Humboldt Park – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Humboldt Park covers 73 acres in the Bay View neighborhood. Each year, thousands of people take advantage of the beautiful scenery, cultural events, and numerous amenities. The park houses an outdoor music stage, park pavilion, war memorial, rambling trails, picnic areas, and lagoons. An extensive list of events provide visitors with plenty of reasons to enjoy Humboldt Park.
Humboldt Park Friends invite you to learn more about events, attractions, and scenery that make this park special to the neighborhood and visitors.
Our Mission
Humboldt Park Friends is a non-profit organization focused on engaging the Bay View neighborhood and greater Milwaukee communities and fostering park stewardship through volunteering, preserving park history, improving park amenities and safety, and sponsoring events and programming for education and enjoyment of Humboldt Park.
Our History
Humboldt Park is one of six parks created when the city of Milwaukee established a Parks Commission in 1890. The park was originally named South Park and opened to the public in 1891. Its original 45 acres were completely fenced in. Extensive park construction occurred in 1893.
Amenities
Humboldt Park offers an impressive blend of natural beauty with events and amenities creating an enjoyable urban park experience. There are many amenities that the community can take advantage of. Discover More >
Become a Member
Membership in Humboldt Park Friends enables you to vote for board leadership, support park programming and events, and help support our mission.
News
Tree Day
The Humboldt Park Friends group celebrated another successful Tree Day on October 13th. Tree Day helps kids in our community schools learn about and appreciate the Trees in Humboldt Park. Tree Day has been an annual event at Humboldt Park since 1998 and during that...
Humboldt Park Heroes: Tim Richter
Our next Humboldt Park Hero is Tim Richter, a long-time Bay View resident and great friend of the park. On any given day, you can find Tim enjoying the park and beer garden with his friends and family. His love of the park began with his grandmother taking Tim to the park as a child and now Tim is passing that love of the park to his own family. We asked Tim to share his story with us, and we want to thank him for his contribution to the park and honor him as a Humboldt Park Hero.
Shakespeare in the Park at Humboldt NEW SHOW ADDED! September 4th 5:00 p.m.
UPDATE: Due to the show’s popularity Optimist theater is adding another performance at Humboldt Park on September 4th at 5 pm
Humboldt Park Heroes: Myron Thomsen
Our next Humboldt Park Hero is Myron Thomsen, a long-time Bay View resident and great friend of the park. On any given day, you can find Myron in the park picking up trash or volunteering for a variety of events. We asked Myron to share his story with us, and we want to thank him for his contribution to the park and honor him as a Humboldt Park Hero.
Tim Richter is an Invader Crusader Award Winner
We are delighted to announce that Tim Richter has been awarded the Invader Crusader award from the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council. Tim is our Lagoon Restoration champion and has chaired and worked on our lagoon restoration committee for years.
Congratulations! We hit our original 100 for Humboldt Tree fundraising goal! But there is still work to be done.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to Humboldt Park Friends’ 100 for Humboldt campaign!
Your generosity is taking root, with two groups of tree plantings already completed. We expect another round of trees to be planted this fall.
This was a tremendous community effort, and we should be proud of what we have accomplished together.
Parks Department Begins Replacing Humboldt Park Trees
MILWAUKEE (April 23, 2021) — There is more than the normal spring growth happening in Humboldt Park this year. Milwaukee County Parks forestry crews have been busy planting trees in the 73-acre park, much to the delight of Bay View residents and park visitors.
Beginning in early April, crews began planting River birch, Elm, Maple, Ironwood, Basswood, Chestnut, and London Planetrees around the lagoon in the center of the park, near the Lily pond near E. Oklahoma Avenue, and on the hillside along S. Logan Avenue.
Humboldt Park Heroes: Konrad Kuchenbach
Humboldt Park provides a refuge to people and nature and brings joy to so many residents and visitors.Taking care of our park and promoting its beauty has become the work of many Humboldt Park Heroes.
In an ongoing series of blog posts, we will be honoring and highlighting some of the people that give their time to maintain and promote the park and help protect and maintain the urban oasis that we all enjoy.
#100 for Humboldt Tree Planting has Started
Hello Friends of Humboldt Park,
We are so excited to see that the tree planting has begun at Humboldt Park. Several new trees from the spring planting can be seen east of the lagoon and near the Lilly pond. We expect to see a few more trees planted in the upcoming days to complete the spring planting schedule.
February General Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: February 4th, 2021
Time: 7:00 pm
In attendance – Ignacio Catral, Susan Catral, Patrick McSweeney, Tim Richter, Mike Bubolz, Dani Graf, Laureen Stirmel, Myron Thompsen, Lori LaGrow, Henry Szymanski – Later joined by Barry Waddell from the Park People
Humboldt Park Friends 2020 Annual Report
Thank you for your interest and involvement in Humboldt Park. We made it through one of the most challenging years I can remember, yet we were able to keep meeting as a group and get many tasks accomplished. We started the year in uncertainty while pushing ahead with...
Looking for a lasting gift?
Give a tree before Dec. 31 and enjoy a tax write-off! Humboldt Park Friends’ 100 for Humboldt program is replacing trees that have been cut down in recent years because of disease, infestation, or weather damage. The goal is to plant 100 established hardwood trees...
