Very nice fireman that keep this up and running. Worth stopping in and checking out some of the old trucks. Very good story’s also.

The Milwaukee Fire Museum is housed in one of six old fire stations built in 1927. The building itself is very unusual. Light switches (for example) are the very old push button type and the floor is terrazzo (marble chips set in concrete and then polished). There is a second floor bunk area. Several pieces of equipment are housed in the museum including: a 1250 gallon per minute pumper truck (built 1943), the first ambulance in Milwaukee (1947 Cadillac), two fire trucks (one built in 1920’s the other in the 30’s) and chairs etc. built by prisoners. There is a hose tower and part of an old fire alarm system. The museum is operated by Historic Milwaukee Inc. (which is affiliated with the Wisconsin Historical Society). Tour guides are available or you can do a self guided tour. Note: the museum is only open on weekends and no one is admitted after 3:45 pm. (It closes at 4 pm.) The museum is handicap accessible. There is a very small space for parking so it is usually easier to simple park on the street.

If your kids are into fire trucks and fire men with all their cool equipment then they are going to love this place. A hand full of old school fire vehicles, trucks, ambulance, and lots of equipment to check out. I just wish there was more hands on experiences as far as the equipment goes. But still a great experience.

Saw during open doors Milwaukee. Cool old fire station with old engines and some really old pictures of some fires back in the day.