Hotels Near Universities and Colleges

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - - What To Do And See

 

WHAT TO DO AND SEE IN MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, a genuine American city is home to Summerfest, the world's largest music festival which houses a large number of ethnic and cultural events. Milwaukee is also the 19th largest American city, but it keeps that sense of small-town because of the many ethnic neighborhoods full of cozy eateries and shops spread throughout the city.

 

Top attractions in Milwaukee

>> Miller Park, located on One Brewers Way, Milwaukee, home of the Milwaukee Brewers – a unique park and the only one in the US that has a natural grass playing field and a fan-shaped convertible roof, embracing the architectural heritage of the city and the tradition of baseball at the same time.

 

If you are a fan of the game, then the park will provide you with excellent seating and one of the greatest displays in the country, but if you are there only for a visit, then you can choose from a wide range of restaurants, novelties and concessions.

 

>> Milwaukee Art Museum, located on 700 North Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee – it is home of the greatest work collections of Georgia O'Keeffe, a Wisconsin native, it is also housing impressive German Expressionist art, Haitian and American decorative art, and also folk.

 

The museum represents an architectural jewel of the new millennium since 2001 when the Quadracci Pavilion was added to the museum.

 

Its design is quite futuristic, it was created by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and it contains a pair of moveable wings that span 217 feet and are used to help control temperature and lighting inside the building, named Burke Brise Soleil, a sunscreen that provides a unique moving sculpture unlike anywhere else in the world.

 

>> Pabst Mansion, on 2000 West Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee – it was built in the 19th century for Captain Frederick Pabst, the founder of Pabst Brewery and Milwaukee's own king of beer.

 

If you want to see for yourself some good examples of woodwork, fixtures, art and textiles from the Victorian age, then you should definitely book a guided tour of the mansion, it will be a really special experience.

 

>> Milwaukee Public Museum, located on 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee – among America’s one of the best museums of natural and cultural history, the Milwaukee Public Museum houses a Costa Rican Rain Forest, featuring two stories of sights and sounds from the tropics including both animal and plant species, `The Streets of Old Milwaukee`, presenting brick roads and wooden sidewalks illuminated by gas lights and the Puelicher Butterfly Wing, which houses hundreds of butterfly species from all over the world, all in a large tropical butterfly garden.

 

>> Basilica of St. Josaphat, located on 2333 South Sixth Street, Milwaukee – combining all the elements of a classical basilica and built after St. Peter's in Rome, the church is definitely one of the most wonderful landmarks of Milwaukee.

 

The church’s interior was finished in 1928 and in 1930 it was designated as the third Minor Basilica in America. You can book a tour to visit the Basilica of St. Josaphat for Sundays after Mass.

 

>> Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory `The Domes`, located on 524 South Layton Boulevard, Milwaukee – featuring 85-foot, beehive-shaped domes of special floral gardens, tropical jungle and a desert oasis.

 

The plants are divided into the Arid Dome, which houses a wide range of desert vegetation found in Africa and regions of North and South America; the Tropical Dome, featuring a small-scale rainforest, inhabited by birds and iguanas and the Floral Show Dome.

 

>> Milwaukee County Zoo, on 10001 West Blue Mound Road, Milwaukee – it is one of the greatest zoos in the US, having over 200 wooded acres of beautiful parkland with more than 2,500 animals from all over the world, exhibited both outdoor and indoor. The most famous and popular sections of the zoo are the Stackner Heritage Farm and the Oceans of Fun show.