Milwaukee Art Museum Bridge. The reiman pedestrian bridge is a cable stayed footbridge in downtown milwaukee wisconsin that spans lincoln memorial drive. In 1980 the milwaukee art center changed its name to the milwaukee art museum in 1983 it was accredited by the american museum association. In addition to this it became a very artistic work rather than being just a.
The museum is wheelchair and stroller accessible. From the outset two lower floors were allocated for use as an art gallery. In november 2015 the museum opened a 34 million expansion funded jointly by a museum capital campaign and by milwaukee county. We all know calatrava for his unique style for the signature he leaves in every single building he projects.
The milwaukee art museum which overlooks lake michigan was partially housed in a building designed in 1957 by eero saarinen as a war memorial.
The bridge was built in 2001 as part of a major expansion to the museum that included the quadracci. Further exhibition space was created in 1975 by david kahler s 160 000 square meter addition a. The milwaukee museum of art is the largest art museum in the state of wisconsin housing a collection of more than 30 000 works and an impressive collection of renowned international exhibitions. Among the many maritime elements in calatrava s design are. A modern dynamic structure.