Doors Open Milwaukee Archives

Reminder: Doors Open Milwaukee is September 24-25, will include new sites like Fiserv Forum

September 1, 2022

One of Milwaukee's most unique events is Historic Milwaukee's annual Doors Open Milwaukee, a citywide "open house" where folks can explore the normally off-limits insides of various theaters, museums, art galle...

Brewcity Bruisers invite the public inside their practice facility for Doors Open Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 26, 2019

In a nondescript building in Walker's Point, something is going on. Muffled sounds of whistling, yelling, and crashing can be heard. Long moments of silence—then, chaos. It goes on like this for a while. Quiet,...

Doors Open Milwaukee wins $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Matt Wild

December 13, 2016

For the past six years, Historic Milwaukee's insanely popular Doors Open event has given the public behind-the-scenes access to hundreds of Milwaukee-area buildings. Theaters, churches, office buildings, muse...

Doors Open, Adventure Rock, and the ever-changing face of Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 13, 2016

I'm scaling a 30-foot indoor rock climbing wall—in jeans and a button-up, because I'm an idiot—and all I can think about is empty space. Air, grass, an open field, an unobstructed view. A break from the mon...

I climbed to the top of City Hall and it was awesome and kind of terrifying

Matt Wild

September 17, 2015

// I’m climbing to the top of Milwaukee City Hall and there’s only one thing on my mind: death. Death, death, death. Not “lose-my-balance-and-plummet-to-Earth” death, though there’s that, too. Measuring 353 f...

There will be a ‘Legend Of Zelda’ scavenger hunt at Saturday’s Doors Open Milwaukee

Matt Wild

September 15, 2015

// On Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, more than 150 Milwaukee-area buildings will open their doors for the fifth annual Doors Open Milwaukee. Historic Milwaukee’s massive, free-to-the-public ...

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