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Check out KEY���s online Family Fun for kid-friendly outings LIZ RUSSELL, mother of a baby son and toddler daughter, writes Family Fun, an online exclusive of KEY Milwaukee. Liz���s insights on what���s happening each month in Metro Milwaukee and what is truly ���family friendly,��� as well as archived features, can be found at keymilwaukee.com. Her recent��� Pick of the Month��� column explores how families can enjoy the Milwaukee Art Museum. We think the following excerpt will aid parents who decide to visit at any time of the year. ������I���ll admit, I hadn���t been there in years and felt skeptical about its kid-friendliness. After all, little kids don���t typically mesh well with priceless works of art. But I was thrilled to find endless creative outlets for children at the art museum. ���The highlight for our family was the Kohl���s Art Generation Studio, a setting similar to a very nice art classroom, with pods of tables lined in brown craft paper. ���The next hot spot? The Kohl���s Art Generation Gallery, which brought to life many well-known animated films and offered a way for kids to physically engage with them. ���Once we left the Kohl���s Art Generation area, which is clearly kid orientated, I thought my children would be bored silly as my husband and I cruised through the galleries. But they weren���t. At different times, my kids requested (or grunted) that we stop so they could examine a sculpture. My daughter even asked questions about what she was seeing. We talked about art! And days later, she���s still talking about it. ���But the biggest surprise for me was how comfortable I felt being at an art museum���a place I associate with being quiet and not touching anything���with two very young children, and just how much the museum strives to engage the inner artist in every age group.��� (Full museum schedules, hours, fees and more are at mam.org) YOUR BEST GUIDE TO SUMMER IN METRO MILWAUKEE We kick off our warm weather focus with the MAY SUMMER PREVIEW ISSUE featuring a special section on the Lake Express High-Speed Ferry. Bookmark KeyMilwaukee.com & VisitingMilwaukee.com and subscribe to our money-saving Key-Zine for the best info on summer 2013.