Kois brings innovative design to Milwaukee Public Museum

Dennis Kois’ (BA Museum and Exhibit Design ’95, Honors College) reputation as one of the museum world’s most innovative designers started early and it started at UWM, where he helped create his own degree program. Post-college, he has transformed community institutions from Abilene, Texas, to Boston’s deCordova, where he installed one of America’s first museum-integrated preschools. After 10 years between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution, he was named president and CEO of the Milwaukee Public Museum, where his belief that museum experiences can transform lives informs his approach to community engagement.

Kois received the 2016 UWM Foundation Alumni Achievement Award.