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The rooftop terrace will be designed by Washington-based architect GGN.

Many who have visited the Milwaukee Public Museum – at least since the late 1990s – consider the Puelicher Butterfly Vivarium to be a highlight of their visit, a place where they get a break from the cold and watch iridescent-winged creatures flutter by within inches of their faces.

Grasslands, deserts, arctic areas, mountains and islands in planned exhibit.

The Milwaukee Public Museum has unveiled two exhibition concepts for the future museum, which is slated to open in 2026.

In the second of its five exhibition gallery reveals, Milwaukee Public Museum on Thursday unveiled some details of the Wisconsin Journey section of the Future Museum, due to open in 2026 at 6th and McKinley.

Plans for a new site have some wary about the fate of the Streets of Old Milwaukee and other exhibits. It happened when the old museum was new, too.

With nearly five years until the opening of its new museum facility, the Milwaukee Public Museum is giving patrons a glimpse of whats to come.

The Milwaukee Public Museum revealed renderings of the Time Travel gallery that will be at the new building, set to open in 2026.

The Milwaukee Public Museum unveiled sketches of the future museum’s Time Travel gallery. The newly constructed museum opens in late 2026.

The Time Travel gallery will be one of 5 permanent exhibit galleries in the new Milwaukee Public Museum.