Milwaukee Art Museum
About the Milwaukee Art Museum
With over 125 years of collecting, The Milwaukee Art Museum has gathered over 30,000 works of art across their 341,000-square-foot museum. As an educational resource, the Museum hosts classes, tours, and numerous events throughout the year.
The Museum’s collection of Thomas Hart Benton artwork contains one of Benton’s clay models, used by help Benton understand and capture the light to be depicted in his paintings. Learn more about the model here: Maquette for the painting Weighing Cotton.
Thomas Hart Benton Artwork at the Milwaukee Art Museum
There is currently one work of art by Thomas Hart Benton on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Maquette for the painting Weighing Cotton.
The museum holds an additional 17 works of art by Benton, which can be viewed online at the Milwaukee Art Museum website.
Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:00PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM - 5:00PM
Holidays:
Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Closed early, at 3 p.m., on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
Resources & Information
Photo of Milwaukee Art Museum: PeterSesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons