Affiliate Institutions

Affiliate Institutions

• ArtStart, Inc.

• Barron County Historical Society

• Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass

• Bluewater Studio

• Cedarburg Art Museum

• Center for Railroad Photography & Art

• Chazen Museum of Art

• Chippewa Valley Museum

• Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse

• Driftless Historium & Mount Horeb Area Historical Society

• Effigy Mounds Initiative Foundation, Inc.

• Fennimore Doll & Toy Museum

• Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee School of Engineering

• Heritage Hill State Historical Park

• Historic Indian Agency House

• Jewish Museum Milwaukee

• John Michael Kohler Arts Center

• Luck Area Historical Society

• Luxembourg American Cultural Society

• Manitowoc County Historical Society

• Milwaukee County Historical Society

• Milwaukee County Zoo

• Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums

• Mishicot Historical Museum

• Monroe County Local History Room & Museum

• New London Public Museum

• Neville Public Museum

• Oshkosh Public Museum

• Polk County Historical Museum

• Racine Art Museum

• Rahr-West Art Museum

• Rock County Historical Society

• Sheboygan County Museum

• SPACES Archives

• The Building for Kids Children’s Museum

• Warehouse Art Museum

• Waupaca Historical Museum

• Wisconsin Automotive Museum

• Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts

• Wisconsin Veterans Museum

• Woodson Art Museum

Wisconsin Museums

Museums are essential contributors to the vibrancy of communities throughout Wisconsin. “In 2017, the American Alliance of Museums partnered with Oxford Economics to study the museum sector’s significant contribution to the US economy (source: Oxford Economics, IMPLAN, 2017), which includes,

• “The total financial impact that museums have on the economy in Wisconsin is $600 million

• 9,444 Wisconsin jobs are supported by the museum industry each year, and $386 million in wages and other income to Wisconsin residents

• Even though, many museums operate as nonprofits, they generated significant tax revenues to the federal, state, and local governments ($137 million estimated in 2017).”

For more information and statistics, please see: Stein, R. (2018, Jan 19). Museums as economic engines. A national report. American Alliance of Museums. Retrieved from https://www.aam-us.org/2018/01/19/museums-as-economic-engines/.