{"id":"11","title":"The Temple of Flora","starts_at":"2017-08-04 21:00:00","ends_at":"2017-12-03 22:00:00","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":"'1707':65B '1778':66B '1812':19B '1935':84B '1984':90B 'alongsid':93B 'american':79B 'artist':71B,80B 'b':83B 'background':47B 'book':14B,88B 'botan':52B 'botani':30B 'botanist':62B 'carl':63B 'color':9B 'dine':82B,85B 'doctor':26B 'dramat':35B 'emin':70B 'english':25B 'engrav':75B 'featur':92B 'fifteen':5B 'flora':4A,18B 'hire':69B 'honor':58B 'illustr':13B,87B 'imag':53B 'inspir':78B 'jim':81B 'john':27B 'landscap':41B 'larg':7B 'large-scal':6B 'later':77B 'linnaeus':64B 'oppos':43B 'passion':23B 'pictur':33B 'plain':46B 'plant':32B 'print':10B,95B 'produc':73B 'reflect':20B 'render':36B 'robert':28B 'romant':40B 'scale':8B 'set':38B 'swedish':61B 'templ':2A,16B 'thornton':29B,67B 'time':56B 'true':22B 'typic':50B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1721669846/yfadlf8qfzvvohmyxzzy.jpg","calendar":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/raw/upload/v1721669454/event_ics_1721669454038.ics","carousel":null,"event_body":"<p>Fifteen large-scale color prints from the illustrated book&nbsp;<em>The Temple of Flora</em>&nbsp;(1812) reflect the true passion of English doctor John Robert Thornton: botany. The plants pictured are dramatically rendered and set against romantic landscapes&mdash;as opposed to the plain backgrounds that were typical of botanical images at the time. In honor of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707&ndash;1778), Thornton had hired eminent artists to produce the engravings, which later inspired American artist Jim Dine (b. 1935). Dine&rsquo;s illustrated book from 1984 is featured alongside the prints.</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}