Informal list of museums, collections and other visitor destinations or potential destinations at UW-Madison |
| Compiled by Ken
Smith. You are invited to submit any additions. |
Museum or Exhibit
(May link to more info) |
Department
(School or College) |
Building |
Notes: |
| Allen Centennial Gardens |
Horticulture (CALS) |
Babcock and Observatory |
Outdoors and therefor seasonal |
| Arboretum |
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Visitors Center |
Built in 1930's from several failed farms; new visitor center added in 2001 |
| The Elvehjem
Museum |
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The Elvehjem Museum |
Opened 1970? |
| Wisconsin
Union Galleries |
Wisconsin Union |
Memorial Union |
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| Geology
Museum |
Geology (L&S) |
Weeks Hall |
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| BioTrek |
UWBC (Grad School) |
Genetics Biotechnology |
Hands on science education, mostly by appointment for small and midsized groups. |
| Space
Place |
Earth and Space Sciences? (L&S?) |
1605 South Park St. |
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| Helen Louise Allen
Textile Collection and Gallery
of Design |
School of Human Ecology |
1300 Linden Drive |
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| D.
C. Smith Greenhouses |
Horticulture (CALS) |
Horticulture |
A lovely greenhouse area right across the street from the Dairy Plant and the insect collection. |
| Zoology
Museum |
Zoology (L&S) |
LE Noland Zoology Building |
A 10,000 square-foot collections storage and research facility, the Molecular Systematics Laboratory, and a small exhibits gallery. |
| Insect
Research Collection |
Entomology (CALS) |
Russell Labs |
The IRC is housed in the Department of Entomology, rooms 346, 346a-c Russell Laboratories; it consists of one main collection room and three adjoining rooms.
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| Milking
Parlor |
Dairy Science Dept. (CALS) |
Dairy Complex, Ag Campus |
Cows are milked at 3:00 AM and 3:00 PM so they can be seen during the day. Not thought of as a tourist destination, but as a teaching facility. |
| Babcock
Hall Dairy Plant |
Dairy Science (CALS) |
Babcock Hall |
Isn't thought of as a museum or destination but it should be |
| L.R. Ingersoll Museum |
Physics (L&S) |
Sterling Hall |
Currently in mothballs while Chamberlin Hall is rennovated. Will the rennovated building have a Learning Lobby? |
| Herbarium |
Botany (L&S) |
160 Birge Hall |
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| Washburn
Observatory |
Astronomy (L&S) |
Washburn Observatory 1401 Observatory Dr. |
Used primarily by the public during open houses,the Observatory houses a 15-inch refractor with a magnification of about 500. |
| Anthropology Department Collection |
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| Synchrotron Radiation Center |
Graduate School |
3731 Schneider Drive, McFarland |
The center is a tool for researchers from across the world who perform precise experiments, such as examining rocks as old as the Earth to studying how diseases work. Visitors will have a chance to participate in family-friendly interactive activities. |
| Silver Buckle Press |
UW Library System |
236 Memorial Library, 728 State Street |
The press is "a working tool to support instruction," and a " museum-quality collection ...to demonstrate the craft of hand-press printing through publications geared to a contemorary audience. Wood type, type collections and working versions of 19th and early 20th century presses. |
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