Tag: Doors Open Milwaukee

10 GOTO UWM’s time-warp Retrolab during this weekend’s Doors Open Milwaukee

September 22, 2026

Tucked away in a small room on the fourth floor of Holton Hall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a time machine. Several time machines, actually. And all of them lead to separate points ...

Here are the 194 places you can explore at Doors Open Milwaukee 2026, and that’s it

Matt Wild

September 3, 2026

20 Ton Studios Saturday, Sunday 2000 W North Ave 5 Points Art Gallery + Studios Saturday, Sunday 3514 N Port Washington Ave Adventure Rock WKP Saturday, Sunday 613 S 2 St Alano Foundation / M...

Doors Open Milwaukee will celebrate 15 years September 27-28; full list of locations available now

Matt Wild

September 2, 2025

Has Doors Open Milwaukee really been around for 15 years? It has! Historic Milwaukee's citywide open house will celebrate its quindecennial this year, September 27-28. (Yeah, we had to look up "quindecennial.")...

I rappelled down the side of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club for…reasons

Matt Wild

September 24, 2024

It's Friday and I'm in a small utility room near the top of the 13-story Milwaukee Athletic Club, watching Bango the Buck get a crash course in rappelling down a building. "This is an emergency mechanism," e...

Doors Open Milwaukee to feature 140+ locations

Press Release

September 5, 2024

Doors Open Milwaukee to Feature 140+ Locations City Wide Open House event set for Sept 28 and 29 MILWAUKEE. WI-- Historic Milwaukee’s annual key to the City returns September 28th and 29th, showcasing more th...

Doors Open Milwaukee to feature 130+ locations on September 23 & 24 this year

Press Release

August 23, 2023

Doors Open Milwaukee to Feature 130+ Locations on September 23 & 24 this year MILWAUKEE. WI-- Historic Milwaukee’s annual Doors Open Milwaukee program will take place on September 23 and 24 this year. The ...

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

Matt Wild

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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