FREE Family Fun: The Bucyrus/Caterpillar Mining Museum

Oh...my boys are going to LOVE this!  Check out the FREE Bucyrus/Caterpillar Mining Museum Visitor's Center.

Now a part of Caterpillar Global Mining, the long history of Bucyrus mining machines are preserved in our heritage exhibits, free and open to the public. The two-floor museum on the grounds of the company's manufacturing complex in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA features multimedia exhibits on past and current products, vintage company memorabilia, and scale models of massive mining shovels, drills and draglines.

Visitors can experience larger-than-life excavation products by climbing into the driver's seat of an Electric Rope Shovel simulator or exploring Caterpillar's broad line of mining equipment through the unique interactive experience, "Touchpoint."

VISITOR INFORMATION

Hours

Monday 10:00 am. - 3:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am. - 3:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday - Closed
Sunday - Closed

Hours subject to change. Closed on holidays and select dates.

LOCATION

The Bucyrus Museum is located in the Heritage Building at Caterpillar's South Milwaukee campus:

1970 10th Ave.
South Milwaukee, WI 53172

Call 414-768-4001 for an updated list of closures.

Thanks to reader Nathalie for the info!