January 31-February 16, 2026
Canned food sculpture exhibition comes to MPM
Canstruction 2025
View colorful and creative sculptures—each made of at least 1,000 canned and non-perishable food items—designed and built by more than two dozen teams of local leaders in architecture, engineering, and construction.
THEME: CAN't Forget the Magic
The sculptures will be on display in the Steigleder Special Exhibits Gallery on MPM’s Second Floor and are included with admission.
Special rates and events noted below:
Sculpture Build Day, Saturday, January 31, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.:
Museum Days 25% off admission
Observe the teams as they carefully assemble their canned sculptures.
Sunday, February 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.:
Museum Days 25% off admission
Canstruction awards ceremony on Kohl’s Thank You Thursday, February 5, 1-2 p.m.:
FREE Museum admission for all
A panel of judges will present the teams with awards in the following categories: best meal, best structural ingenuity, best use of labels, most cans, and the people’s choice. Visitors are invited to sit in on the ceremony.
Upon the conclusion of the exhibition, the sculptures will be “de-canstructed,” and the food will be donated to the Jewish Community Pantry, a program of the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. For nearly 50 years, the Pantry has provided emergency food and community resources to residents facing food insecurity in the Metcalfe Park and Amani neighborhoods on Milwaukee’s north side.
Canstruction at MPM is in partnership with Women in Design, Wisco NOMA, AIA Milwaukee, and the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center.