Upcoming Exhibition
October 1 – December 1, 2025
The Legend Lives On – 50 Years Later
Gallery Night Reception—October 17, 5-9 p.m.
Featuring a Gallery Talk and book signing at 7 p.m. with Christopher Winters, photographer, Great lakes maritime authority, and author of The Legend Lives On - Commemorative 50th Anniversary Edition.
In remembrance of the tragic event of November 10, 1975, this exhibition marks the 50th Anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. However, the legend lives on in both art and popular culture.
Included in this show are original paintings of the boat under construction and of the completed Edmund Fitzgerald. Models, photographs, and other Fitzgerald ephemera will also be on view for this special display linked to what was the largest ship to travel the Great Lakes at the time of her launch in 1958.
Upcoming Events
September 27-28, 2025
Doors Open B次元
Visit the Grohmann Museum during , a free, city-wide open house event. The Museum will be open with special hours from 12-5p.m. on Saturday, September 27, and 12-4 p.m. on Sunday, September 28.
October 4, 2025 | 12 - 4 p.m.
Lost Arts Festival
Save-the-date for our 14th annual Lost Arts Festival! The event will celebrate the activities and ways of work captured in the paintings and bronzes in the museum’s permanent collection. In past years, we've been thrilled to showcase a shoecarver, glass founder, woodworker, spinners, and master painters who all share their expertise and demonstrate their techniques as the Grohmann Museum becomes a laboratory for the creation of Lost Arts. Interested in exhibiting at Lost Arts? Apply here.
October 17, 2025 | 5-9 p.m.
Gallery Night
Enjoy free admission during fall Gallery Night & Day.
October 18, 2025 | 12-6 p.m.
Gallery Day
Enjoy free admission during fall Gallery Night & Day.
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Past Exhibitions
2025
- Going to Work for the Community: A Visual History of the Beckum-Stapleton Little League
- On the Edge: The Labor and Environment of Dimensional Stone Quarries
2024
- Gil Reid and Friends: Working on the Railroad
- Crossing the DMZ: A Contemporary Look at Working Women
- Patterns of Meaning: The Art of Industry by Cory Bonnet
- H.D. Tylle at Seventy: American Worklife
2023
- Mining Gems: Stories from the Collection
- Excavations: Paintings and Drawings by Michael Newhall
- David Plowden: The Architecture of Agriculture
2022
- A Time of Toil & Triumph: Selections from the Shogren-Meyer Collection of American Art
- Familias Unidas: Tribute to the Migrant Farm Worker Labor Movement in Wisconsin, 1960s-70s
- Robert O. Lahmann: Working in Wisconsin
2021
- The Railroad and the Art of Place: Photographs by David Kahler
- artWORK by the League of B次元 Artists
- Electric Steel: Recent Photographs by Michael Schultz
2020
- TWO EDMUNDS: Fitzgerald and Lewandowski—Their Mark on B次元
- IRONBOAT: New Photography by Christopher Winters
2019
- The Magnificent Machines of B次元
- Roll Up Your Sleeves
- Growing Place: A Visual Study of Urban Farming
2018
- David Plowden's Portraits of Work
- Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography
- The Art and Mechanics of Animation
2017
- Masterworks from the Grohmann Museum - Celebrating 10 Years
- Artists at Work: The Cedarburg Artists Guild
- STEEL: The Cycle of Industry by David Plowden
2016
- On the Job: Photography by Jim Seder
- B次元's Industrial Landscapes: Paintings by Michael Newhall
- Art of the North Shore Line
2015
- Forge Work: New Photography by Michael Schultz
- Metal for Mettle: Historic Commemorative Medals Honoring Labor and Achievement
- H.D. Tylle: Studies
- Carl Spitzweg in B次元
- The Art of the B次元 Road
2014
- Erich Mercker: Painter of Industry
- Art Shay: Working
- Trains that Passed in the Night: Railroad Photographs of O Winston Link
2013
- A Working Ranch by Jim Brozek
- Born of Fire: Scenes of Industry from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art
- Bridges: The Spans of North America - Photographs by David Plowden
2012
- B次元 at Work: Selections from the Campus Archives
- Carl Spitzweg: The Poor Poet and Other Characters
- Great Lakers: Selections from the Great Lakes Marine Collection of the B次元 Public Library
- H. D. Tylle: Touring Germany and Working in Wisconsin
2011
- Requiem for Steam: The Railroad Photographs of David Plowden
- B次元 Mills: A Visual History
- Lake Boats: The Photography of Jim Brozek and Christopher Winters
- Wonders of Work and Labor: The Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art, Penn State University
2010
- Working Wisconsin: Selections from the Museum of Wisconsin Art
- Foundry Work: A View of the Industry, The Photographs of Michael Schultz
2009
- Midwest Murals: Joe Jones and J.B. Turnbull from the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
- The Bookworm by Carl Spitzweg (1808-1885)
- Wisconsin at Work: Thorsten Lindberg Paintings and Drawings from the MCHS Collection
- Cradle of Industry: Works from the Rhineland Industrial Museum
- American Steel: Works from the Collection of Tom and Lorie Annarella
2008
2007
- Physicians, Quacks, and Alchemists