The structure of the museum is art in itself. On top of the building is something called the Burke Brise Soleil. It is a movable sunscreen that has a 217 foot wingspan. 72 steel fins open and close it 3 times a day. We could not wait to see this in operation. Wouldn’t you know it? It was down for maintenance today. 
This is the view from inside the museum. The window overlooks Lake Michigan and the the ceiling if very high with the vertical windows all the way to the peak.
This glass sculpture looks very much like one on the ceiling of the Mayo Clinic back in Minnesota.The main exhibit contained objects from a compound within the Beijing palace of the Emperor. During 1736 to 1796 he had 27 lavish buildings constructed on 2 ½ acres in a secluded area of the palace. The compound has only recently been reopened. They did not allow any photography (rats) so you will just have to take my word that it’s good to be emperor. The objects on display were exquisite.
So we went from viewing objects that must having taken incredible training and talent to create, to this!Andy Warhol. 1964. Screen print on wood. I wonder what the value of this is? Is it art? Or copyright infringement?
Oh c’mon. Rocks?
In a rack?
This is art?
Ok, I have a niece and nephew in grade school that can do better than this!
I realize I don’t have a “trained” eye but...
There was some pretty cool stuff in this collection though. This is all made of buttons.
After the museum we headed down to the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk runs along three different sections of the Milwaukee River. There are restaurants and brewpubs along those sections and water taxis that service the area. For my zombie aficionado readers, this walkway was featured in the remake of the movie Dawn of the Dead. This time the story takes place in Milwaukee.
Oh the stuff I can find on the Internet!
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