Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum and its Renaissance Garden are zoned as Milwaukee County parkland. Together, they serve the citizens of Milwaukee through the creation and promotion of local, regional and international visual and decorative arts, and a wide range of intergenerational community arts programming that includes theater, music, arts and crafts, creative writing, poetry, and gardening. 

Villa Terrace was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, designated a historic property by the City of Milwaukee’s Historic Preservation Commission in 1982, and recognized by Milwaukee County as a landmark in 2004.