Kathy Flanigan

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Brew City MKE Beer Museum, a pilot museum project by the Milwaukee County Historical Society, will close permanently March 3.

The museum, which opened in October 2017 at the Shops of Grand Avenue, was dedicated to telling the story of Brew City through rotating exhibitions and a full beer bar featuring local brews.

The museum was an offshoot of a 2016 feature exhibit, "Brew City MKE: Craft, Culture, Community," focused on Milwaukee's beer and brewing history.

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"Our hope was to try out the exhibit and our brewing collections on their own to see if people had enough interest to support a museum solely focused on telling the story of Brew City," Mame McCully, executive director of the Milwaukee County Historical Society, said in a press release.

The County Historical Society has been working with community partners to identify a new location.

The former Grand Avenue is in the midst of a massive do-over, converting much of its retail space into offices, apartments and a food hall, among other uses.

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