The Museum of Wisconsin Art
300 South 6th Avenue
West Bend, WI 53095
Telephone: 262-334-9638
Fax: 262-334-8080
Map to the MWA
Hours of operation
Wednesday – Saturday
10:00 am – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 pm – 4:30 p.m.
Closed Monday, Tuesday and major holidays.
Holiday Hours
The MWA is closed to the public on Mondays and Tuesdays and the following holidays:
- New Year's Eve (pm only)
- New Year's Day
- Good Friday (pm only)
- Easter Sunday
- Memorial Day
- July 4th
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Eve Day
- Christmas Day
Admission
- Free for all members of the museum
- $5 for adults
- $3.00 for Seniors (62+), Full time students, and Youth (ages 12-18)
- Children under 12 - Free
The Museum of Wisconsin Art was founded in 1961 to collect
the works of Milwaukee-born artist Carl von Marr (1858-1936). It currently
holds the best and most comprehensive collection of his work anywhere. In 1998,
after recognizing that no institution was building a comprehensive survey collection
of Wisconsin art, the Early Wisconsin Art Collection was unveiled on the state’s
sesquicentennial. This has grown to be the most comprehensive collection of
its kind anywhere.
On Sunday, May 7th, 2006, the Museum of Wisconsin Art hosted the 3rd Annual Wisconsin
Visual Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards in collaboration with two other organizations:
Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors/Wisconsin Artists in All Media and The Wisconsin
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Initiated in 2004, the WVALAA’s mission is
to recognize individuals and organizations that have played an outstanding role
in the development of Wisconsin art. The MWA received one of these prestigious awards
in recognition of 45 years of collecting and championing Wisconsin art. The same
day saw the state legislature issue a proclamation acknowledging the fact that the
Museum of Wisconsin Art is, to all intents and purposes, the museum of Wisconsin
art.