{"id":2093,"date":"2010-10-22T14:31:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T20:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=2093"},"modified":"2010-10-22T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T20:31:08","slug":"museum-launches-soup-for-soup-food-drive-to-benefit-hunger-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2010\/10\/museum-launches-soup-for-soup-food-drive-to-benefit-hunger-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum Launches &#8220;Soup for Soup&#8221; Food Drive to Benefit Hunger Task Force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM HOSTS FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT HUNGER TASK FORCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bring in a donation and receive free soup in the Museum\u2019s cafe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 October 22, 2010<\/strong> \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum is hosting a <strong>\u201cSoup for Soup\u201d<\/strong> food drive to benefit Hunger Task Force, Tuesday, October 26\u2013Sunday, November 14. Every visitor who brings in a donation will receive a voucher for a complimentary cup of soup in the Museum\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Calatrava.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize the importance of giving back to the community that gives so much to us,\u201d said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. \u201cHunger Task Force is a vital partner in our region and it is a privilege to work with them again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guests who wish to make a donation can bring in their items to the admissions desks in the Museum, and will be given a voucher for a complimentary cup of soup in Caf\u00e9 Calatrava that is valid through Wednesday, November 24, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage all of our visitors and Members to bring in a donation for Hunger Task Force during the Soup for Soup food drive, and to enjoy a delicious meal in our caf\u00e9,\u201d said Keegan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOURS AND ADMISSION<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursdays until 8 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for students, seniors and active military, and is free for members and children 12 and under.<\/p>\n<p>The first Thursday of each month is Target Free First Thursday and admission is free for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE MUSEUM<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s far-reaching holdings include more than 20,000 works spanning antiquity to the present day. With a history dating back to 1888, the Museum houses a collection with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, American decorative arts, and folk and self-taught art. The Museum includes the Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion, named by Time magazine as \u201cBest Design of 2001.\u201d For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mam.org\/\">www.mam.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM HOSTS FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT HUNGER TASK FORCE Bring in a donation and receive free soup in the Museum\u2019s cafe Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 October 22, 2010 \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum is hosting a \u201cSoup for Soup\u201d food drive to benefit Hunger Task Force, Tuesday, October 26\u2013Sunday, November 14. Every visitor who <a href=\"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2010\/10\/museum-launches-soup-for-soup-food-drive-to-benefit-hunger-task-force\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Museum Launches &#8220;Soup for Soup&#8221; Food Drive to Benefit Hunger Task Force<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2100,"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions\/2100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}