The Museum of Wisconsin Art owns two principal collections: the Carl von Marr
collection and the Early Wisconsin Regional Art collection. The former was
the collection upon which the museum was founded in 1961 and features the work
of Milwaukee-born, German-educated artist Carl von Marr; the Early Wisconsin
collection was unveiled in 1998 upon Wisconsin’s sesquicentennial.
Both of these collections are permanently displayed and changes to the galleries
are made annually. There are two galleries devoted to Marr on our first floor and
four to Wisconsin art on the lower level of the museum.