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Quadracci Pavilion, Milwaukee Art Museum

By Ron Stewart

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The Big Picture: The Milwaukee Art Museum's Stunning Quadracci Pavilion.

IMAGE CREDIT: Michael Hicks Located at the heart of Milwaukee’s vibrant cultural scene, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Quadracci Pavilion stands as a stunning testament to the harmonious blend of artistic vision and engineering innovation. Designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the Pavilion is not only a gateway to the world of visual arts but also a beacon of architectural science,…

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Weekend in Milwaukee

I celebrated my birthday weekend with a train trip to Milwaukee, a 90-minute trip from Chicago. I stayed at the Hilton City Center, and met a new friend who showed me around the city on Saturday.

It was a fascinating and relaxing weekend, with drinks, dinner, lots of walking, and a visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum on Sunday. Since it was also my first trip outside of Chicago since 2017, it was a welcome change of scenery. the weather turned cold and windy, but no matter, I braved the elements to explore a new city.

Here are some photos from my trip:

Boarding the train at Chicago Union Station

Reading material

Milwaukee Hilton City Center

Opened in 1928 as the Schroeder Hotel, the building was designed by the Chicago architecture form of Holabird and Roche, and retains many of its splendid original interiors.

Birthday shirt

Plankinton Building, now the heart of The Avenue, a shopping/entertainment/entertainment complex about 3 blocks long.

Plankinton Building, atrium skylight

Milwaukee City Hall

Milwaukee has some great examples of Victorian architecture

Milwaukee Art Museum, a contemporary architectural landmark

Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum along Lake Michigan. Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and completed in 2001, the pavilion’s signature characteristic is the Burke Brise Soleil, a moveable, wing-like sunscreen that rests on top of the glass-enclosed Windhover Hall. Its wingspan is similar to a Boeing 747.

Milwaukee Art Museum

Works in glass, Milwaukee Art Museum

Another art museum view

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Milwaukee Art Museum

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MAM (Milwaukee Art Museum) addition by Santiago Calatrava. photo by Nate V. on Flickr.  (At Milwaukee Downtown Lake Michigan lakefront)

https://www.archdaily.com/321403/how-santiago-calatrava-blurred-the-lines-between-architecture-and-engineering-to-make-buildings-move

...”In 1996 he took all of this a step further with his design and construction of an extension to the Milwaukee Art Museum. It consisted of a long glass-and-steel reception hall with an eighty-foot ceiling, all shaded by an enormous moveable sunscreen on the roof. The screen had two ribbed panels that opened and closed like the wings of a giant seagull, putting the entire edifice into motion, and giving the sense of a building that could take flight.”

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Calatrava by Brian Hechel Via Flickr: The American Flag proudly flaps in the wind infront of the Calatrava. Home of the Milwaukee Art Museum

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inside the Milawaukee Art Museum

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Milwaukee Art Museum, U.S.

The Milwaukee Art Museum was founded in 1888 and now has gathered a collection of 30,000 works of art. The most intriguing part of the museum is the Quadracci Pavilion designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2001. The building has moving wings that change position depending on the time of the day to provide shade. The works of art in the collection range from works from antiquity to the present. That includes paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and self-taught art.

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Have you ever been to Milwaukee? They have this museum there, that has these giant wings that open

and close with the museums hours. A theory: everyone has a friend that has been or will be nicknamed “Birdman.”

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