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Exhibition Schedule

Current Exhibit:


A Focus on Figures: The Grohmann Museum Rooftop Grand Opening

July 25 - October 4, 2008

Replica of Jäger's Blacksmith's Apprentice [German, 19th Century], casting by Henrich International Arts, 2007.

Opening Workshop with Tom Queoff
July 25^th from 6 to 8 p.m.

Join us for the opening of A Focus on Figures, an exhibition highlighting the figural bronzes in the Man at Work Collection and featuring the larger-than-life bronze figures on the Museum roofline and sculpture garden.   Also view the newest addition to the collection: a 12' x 24' mural painted on-site by H.D.Tylle.

Opening events for July Gallery Night include a workshop on July 25^th from 6-8 p.m. by Milwaukee sculptor Tom Queoff.  Tom will discuss the methods involved in creating bronze figures; from wax model to finished piece.

Between 2006 and 2008, eighteen bronzes from the Grohmann Museum Collection were reproduced in the Philippines to create a roof edge with twelve nine-foot tall bronzes and a sculpture garden with six six-foot bronzes. An additional bronze, Sturgeon Fisherman, originally commissioned by the Smith Brothers Restaurant in Port Washington, Wis., was also reproduced for the garden.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

American Steel: Works from the Collection of Tom and Lorie Annarella
October 17-January 4, 2009
Opening Lecture by Lorie Annarella, Professor of Education, Northeastern Illinois University

An exhibition featuring paintings of US Steel by Howard L. Worner along with photographs, prints, and related ephemera documenting the tradition of American steelmaking.  Compare and contrast the European painting traditions on display with that of Worner in picturing American Steel.

 

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Midwest Murals: Joe Jones and J.B. Turnbull from the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
January 23-April 5, 2009
Opening Gallery Talk by Curtis L. Carter, PhD., former director-HMA

Visions of agriculture in the Midwest in the 1930s as depicted in large scale murals by two of the most prominent regional painters of their time.  A rare display of this important cache of murals by artists working in the tradition of Midwestern Regionalism, much in the manner and style of Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood.

 

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Wisconsin at Work: Thorsten Lindberg Paintings and Drawings from the MCHS Collection
April 17-August 14, 2009

Thorsten Lindberg (American, 1878-1950) was a Wisconsin artist who flourished during the 1930s and 40s completing work as part of the WPA (Works Progress Administration).  Many artists contributed to the WPA, and many local artists saw their careers developed and transformed during this time.  Lindberg, in particular, took to documenting the work of human industry, particularly that of rural Wisconsin and Milwaukee in several large-scale paintings from the Milwaukee County Historical Society.  Also featured are a number of drawings documenting the creation of Milwaukee's Park System.

 

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MSOE Works
September 5-December 6, 2009

A selection of images of the work of MSOE from the Archives.

 

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Museum Hours:

Monday-Friday	9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday	Noon - 6 p.m.
Sunday	1 - 4 p.m.

 

Admission:

General admission	$5.00
Students 11-18 years old	$3.00
Children - 10 or younger	Free
Adult - 65 or older	$3.00
MSOE students (with ID)	Free

 

Group tours and school group tours available