{"id":"11","title":"Milwaukee Collects","starts_at":"2017-03-10 20:00:00","ends_at":"2017-05-21 21:00:00","body":"<p>The Milwaukee Art Museum collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education. 30,000 works of art. 400,000+ visitors a year. 125 years of collecting art. From its roots in Milwaukee’s first art gallery in 1888, the Museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state.</p><p><br></p><p>The 341,000-square-foot Museum includes the War Memorial Center (1957) designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, the Kahler Building (1975) by David Kahler, and the Quadracci Pavilion (2001) created by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.</p><p><br></p><p>Central to the Museum’s mission is its role as a premier educational resource, with educational programs that are among the largest in the nation, involving classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"exhibitions","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","updated_at":"2018-10-22 18:54:41.176231","excerpt":null,"is_timeless":false,"organization_id":489,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":null,"opening_ends_at":null,"searchable":"'american':26B 'art':38B 'artist':23B,44B 'artwork':17B 'bring':52B 'canvas':35B 'centuri':20B 'ch':47B 'collect':2A,9B,61B 'commit':59B 'communiti':54B 'contemporari':28B 'deco':39B 'design':40B 'discov':12B 'draw':3B 'earli':25B 'ed':50B 'exhibit':15B 'featur':16B 'focus':63B 'gem':13B 'hallmark':36B 'icon':30B 'impressionist':34B 'jule':46B 'known':8B 'media':21B 'milwauke':1A 'modern':32B 'newli':11B 'paint':27B 'passion':56B 'photographi':33B 'ret':48B 'ruscha':51B 'sculptur':29B 'span':19B 'style':24B 'well':7B 'well-known':6B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1721669846/yfadlf8qfzvvohmyxzzy.jpg","calendar":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/raw/upload/v1721669445/event_ics_1721669444783.ics","carousel":null,"event_body":"<p>Drawings from both well-known collections and newly discovered gems, the exhibition features artworks that span centuries, media, and artistic styles. Early American paintings, contemporary sculpture, icons of modern photography, Impressionist canvases, hallmarks of Art Deco design, and more&mdash;by artists from Jules Ch&eacute;ret to Ed Ruscha&mdash;bring the community&rsquo;s passion for and commitment to collecting into focus.<img alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Roy Lichtenstein, &lt;i&gt;Red Lamps&lt;/i&gt;, 1990\" data-rich-file-id=\"1945\" src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/chigal/rich/rich_files/rich_files/1945/original/milwaukee.jpg\" /></p>\r\n","name":"Exhibitions","organization_type_id":"5","district_id":"9","telephone":"+14142243220","website":"https://mam.org/","email":"mam@mam.org","hours":"W 10–5; Th 10–8; F–Su 10–5.  M and Tu closed. Special events may affect hours","location":"700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202","display_location":"700 N. Art Museum Dr. Milwaukee, WI 53202","latitude":"43.040137","longitude":"-87.897045","contact":"","sub_district_id":"34","promoted_at":"2018-10-24T19:31:12.760Z","optional_sort_name":"","paid":true,"position":2,"category_name":"Exhibitions","orgname":"Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM)","orgslug":"milwaukee-art-museum-mam","image":null}