# Milwaukee Public Museum > Place to go for families in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area (WI). Times are Central Time. - When: Wednesday–Monday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and… - Where: Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233 - Ages: All ages; children 3 and younger free; youth 4–13 - Price: Adult 18–64 $25; teen 14–17 $24; senior 65+ $21; youth 4–13 $19; military/college $21; children 3 and younger free. $2 Milwaukee County resident discount. Museums for All $3. - Schedule: Wednesday–Monday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day; Christmas Eve open until 3 p.m. Admission for Kohl's Thank You Thursdays may be reserved no sooner than one week in advance. - Organizer: Milwaukee Public Museum - Official page: https://www.mpm.edu/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/milwaukee/activities/milwaukee-public-museum--listing-bf33e41a21339f5661c43c75 ## About Milwaukee's natural and human history museum, with three and a half floors of exhibits: walk-through dioramas of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Arctic, the Pacific Islands and a Costa Rican rainforest, the turn-of-the-century Streets of Old Milwaukee and the European Village, a dinosaur hall with the world's largest-known dinosaur skull and a life-size T. rex replica, and a 76-degree indoor butterfly garden with free-flying butterflies. Admission includes one planetarium program in the Daniel M. Soref Dome Theater and Planetarium; Dome Theater films are extra. 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