Streets of Lower Walnut St.-Bronzeville recreated (as seen in the North Side tour)

Urban Anthropology Group Tours

Anthropologists from Urban Anthropology Inc.(UrbAn) have been conducting studies on Milwaukee’s cultural groups for over a decade.  These studies have been used to develop documentaries, museums, and tours.  UrbAn has been conducting tours for over five years.

Ethnic Milwaukee Bus Tours

Bus tours are year-round.  Group tours of 15-29 can be reserved most weekends, and occasional weekday evenings.  Group tours of 30-55 can be reserved for most weekdays or weekends.  Most tours are wheelchair accessible.  Book these at least two weeks in advance.  Prices include full tour, meal (where offered), tips, and entrance fees to all sites.  The prices listed are for most adults.  The lower price is for seniors, children, or students.

Milwaukee’s South Side Cultures: Who was, who came, & who joined?  Ethnic groups: Learn about the Natives, Poles, and Mexicans that made the South Side their home.  Examples of stops and sights: Latino art exhibit at the United Community Center, lunch at an ethnic restaurant, Native Church of the Great Spirit, Old South Side Settlement Museum tour, Basilica of St. Josaphat.  Documentary: Milwaukee’s Old South Side (seen at lunch). Prices: $50/$45.  3-4 hours.

Milwaukee’s North Side Cultures: Who was, who came, & who joined?  Ethnic groups: Learn about the Germans, Irish, Jews, African Americans, and Hmong that made the North Side their home.  Examples of stops and sights: Halyard Park and Sherman Park neighborhoods, Bronzeville recreated, lunch at an ethnic restaurant, Hmong museum, German architecture.  Documentary: Sherman Park Neighborhood (seen at lunch). Prices: $50/$45.  3-4 hours.

Milwaukee’s Harbor Cultures: Who was, who came, & who joined?  Ethnic groups: Learn about the Natives, Kashubes, Irish, and Italians that made the harbor area their home.  Examples of stops and sights: Milwaukee’s lakefront, lighthouse museum tour (or alternative), lunch at an ethnic restaurant, Juneau Park, Bay View, Jones Island.  Documentary: The Kashubes of Jones Island (seen at lunch). Prices: $50/$45.  3-4 hours.

Lost Milwaukee: Once thriving communities in the city’s past.  Ethnic groups: Learn about the extinct communities of Milwaukee’s past: The Mound Builders, the Kashubes of Jones Island, the Third Ward Irish, Socialists, Bronzeville, and Little Italy.   Examples of stops and sights: Forest Home Cemetery (site of leveled mounds), the Third Ward (and remnants of the cultures that once thrived there), the German Socialist sites, Milwaukee County Historical Society (when available), streets of Lower Bronzeville. Lunch on own in Third Ward.  Prices: $40/$35.  3 hours.

Milwaukee’s Third Ward (as seen in the Harbor Culture and River Culture tours)

Interior of Basilica of St. Josaphat (as seen in the South Side tour)

Culturally diverse Sherman Park neighborhood (as seen in the North Side tour)