{"id":6700,"date":"2023-10-28T20:04:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6700"},"modified":"2023-10-28T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T21:11:05","slug":"new-milwaukee-museum-remains-more-than-90-million-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6700","title":{"rendered":"New Milwaukee Museum Remains More Than $90 Million Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/new-milwaukee-museum\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Milwaukee<\/p>\n

Read all of our investigative stories on the new museum here.<\/a><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

The new Milwaukee \u201cPublic\u201d Museum (which won\u2019t really be owned by the public) is more than $90 million short of its promised $240 million fundraising goal, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee media have functioned as stenographers of museum press releases, periodically announcing new donations to the museum, most recently $1 million from Culvers.<\/p>\n

However, a CBS 58 story on that donation revealed the museum has only raised<\/a> nearly $150 million toward the $240 million pricetag of the new museum as of late October 2023 \u2013 and groundbreaking was supposed to start in December 2023. The museum\u2019s website now says, \u201cA formal groundbreaking ceremony will take place in spring of 2024.\u201d It says<\/a> the museum has raised $148 million.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, in September, when the museum rolled out another donation \u2013 $10 million from the Kellogg Family Foundation \u2013 officials said THAT donation<\/a> brought them to the $148 million. The discrepancy is not clear.<\/p>\n

Of the nearly $150 million, $85 million is taxpayer dollars approved by Milwaukee County and the State of Wisconsin, although it turns out that Milwaukee County doesn\u2019t have a signed term sheet with the museum for the grant, which hasn\u2019t been disbursed yet, which is preventing County Supervisors from seeking an audit of the museum\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n

In a previous meeting, museum officials had indicated they would attempt to borrow the money if fundraising fell short.<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says<\/a> the Culver\u2019s donation will support a custard shop exhibit in what it calls the \u201cspiritual successor\u201d to the beloved Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit, which museum officials have admitted they will not be able to move. It does not appear that there will be a \u201cspiritual successor\u201d to the European Village exhibit or the historic murals, which the museum has admitted are not all movable, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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