Naming Opportunities

Internal Museum Galleries

2.5 million

The new 26,000 sq ft museum expansion will include all 11 existing exhibit galleries and add the STEAMworks Lab/Education Center and 2 new STEM-based exhibits and a 2-story toilet paper climber reflecting the paper industry in Northeast Wisconsin. 

The internal naming will be displayed at the main entrance of the museum, highly visible to the 150,000 annual museum guests.

This exhibit is a spotlight for the local trades, helping introduce plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and masonry to museum visitors.

Trades in Training Exhibit

1.0 million

Sponsored by K.C. Stock Family Foundation

Dairy and Agriculture

1.0 Million

Barn:

$250,000

Sponsored by Pagel's Ponderosa Farms

Silo with indoor/outdoor experience:

$150,000

Cow with interactive experience of turning manure into renewable energy:

$150,000

Sponsored by Greenstone Financial

Pig with ultrasound interactive experience:

$150,000

Climbing structure within exhibit:

$150,000

"How does your garden grow?" Greenhouse: 

$50,000

Chicken coop and fruit tree interactive experience:

$50,0000

Garden Tractor and Wagon:

$50,000

Sponsored by Steve and Bonnie Van Lannen

STEAMworks is an interactive space that brings STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) to the minds and hands of our visitors. Using state of the art tools that can spark creativity, nurture curious minds, and ignite the next wave of innovators. This area is the central hub field trips, summer camps, and community partner collaborations with our new Tinker in the Trades and STEAMworks programming initiatives.

STEAMworks Lab and Educational Center

500,000

Sponsored by Cornerstone Foundation of Northeastern Wisconsin

Climbing Structure

500,000

This climber will be a key feature in the new museum. Reaching two stories tall, children will be able to see the entire museum!

Currently part of this collaborative sponsorship:

• Georgia-Pacific

Mud Hut: Come cook up a mud pie in our outdoor mud kitchen! Mud play is a basic biological need, and this type of play has many physical, psychological, and emotional benefits for children.

Fort Howard Climbing Structure: Explore our climbing structure with tunnels and slides.

Discovery Logs: Create your own fun by moving wooden beams around to design an adventure path.

Discovery Garden: Check out the fruits, vegetables, and herbs growing in our raised garden beds. Help us plant, weed, and harvest as we discover where our food comes from.

Sensory Wall and Walk: Play music, draw pictures, and engineer with gears on our sensory wall.

Outdoor Education Space: This area provides the perfect place for learning and exploration during outdoor classes, camps, and programs. 

Sandbox: Design and build with sand in our giant sandbox.

Outdoor Discovery Center

250,000

Splash! Water Gallery

250,000

Water table with Leo Frigo bridge:

$100,000

Sponsored by Wisconsin Public Service Foundation

Over Head Rain Interactive with Splash Pad, Buoy Boat Build Station, and the Iconic Lighthouse:

$150,000

Imagination Station

250,000

The Imagination Station, a 1,500 sq ft space, is the home base for art projects and experiments every day. It is okay to be messy, get involved, try new things, and figure out how the world works. Our studio includes art and STEM activities. Join us for new themes each month for exciting, personal works of art, and where we celebrate "process, not product." With a wall of windows, colorful tables, easels, and art all over, we encourage exploration and creativity. 

The Imagination Station is where the magic begins for museum programming with at least one special program taking place each day. Long-time favorites include Wiggle, Move, and Giggle; Story Time; Pint-Sized Picassos; and Recycled Art Studio. And new programming includes Bilingual Story Time and STEAMworks.

Our Town Gallery

250,000

“Our Town” will get a complete makeover. The Garage, Vet Clinic, Diner, Fire Station, and Farmers Market will be combined into a new town area, which will be over 1500 sq ft. Paved streets, benches, streetlights, peddle cars, and stop lights will all help to make Our Town come to life for visitors. Each exhibit gallery will take on a unique look giving it an authentic look and feel of Our Town!

STEAMworks Program

500,000

Sponsored by George Kress Foundation

This program explores STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). As we dive into robotics, circuits, 3-D printing, science experiments, and more, museum guests interact with hands-on, spotlight science experiments, and activities with a weekly focus. This program is intended for visitors as their beginning interaction with scientific learning and engineering design.

Tinker in the Trades Program

250,000

This program reminds guests that it is not just how to build a house, but rather who builds the house. Community partners from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, local businesses, and trade unions will guide museum guests through interactive challenges as they explore the skills and tools needed to excel in trades careers. This program will lay the foundation and light the spark for future careers in carpentry, masonry, welding, plumbing, and electrician work.