Plan Your Visit – Geosciences
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Plan Your Visit – Geosciences
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Join us in the internationally recognized Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum and learn about Wisconsin natural heritage through a wide assortment of beautiful minerals and cool fossils! The Museum is free to the public and located on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus. It is open twenty hours per week, with hours changing each semester. Please see below for our current schedule:
Spring 2026 Hours
Day
Hours
Monday
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Tuesday
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM & 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
The Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum is CLOSED during the week of Spring Break (3/23 – 3/27), except by appointment.
Parking
Nearby off-street hourly rate parking can be accessed near Lapham Hall. Covered garage and surface lot parking is also available. Recommended parking locations are listed below. Additional nearby parking options are outlined on the UWM Transportation Services website.
Transportation Services
Covered Parking
: Lubar Garage, Union Garage
Surface Parking
: Architecture Surface Lot
Additional on-street parking can be found along Kenwood Blvd and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Please refer to the campus maps below for more details on parking and campus layout.
Parking for Lapham Hall can be found at the architecture building surface lot, Lubar garage, and the Union garage.
Finding the Museum
The Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum is located in Lapham 168. The Museum can be accessed through several entrances from both Lapham Hall and Kenwood IRC. Please refer to the map below for the location of the Museum and building entrances.
Entrances to Lapham Hall can be found on the east side along Maryland Ave as well as the west side, and also through the Kenwood IRC.
Spring 2026 Hours
Day
Hours
Monday
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Tuesday
9:00 am – 11:00 am & 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm & 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Thursday
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am – 11:00 am & 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday
Closed
The Greene Gallery is CLOSED during the week of Spring Break (3/23- 3/27) except by appointment only. Please contact Brett Ketter (
bketter@uwm.edu
) for any inquiries. The last day the Greene Gallery will be open for the semester is Thursday May 14th.
UWM Land Acknowledgement:
We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present. | To learn more,
visit the Electa Quinney Institute website
.
Skip to content
Skip to footer
Join us in the internationally recognized Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum and learn about Wisconsin natural heritage through a wide assortment of beautiful minerals and cool fossils! The Museum is free to the public and located on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus. It is open twenty hours per week, with hours changing each semester. Please see below for our current schedule:
Spring 2026 Hours
Day
Hours
Monday
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Tuesday
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM & 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM & 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
The Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum is CLOSED during the week of Spring Break (3/23 – 3/27), except by appointment.
Parking
Nearby off-street hourly rate parking can be accessed near Lapham Hall. Covered garage and surface lot parking is also available. Recommended parking locations are listed below. Additional nearby parking options are outlined on the UWM Transportation Services website.
Transportation Services
Covered Parking
: Lubar Garage, Union Garage
Surface Parking
: Architecture Surface Lot
Additional on-street parking can be found along Kenwood Blvd and in the surrounding neighborhoods. Please refer to the campus maps below for more details on parking and campus layout.
Parking for Lapham Hall can be found at the architecture building surface lot, Lubar garage, and the Union garage.
Finding the Museum
The Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum is located in Lapham 168. The Museum can be accessed through several entrances from both Lapham Hall and Kenwood IRC. Please refer to the map below for the location of the Museum and building entrances.
Entrances to Lapham Hall can be found on the east side along Maryland Ave as well as the west side, and also through the Kenwood IRC.
Spring 2026 Hours
Day
Hours
Monday
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Tuesday
9:00 am – 11:00 am & 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm & 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Wednesday
10:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Thursday
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Friday
9:00 am – 11:00 am & 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday
Closed
The Greene Gallery is CLOSED during the week of Spring Break (3/23- 3/27) except by appointment only. Please contact Brett Ketter (
bketter@uwm.edu
) for any inquiries. The last day the Greene Gallery will be open for the semester is Thursday May 14th.
UWM Land Acknowledgement:
We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present. | To learn more,
visit the Electa Quinney Institute website
.