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Charles Allis Museum mixes art, culture and history  Click to
enlarge  In the early 1900's, when lot of the wealthy
industrialists in Milwaukee were building their mansions,
Charles and Sarah Allis were looking for a home for their world-
class art collection.  Charles Allis, the first president and
CEO of Allis Chalmers Corporation, build his modest size home on
Milwaukee's Gold Coast, along what is now Prospect Avenue on the
East Side of Milwaukee.  "After they bequeathed the mansion in
1945, it became part of the library system," says John Sterr,
Marketing Manager for the Charles Allis Museum. "In 1960, it
became a library proper."  2000 years of art history, antique
furniture and famous architecture is housed under one roof at
the Charles Allis Museum. That isn't all the Allis Museum offers
to visitors. "We try to put on exhibitions that are of value to
the community," Sterr explains. "We do three original
exhibitions every year that focuses