Milwaukee Public Museum offers a first look at the design of the new downtown museum. It is inspired by a well-known Wisconsin state park.

Milwaukee Public Museum is offering a first look at the design of the new downtown museum — which is inspired by a well-known Wisconsin state park.

The five-story museum, to open in 2026 at West McKinley Avenue and North Sixth Street, will be a primarily concrete and glass structure.

Its exterior design is reminiscent of the geological formations in Mill Bluff State Park, which overlooks Interstate 90 near Camp Douglas, in central Wisconsin.

The building`s exterior texture will mimic Mill Bluff`s ancient rock columns, with its rounded corners portraying the erosion and weathering that happens as landscapes evolve...

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