{"id":3047,"date":"2012-09-04T11:44:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T16:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2012-09-04T11:44:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T16:44:05","slug":"free-admission-on-thursday-september-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2012\/09\/free-admission-on-thursday-september-6\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE Admission on Thursday, September 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Target Free First Thursday is September 6<\/strong>
\nLast chance to see <\/em>Posters of Paris for free<\/em><\/p>\n

Milwaukee, Wis.<\/strong> \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s next monthly Target Free First Thursday is set for Thursday, September 6. Admission is free for all individuals, and it is the public\u2019s last chance to see Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries<\/em><\/a> before it closes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity to our visitors,\u201d said Museum director Dan Keegan. \u201cSo far, over 35,000 people have participated in Target Free First Thursdays, and over 100,000 people have experienced Posters of Paris<\/em> here at the Museum this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opening to the public on September 6 is Grete Marks: When Modern Was Degenerate<\/em><\/a>, an exhibition devoted the Bauhaus-trained German ceramicist and entrepreneur, Grete Marks. A special 6:15 p.m. lecture with the exhibition curator, Mel Buchanan, and Grete Marks\u2019 daughter, Dr. Francis Marks, is scheduled in Lubar Auditorium.<\/p>\n

Target Free First Thursdays<\/a> 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 all 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 October 4, November 1, and December 6.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE MUSEUM<\/strong>
\nThe Milwaukee Art Museum\u2019s far-reaching holdings include more than 30,000 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

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