Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Historic Third Ward?

Eleven names carry the list. The Milwaukee Art Museum and Discovery World head it, with the Harley-Davidson Museum and the Grohmann Museum adding machinery and the painted record of work to the same short walk. Churches hold much of the rest.

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Immanuel Presbyterian Church and Brew City Church stand on the list beside the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum and the Betty Brinn Children's Museum.

What is the history of Historic Third Ward?

No founding year sits in the record. What the Historic Third Ward carries instead is a list of standing institutions, among them Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Immanuel Presbyterian Church and Brew City Church, each a separate thread of Milwaukee's past. The museums came later.

Discovery World, the Grohmann Museum and the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum sit on the same list without dates attached, so the written history belongs to Milwaukee rather than to this ward's own file.

Where is Historic Third Ward?

A named ward inside Milwaukee, the Historic Third Ward keeps Discovery World and the Milwaukee Art Museum within a single walk.