Walking tour: Beer Barons, presented by Historic Milwaukee, Inc.

Name: Walking tour: Beer Barons, presented by Historic Milwaukee, Inc.
Start: 2026-06-27T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-27T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Forest Home Cemetery

Schedule

Sat Jun 27 2026 at 10:00 am to 11:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Forest Home Cemetery | Milwaukee, WI

Beer made Milwaukee famous! Meet our most famous beer barons, along with some of the folks who made their success possible.
About this Event

This is a special tour presented by Historic Milwaukee, Inc. Registration and ticketing are managed directly through Historic Milwaukee. .

On this tour, you’ll learn what made Milwaukee an ideal place to run a brewery and hear about big breweries like Schlitz, Pabst and Blatz.
Forest Home is the final resting place of many of the inventors, workers, and business owners who helped produce the necessary materials to brew, bottle, and sell these famous labels. By the end of the tour, you’ll have a better sense of the beer industry in Milwaukee as well as our famous Beer Barons.
About your guide
This tour is led by a volunteer docent from Historic Milwaukee Inc.
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About Historic Milwaukee, Inc.
Established in 1974, Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI) is dedicated to increasing awareness of and commitment to Milwaukee’s architecture, history, and the built environment. HMI shares this history through docent-led walking tours, the annual Spaces & Traces house tour and Doors Open Milwaukee. Your support helps to keep programs like Doors Open Milwaukee free for all to attend.

About Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum
Established in 1850, Forest Home Cemetery is Milwaukee’s oldest-operating cemetery, open to people of all faiths, races and backgrounds since its inception. Forest Home Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the finest example of a Victorian-era rural garden cemetery in the Upper Midwest.
With more 2,600 trees on nearly 200 acres, Forest Home is larger than any City of Milwaukee park and is the city’s first accredited arboretum.
We are open daily to the public from dawn to dusk. Leashed dogs, joggers, strollers, and bicycles are welcome.
Each year, Forest Home hosts public and private historical and nature-based tours, programs and field trips, plus our signature community events: Memorial Day, Doors Open, Dia de los Muertos 5K & Festival, Shakespeare Festival and Spirits of the Silent City after-dark historical tours.
We have many volunteer opportunities for adults and youth looking for service hours! Email [email protected] to find out more.
Sign up for our newsletter on our website (foresthomecemetery.com) and follow us on Facebook and Instagram so you don’t miss any of our tours and events!
If you enjoy our beautiful space, inquire about staying longer! Stop in the office Monday–Friday 8 am–4:30 pm and Saturday 10 am–3:30 pm, or call (414) 645-2632 to find out about our many burial and memorial options.

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