The Miwaukee Art Museum has opened its doors in 1888, but the eye-catching structure, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2001, has become a symbol of modern Milaukee.

With its moveable wings the Miwaukee Art Museum looks like a large white bird landing on Lake Michigan or the tail of a white whale emerging from the water.

The museum is home to 25,000 works of art. Its permanent holdings contain an important collection of old Masters and 19th-century artwork.

As well as the best collection of German Expressionism, folk and Haitian art, American decorative art and post-1960 American art.