those interested in the city's history can visit the Milwaukee Public Museum or the former home of one of the city's famous beer barons, the Grand Pabst Mansion. Of course your trip would not be complete without a tour of the Miller Brewing Company and attending a Brewers game at Miller Park. Michigan offers a variety of things to do and endless opportunities to have fun – from outdoor adventures to indoor activities, you’ll find it all here!
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Milwaukee is a port of call for the following Great Lakes Cruises:
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Things to do in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
GREAT LAKES DISTILLERY
Great Lakes Distillery is a small-batch distillery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here you will find award-winning hand crafted distilled spirits. Each spirit is made In limited quantities using old world methods and traditions which result in a superior product. Give them a try and see for yourself how unique these hand crafted spirits can be.
For more information click here: Great Lakes Distillery
THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is celebrating over 100 years of history with Harley-Davidson motorcycles. It started with a teenager named William S. Halley working in the town's bicycle shop. As an apprentice, years later he drew up plans for an engine that could be adhered to a standard metal bicycle frame. Later he teamed up with his longtime friend Arthur Davidson, creating the company we all know today, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. In 1910 The Harley-Davidson Motor Company went from a small Milwaukee startup to a global success story by 1920. When you visit Milwaukee, you have the opportunity to visit the only Harley-Davidson museum in the world that attracts approximately 300,000 visitors annually. The highly visible 130,000-square-foot complex consists of three buildings on 20 acres along the Menomonee River bank. The motorcycle company ceased operations on this site back in 1973, however the Juneau Avenue facility serves today as the company’s corporate headquarters and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Within the museum you will see hundreds of thousands of artifacts and more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and from the Harley-Davidson Motor Company's 110-year history.
Address: 400 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Website: https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum.html
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
The Milwaukee Art Museum was the first of its kind and has been collecting art since 1888. The 341,000-square-foot Museum includes over forty galleries located on four floors, art is regularly rotated from present day works to antiquites. Representing over 25,000 works of art, the museum has over 400,000 visitors yearly.
Address: 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Website: https://mam.org/
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM
Located in downtown Milwaukee you will find the Milwaukee Public Museum established in 1882 this museum of natural and human history has over four million specimens on display. Permanent exhibits are displayed on three and half floors of the museums leaving additional space for traveling and temporary exhibits. One exhibit takes you back in time to the historic streets of Milwaukee, a European village and Mediterranean civilizations. Mostly known for the Third Plant Exhibit visitors can take a look first hand at the world's largest known dinosaur skull and a life size replica of a life Tyrannosaurus rex. Also consider an adventure amongst live free flying butterflies collected from around the word at the Puelicher Butterfly Wing Exhibit. When you arrive at the museum you cannot help but notice the Burke Brise Soleil that sits directly on top of the building resembling a soaring gull with the grand wingspan of a jet. This movable fixture shades the glass-domed Windhover Hall below. When the wind reaches 23 mph or above this magnificent work of art closes its wings with automatic sensors.
Address: 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Website: http://www.mpm.edu
Great Lakes Distillery is a small-batch distillery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here you will find award-winning hand crafted distilled spirits. Each spirit is made In limited quantities using old world methods and traditions which result in a superior product. Give them a try and see for yourself how unique these hand crafted spirits can be.
For more information click here: Great Lakes Distillery
THE HARLEY-DAVIDSON MUSEUM
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is celebrating over 100 years of history with Harley-Davidson motorcycles. It started with a teenager named William S. Halley working in the town's bicycle shop. As an apprentice, years later he drew up plans for an engine that could be adhered to a standard metal bicycle frame. Later he teamed up with his longtime friend Arthur Davidson, creating the company we all know today, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company. In 1910 The Harley-Davidson Motor Company went from a small Milwaukee startup to a global success story by 1920. When you visit Milwaukee, you have the opportunity to visit the only Harley-Davidson museum in the world that attracts approximately 300,000 visitors annually. The highly visible 130,000-square-foot complex consists of three buildings on 20 acres along the Menomonee River bank. The motorcycle company ceased operations on this site back in 1973, however the Juneau Avenue facility serves today as the company’s corporate headquarters and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Within the museum you will see hundreds of thousands of artifacts and more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and from the Harley-Davidson Motor Company's 110-year history.
Address: 400 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI 53201
Website: https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum.html
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
The Milwaukee Art Museum was the first of its kind and has been collecting art since 1888. The 341,000-square-foot Museum includes over forty galleries located on four floors, art is regularly rotated from present day works to antiquites. Representing over 25,000 works of art, the museum has over 400,000 visitors yearly.
Address: 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53202
Website: https://mam.org/
MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM
Located in downtown Milwaukee you will find the Milwaukee Public Museum established in 1882 this museum of natural and human history has over four million specimens on display. Permanent exhibits are displayed on three and half floors of the museums leaving additional space for traveling and temporary exhibits. One exhibit takes you back in time to the historic streets of Milwaukee, a European village and Mediterranean civilizations. Mostly known for the Third Plant Exhibit visitors can take a look first hand at the world's largest known dinosaur skull and a life size replica of a life Tyrannosaurus rex. Also consider an adventure amongst live free flying butterflies collected from around the word at the Puelicher Butterfly Wing Exhibit. When you arrive at the museum you cannot help but notice the Burke Brise Soleil that sits directly on top of the building resembling a soaring gull with the grand wingspan of a jet. This movable fixture shades the glass-domed Windhover Hall below. When the wind reaches 23 mph or above this magnificent work of art closes its wings with automatic sensors.
Address: 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Website: http://www.mpm.edu
Get to know Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Early records show that the city of Milwaukee was originally spelt as "Milwaukie."
- Pabst was the first Milwaukee Brewery to open in 1844.
- The Milwaukee Public Museum is home to the world’s largest dinosaur head.
- Fans of the 1970 to 1980 era sitcoms will recognize a bronze statue of Arthur Fonzarelli (The Fonz from Happy Days) giving a thumbs up along the Milwaukee RiverWalk. The statue stands 5’6” tall, the actual height of the actor Henry Winkler, who represents Milwaukee’s most famous imaginary son.
- Shortly after moving to Milwaukee to write for a newspaper, Christopher Latham Sholes invented a "typewriting machine," now known as the typewriter.
- Two Wisconsin business men, Joseph Zimmerman and George Danner invented the first successful answering machine.
- In the early 1930s, the popular yellow cap lip balm we know as Carmex was originally sold out of the trunk of a car. Invented by Alfred Woelbing on his kitchen stove for cold sore relief, this well known product is still manufactured in Milwaukee.
- Since 1916, the Polar Plunge has been a New Year's Day tradition. To get in the spirit, Milwaukeeans get dressed up in crazy outfits only to strip down and jump into Lake Michigan.
- Milwaukee's got its nickname "the Cream City" from the light colored bricks found throughout town. Because the clay collected from the Menomonee River Valley and Milwaukee area contains high levels of lime and sulfur, during the firing process the red bricks turn into a light cream color.
- Milwaukee's Downtown RiverWalk has the only U.S. skywalk in existence that allows pedestrians to walk over boat traffic.
- Milwaukee’s Summerfest is the world’s largest music festival. The festival takes place over 11 days and features over 1,000 performances that are attended by over 900,000 spectators, giving the city the name “City of Festivals”.
- The ice rink "Slice of Ice" located in downtown Red Arrow Park is bigger than New York’s Time Square.
- The Rocky Horror picture show has been played every month since 1978 at Milwaukee’s East Side.
- Miller Park Miller Park has a retractable roof.
- Milwaukee’s Holler House is the oldest bowling alley in the U.S.
Updated 8/6/20 - LLS