Milwaukee

Haggerty Museum of Art

September 30 2026
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Overview

Getting To and From

Inside the Venue

Onsite Accessibility

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About

The Haggerty Museum of Art is Marquette University's art museum, at 1234 W. Tory Hill St. on the Marquette campus in Milwaukee, directly north of the 13th Street and Clybourn Street intersection. It opened on Nov. 11, 1984, presents about eight to nine exhibitions a year, and works as a teaching museum for the university while offering free tours, lectures, workshops and performances to the wider community. Admission is free, and the museum is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed on Sunday and on Marquette's holidays. For access, the museum describes itself as ADA compliant and asks visitors to contact it for any special arrangements. The main entrance is on the west side of the building, facing into campus. Coming from the 13th and Clybourn corner means a flight of stairs and a slight hill, so the museum points visitors who need an ADA compliant route to Lot J, its free, limited parking lot at 601 N 11th St. Marquette's own access records add that the west entrance doors are wheelchair accessible but manual, with no door buttons, and that the elevator sits in the center of the museum with the restrooms opposite it on the main floor. The museum's own pages publish no floor plan, restroom or elevator details, so those interior facts come from Marquette and from Visit Milwaukee. Questions go to (414) 288-1669 or haggertym@marquette.edu.

Getting To and From

Features	Information Available on Website	Available at Venue	Notes	Additional Info / Things to Know
On Site Parking Garage or Lot	Yes	Yes	Marquette University's Lot J can only be accessed by driving south on 11th Street (a one-way street) from the Wisconsin Avenue intersection. A parking booth will become visible on your right, about halfway down the block. If an attendant is present, please inform them you are headed up to Lot J. If no attendant is in the booth, please proceed past the booth and drive up the hill to the next gated entry. At Lot J, you may drive directly in if the gate is up. If the gate is down, please press the intercom button and inform the parking personnel that you are visiting the Haggerty Museum. Within the lot, parking is not allowed in spots marked “Gesu Parish Guests Only”. Availability in this parking lot is not guaranteed at all times, especially during Gesu events.	Availability is not guaranteed, especially during Gesu events, and spots marked Gesu Parish Guests Only are off limits. No number or location of designated accessible spaces is published, and the walk from Lot J to the museum door is not described. A 2019 museum sheet said 15 of the lot's 85 spaces were set aside for Haggerty guests, but no current page repeats that figure. Marquette's campus rules say designated disabled spaces need both a state disabled permit or plate and a Marquette-issued permit, without saying whether that applies to museum visitors, so ask the museum on (414) 288-1669.
Drop Off/Pick Up Lanes/ Ride Share	Yes		No general drop off or pick up point is published for visitors. The only drop off point described is for school groups, in a 2019 museum tour sheet: buses drop students on the south side of the museum at 13th and Clybourn Streets. That corner is the approach the museum describes as a flight of stairs and a slight hill to the front door.	Marquette notes that Uber and Lyft both operate in Milwaukee and that several Milwaukee County Transit System routes serve the campus, but no ride share pick up point or bus stop is named for the museum. If you need to be dropped near the step-free route, ask the museum on (414) 288-1669 before you travel.
Off site Parking	Yes	Yes	Metered street parking may be available on Clybourn Street between North 11th and 15th streets. The Wells Street Parking Structure at 1240 W. Wells St. is a short walk of about 7 minutes (0.3 miles) from the museum, and Marquette's visitor parking page names it as the parking for Haggerty Museum of Art visitors. Visitor parking there is $10 per calendar day, by credit card only (Mastercard and Visa).	Marquette's building access sheet for the Wells Street structure (Parking Structure 2) describes a wheelchair accessible entrance with an automatic door and an elevator through the doors to the left; that sheet dates from 2010. No accessible spaces are counted in the structure or on Clybourn Street, and the walking route from the structure to the museum is not described.
Accessible Entrance	Yes	Yes	The main entrance to the Haggerty Museum of Art is on the west side of the building, facing into the Marquette University campus. From the 13th Street and Clybourn Street corner, the way in is a flight of stairs and a slight hill to the front door, so visitors who need an ADA compliant route are directed to the Lot J route instead. Wheelchair accessible doors, without door buttons, are at the west entrance of the building.	The museum describes itself as ADA compliant and asks visitors to contact it for any special arrangements. The door detail comes from Marquette's campus map. Visit Milwaukee's listing adds that the west entrance is accessible by ramp; no museum or Marquette page mentions the ramp. The Lot J directions the museum points to cover driving to the lot only, not the walk from the lot to the door, and no door width, threshold or ramp detail is published. Call (414) 288-1669 or email haggertym@marquette.edu to confirm the step-free route.
Site Map/Floorplan	Yes	Yes	There is no floor plan of the museum itself. The official Marquette campus map, updated May 2026, shows the Haggerty Museum of Art as building 13, and its legend distinguishes wheelchair accessible doors with and without door buttons. The museum's directions page also embeds a Google map pinning Lot J as the driving destination and the museum as the walking destination.	Marquette's Office of Disability Services keeps a one page access sheet for the building, with the entrance, restroom and elevator locations and a photo of the entrance; it was last updated in 2010. No gallery map, interior layout or virtual tour of the building is published.

Inside the Venue

Features	Information Available on Website	Available at Venue	Notes	Additional Info / Things to Know
Dedicated Accessible Entrance	Yes	No	The museum's accessible entrance is listed as wheelchair accessible doors at the west entrance of the building, which is also the side given for the main entrance. No page says whether these are the same doors or a separate accessible door.
Street Level Access and Automatic Doors	Yes	No	The wheelchair accessible doors at the west entrance have no door buttons, and Marquette's building access sheet describes them as manual doors. No automatic doors are described for the museum.	Level access is not described either. The museum says the approach from 13th and Clybourn is a flight of stairs and a slight hill and points wheelchair users to the Lot J route, while Visit Milwaukee's listing says the west entrance is accessible by ramp. If manual doors are a barrier, ask the museum on (414) 288-1669 about help at the door.
Security Checkpoint	No	No
Use of Mobility Aids	Yes	Yes	Wheelchairs are available for use, seating benches are available, and there is a service animal relief area. Service animals, meaning a dog or miniature horse trained to perform a task for a person with a disability, can go anywhere on the Marquette campus that people are allowed, except where safety or program objectives would be compromised.	The wheelchairs, benches and relief area come from Visit Milwaukee's listing rather than the museum's own pages, which say nothing about mobility aids. The listing gives no number of wheelchairs and no location for the relief area, and says use/rental without stating whether there is a charge. The service animal rule is Marquette's campus-wide policy. For accessibility questions or requests, the listing names the Haggerty Museum Visitor Experience Coordinator on (414) 288-1669 or haggertym@marquette.edu.
Accessible Seating (Theater)	No	No

Location

1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee, WI 53233

Getting To and From

Find essential details on parking, drop-off points, and accessibility to make your visit smooth and hassle-free.
Check the table below for more information.

Features	Information Available on Website	Available at Venue	Notes	Additional Info / Things to Know
On Site Parking Garage or Lot	Yes	Yes	Marquette University's Lot J can only be accessed by driving south on 11th Street (a one-way street) from the Wisconsin Avenue intersection. A parking booth will become visible on your right, about halfway down the block. If an attendant is present, please inform them you are headed up to Lot J. If no attendant is in the booth, please proceed past the booth and drive up the hill to the next gated entry. At Lot J, you may drive directly in if the gate is up. If the gate is down, please press the intercom button and inform the parking personnel that you are visiting the Haggerty Museum. Within the lot, parking is not allowed in spots marked “Gesu Parish Guests Only”. Availability in this parking lot is not guaranteed at all times, especially during Gesu events.	Availability is not guaranteed, especially during Gesu events, and spots marked Gesu Parish Guests Only are off limits. No number or location of designated accessible spaces is published, and the walk from Lot J to the museum door is not described. A 2019 museum sheet said 15 of the lot's 85 spaces were set aside for Haggerty guests, but no current page repeats that figure. Marquette's campus rules say designated disabled spaces need both a state disabled permit or plate and a Marquette-issued permit, without saying whether that applies to museum visitors, so ask the museum on (414) 288-1669.
Drop Off/Pick Up Lanes/ Ride Share	Yes		No general drop off or pick up point is published for visitors. The only drop off point described is for school groups, in a 2019 museum tour sheet: buses drop students on the south side of the museum at 13th and Clybourn Streets. That corner is the approach the museum describes as a flight of stairs and a slight hill to the front door.	Marquette notes that Uber and Lyft both operate in Milwaukee and that several Milwaukee County Transit System routes serve the campus, but no ride share pick up point or bus stop is named for the museum. If you need to be dropped near the step-free route, ask the museum on (414) 288-1669 before you travel.
Off site Parking	Yes	Yes	Metered street parking may be available on Clybourn Street between North 11th and 15th streets. The Wells Street Parking Structure at 1240 W. Wells St. is a short walk of about 7 minutes (0.3 miles) from the museum, and Marquette's visitor parking page names it as the parking for Haggerty Museum of Art visitors. Visitor parking there is $10 per calendar day, by credit card only (Mastercard and Visa).	Marquette's building access sheet for the Wells Street structure (Parking Structure 2) describes a wheelchair accessible entrance with an automatic door and an elevator through the doors to the left; that sheet dates from 2010. No accessible spaces are counted in the structure or on Clybourn Street, and the walking route from the structure to the museum is not described.
Accessible Entrance	Yes	Yes	The main entrance to the Haggerty Museum of Art is on the west side of the building, facing into the Marquette University campus. From the 13th Street and Clybourn Street corner, the way in is a flight of stairs and a slight hill to the front door, so visitors who need an ADA compliant route are directed to the Lot J route instead. Wheelchair accessible doors, without door buttons, are at the west entrance of the building.	The museum describes itself as ADA compliant and asks visitors to contact it for any special arrangements. The door detail comes from Marquette's campus map. Visit Milwaukee's listing adds that the west entrance is accessible by ramp; no museum or Marquette page mentions the ramp. The Lot J directions the museum points to cover driving to the lot only, not the walk from the lot to the door, and no door width, threshold or ramp detail is published. Call (414) 288-1669 or email haggertym@marquette.edu to confirm the step-free route.
Site Map/Floorplan	Yes	Yes	There is no floor plan of the museum itself. The official Marquette campus map, updated May 2026, shows the Haggerty Museum of Art as building 13, and its legend distinguishes wheelchair accessible doors with and without door buttons. The museum's directions page also embeds a Google map pinning Lot J as the driving destination and the museum as the walking destination.	Marquette's Office of Disability Services keeps a one page access sheet for the building, with the entrance, restroom and elevator locations and a photo of the entrance; it was last updated in 2010. No gallery map, interior layout or virtual tour of the building is published.

Inside the Venue

Get to know what to expect indoors—from seating layouts to restrooms and concessions.

Features	Information Available on Website	Available at Venue	Notes	Additional Info / Things to Know
Dedicated Accessible Entrance	Yes	No	The museum's accessible entrance is listed as wheelchair accessible doors at the west entrance of the building, which is also the side given for the main entrance. No page says whether these are the same doors or a separate accessible door.
Street Level Access and Automatic Doors	Yes	No	The wheelchair accessible doors at the west entrance have no door buttons, and Marquette's building access sheet describes them as manual doors. No automatic doors are described for the museum.	Level access is not described either. The museum says the approach from 13th and Clybourn is a flight of stairs and a slight hill and points wheelchair users to the Lot J route, while Visit Milwaukee's listing says the west entrance is accessible by ramp. If manual doors are a barrier, ask the museum on (414) 288-1669 about help at the door.
Security Checkpoint	No	No
Use of Mobility Aids	Yes	Yes	Wheelchairs are available for use, seating benches are available, and there is a service animal relief area. Service animals, meaning a dog or miniature horse trained to perform a task for a person with a disability, can go anywhere on the Marquette campus that people are allowed, except where safety or program objectives would be compromised.	The wheelchairs, benches and relief area come from Visit Milwaukee's listing rather than the museum's own pages, which say nothing about mobility aids. The listing gives no number of wheelchairs and no location for the relief area, and says use/rental without stating whether there is a charge. The service animal rule is Marquette's campus-wide policy. For accessibility questions or requests, the listing names the Haggerty Museum Visitor Experience Coordinator on (414) 288-1669 or haggertym@marquette.edu.
Accessible Seating (Theater)	No	No

Onsite Accessibility

Learn about ramps, elevators, restrooms, and other accessible features available during your visit

Features	Information Available on Website	Available at Venue	Notes	Additional Info / Things to Know
Restrooms	Yes	Yes	Accessible restrooms are available. The men's and women's restrooms are on the main floor, opposite the elevator, and a changing table is available in both.	The restroom locations come from Marquette's 2010 building access sheet, and the accessible restrooms and changing tables from Visit Milwaukee's listing; the museum's own site never mentions restrooms. The listing calls it a universal changing table without saying whether it is adult sized. No family or all-gender restroom is described.
Elevators	Yes	Yes	The elevator is through the main entrance, in the center of the museum, and the levels of the museum are accessible by elevator.	The elevator location comes from Marquette's 2010 building access sheet and the all-levels statement from Visit Milwaukee's listing; the museum's own pages never mention an elevator. No page says how many levels the building has. The museum has referred to a second-floor gallery, which in fall 2020 was a teaching gallery open only to the Marquette community.
On-Site Dining	Yes	No	No cafe, restaurant or coffee counter is described inside the museum. For school groups, the museum's 2019 tour sheet points to lunch facilities at the Alumni Memorial Union, a separate campus building, and to the museum sculpture garden in good weather, arranged when booking the tour.	The sculpture garden is north of the museum building.
Theater, Auditorium, etc. (Museum)

Our Guidelines

1. Make Accessibility Info Easy to Find - Dedicated Website Accessibility Page

Clearly post detailed accessibility information online, covering parking, entrances, interior pathways, site plans, and more.

2. Include All Mobility Devices

Consider walkers, canes, crutches — not just wheelchairs. Provide specifics for a variety of mobility needs. Include people who use different devices in the conversation.

3. Go Beyond ADA Compliance

ADA is the minimum. Strive for real-world accessibility through thoughtful design and ongoing improvements.

4. Visibility = Accessibility

If disabled visitors aren't present, barriers may exist. Transparency and preparation are the keys to inclusion. Empower everyone to attend.

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