{"id":2767,"date":"2011-11-29T09:15:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T15:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=2767"},"modified":"2011-11-29T09:15:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T15:15:39","slug":"free-admission-on-thursday-december-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2011\/11\/free-admission-on-thursday-december-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Admission on Thursday, December 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Target Free First Thursday is December 1<\/strong>
\nLast chance to see <\/em>Taryn Simon, Building a Masterpiece for free<\/em><\/p>\n

Milwaukee, Wis.<\/strong> \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s next monthly Target Free First Thursday is set for Thursday, December 1<\/a>. Admission is free for all individuals, and it is the public\u2019s last chance to see Taryn Simon: Photographs and Texts<\/em> and Building a Masterpiece: Santiago Calatrava and the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/em> for free.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity to our visitors,\u201d said Museum director Daniel Keegan. \u201cSince the program started, over 25,000 people have participated in Target Free First Thursdays. The Museum has three outstanding exhibitions running at the moment, and I encourage everyone to experience them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taryn Simon: Photographs and Texts<\/a><\/em> and Building a Masterpiece: Santiago Calatrava and the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/a><\/em> are open until January 1, 2012. The Museum\u2019s feature exhibition, Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper<\/a><\/em>, runs through January 8, 2012.<\/p>\n

Target Free First Thursdays is an extension of the partnership the company has with the Museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Target, our local grants are making a difference in the communities we serve,\u201d said Laysha Ward, president, community relations, Target. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to partner with the Milwaukee Art Museum as part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the communities where our guests and team members live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Target Free First Thursdays provides Museum visitors with free admission on the first Thursday of each month. The Museum is open Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Future Target Free First Thursday dates include January 5, 2012.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE MUSEUM<\/strong>
\nThe Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s far-reaching holdings include more than 25,000 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 www.mam.org.<\/p>\n

ABOUT TARGET<\/strong>
\nMinneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) serves guests at 1,740 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education. Today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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