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Milwaukee Public Museum reports $1.05M operating surplus; citizens urge independent oversight of collections
Summary
The Milwaukee Public Museum told the County Board parks committee it closed the four-month period ended Dec. 31, 2024, with a $1,049,000 operating surplus and said its new museum project is roughly 80% funded; public commenters pressed the museum and supervisors for clearer rules and citizen oversight on deaccessioning and collections transparency.
The Milwaukee Public Museum reported to the County Board parks committee that its consolidated operating statements for the four months ended Dec. 31, 2024, showed an operating surplus of $1,049,000 and consolidated operating revenue near $6 million.
Museum president and CEO Ellen Zenski told the committee, “museum attendance continues to track slightly behind our projections but on track with last year's attendance,” and said school-group visits are improving though still below pre-pandemic levels. Tom Eckler, MPM chief financial officer, said consolidated operating expenditures for the period were about $4.9 million and attributed a year-over-year revenue increase mainly to “timing of net assets being released from restrictions related to endowment contributions.”
The finance update came amid a longer status report on the museum’s new building. Zenski told supervisors the capital campaign had raised $105,000,000 from donors by the end of 2024…
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