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Touring the L.R. Ingersoll Museum

Hours & Info:

The museum is typically open Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm. We are closed on legal holidays or when the physics department itself is closed.
The museum is a free public venue and is funded by Donations, grants, and the department.
Museum Brochure: 2010 L.R. Ingersoll Museum Brochure {PDF}
Calender of Scheduled Tours. Also shows closer dates.
News Page

Walk-ins:

Groups and individuals are more then welcome to visit the museum at any time without scheduling for a tour guide. However, please notify us if your walk-in group is larger then 10 and always check our Tour Calendar to find a free time for your visit. This way you are not overwhelmed if there happens to be a scheduled tour at that time.
Please note that the museum is not staffed.

Contacts:

To arrange for a guided tour of our physics museum or to find out more about general campus tours, please contact either
UW-Campus		L.R. Ingersoll Museum
For UW Visitor Information, Tours, Campus Venues, and Logistics
Campus and Visitor Relations		Steve Narf - Instructional Program Manager
cvpspecialist@uwmad.wisc.edu		Physics Department
(608) 265-9500		(608) 262-3898 or at srnarf@wisc.edu
List of UW-Madison Venues of K12

Docents:

All of our docents (tour guides) are students that have at least a basic physics background. We try very hard to schedule one docent per 15-25 kids within a group. Multiple docents per tour, is entirely up to the availability each individual docent for that tour time and the number of kids that are visiting the museum. Please Note: The dosents are students with course work to due and exams. Therefor we try "very hard" to assign a student for your guide. However, sometime we are just unable to schedule a guide for a giving tour. If this occurs we are extremely sorry.

Tours:

Please try to schedule your tour at least one week before desired date. This will give us a better chance of getting you a docent(s) for your group.
When scheduling a group tour, reserve one hour for our typical guided tour. Which consists of a 15 to 25 minute tutorial of several exhibits and the rest of the time is set aside for free play & self discovery. Of course, tour durations can very depending on your time constraints. Kids can often fine plenty to do within our museum to keep them engaged for well over an hour. If you are jumping to another UW venue, please budget about 15 minutes to get to your next appointment.

Large groups:

Large groups of 40 or more will require special accommodations. I strongly suggest that you contact Campus and Visitor Relations to schedule your tour of our museum. We highly recommend that these large groups are broken into 2 or more smaller groups of around 30 kids each for back-to-back tours. Campus and Visitor Relations is much better equipment to help you with such logistics and can suggest other UW campus venues to visit in the interim and bus parking.
For large groups visiting the museum that can not be broken due to time constraints or other factors; A self-guided tour is the best we can do. Please note that our museum can only hold upto 100 kids at any one time. We will do are best to fine more then one available docent for these large tours to give you the best experience we can.

Please send your questions, comments, or suggestions to Steve at srnarf@wisc.edu , and I thank you for your input.

Errors happen; Please report any errors to Steve at srnarf@wisc.edu as soon as possible. Thanks!

E-Letters Meet Our Staff

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+ * '''The museum is typically open Monday-Friday from ''''''8:00am'''''' to ''''''4:00pm''''''. We are closed on legal holidays or when the physics department itself is closed.'''
 * '''The museum is a free public venue and is funded by [[http://www.physics.wisc.edu/museum/donations-text.htm|Donations]], grants, and the department.'''
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- * '''The museum is typically open Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm, Unless other ways stated within the tour schedule. You and or your group are more then welcome to tour the museum on your own without scheduling a tour/tour guide.'''
 * '''The duration of a our guided tours are 50 to 60 minutes.'''
 * '''Single group sizes of over 40 may require special accommodations and a guided tour may not be possible due to room size.'''
 * '''Please contact us at least a week before desired date.'''
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||Jessica Mccarty - Visitor Relations Coordinator, Visitor & Information Programs || || Steve Narf - Instructional Program Manager||
||UW Visitor Information Programs || ||Physics Department||
||(608) 265-5979 or cvpspecialist@bascom.wisc.edu, jmccarty@uwmad.wisc.edu|| ||(608) 262-3898 or at srnarf@wisc.edu ||
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||<#CCFFFF: style="width: 30%"> Wednesday, December 16 Through Sunday, December 28 ||<#CCFFFF: style="width: 30%">MUSEUM IS CLOSED - FINAL EXAMS AND BREAK||
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-Please send your questions, comments, or suggestions to either;
Steve at srnarf@wisc.edu or Ugo at camerini@wisc.edu,
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+ * '''Groups and individuals are more then welcome to visit the museum at any time without scheduling for a tour guide. However, please notify us if your walk-in group is larger then 10 and always check our [[http://www.physics.wisc.edu/museum/Calendar-text.html|Tour Calendar]] to find a free time for your visit. This way you are not overwhelmed if there happens to be a scheduled tour at that time. '''
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||For UW Visitor Information, Tours, Campus Venues, and Logistics || || ||
||[[http://www.info.wisc.edu/campus-tours|Campus and Visitor Relations]] || ||Steve Narf - Instructional Program Manager ||
|| cvpspecialist@uwmad.wisc.edu || ||Physics Department ||
||(608) 265-9500 || ||(608) 262-3898 or at srnarf@wisc.edu ||
||[[http://www.info.wisc.edu/campus-tours/k12-field-trips|List of UW-Madison Venues of K12]] || || ||
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- * '''__Wednesday, December 16 Through Sunday, December 28 __''' 
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  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| || || ||
+ * '''All of our docents (tour guides) are students that have at least a basic physics background. We try very hard to schedule one docent per 15-25 kids within a group. Multiple docents per tour, is entirely up to the availability each individual docent for that tour time and the number of kids that are visiting the museum. Please Note: The dosents are students with course work to due and exams. Therefor we try "very hard" to assign a student for your guide. However, sometime we are just unable to schedule a guide for a giving tour. If this occurs we are extremely sorry.'''
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-==== February 2010 ====
+ * '''When [[http://www.info.wisc.edu/campus-tours|scheduling]] a group tour, reserve one hour for our typical guided tour. Which consists of a 15 to 25 minute tutorial of several [[http://www.physics.wisc.edu/museum/exhibits-text.htm|exhibits]] and the rest of the time is set aside for free play & self discovery. Of course, tour durations can very depending on your time constraints. Kids can often fine plenty to do within our museum to keep them engaged for well over an hour. If you are jumping to another UW venue, please budget about 15 minutes to get to your next appointment. '''
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+ * '''Large groups of 40 or more will require special accommodations.  I ''strongly'' suggest that you contact [[http://www.info.wisc.edu/campus-tours|Campus and Visitor Relations]] to schedule your tour of our museum. We highly recommend that these large groups are broken into 2 or more smaller groups of around 30 kids each for back-to-back tours. Campus and Visitor Relations is much better equipment to help you with such logistics and can suggest other UW campus venues to visit in the interim and bus parking.  '''
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+ * '''For large groups visiting the museum that ''__can not__'' be broken due to time constraints or other factors; A self-guided tour is the best we can do.  Please note that our museum can only hold upto 100 kids at any one time. We will do are best to fine more then one available docent for these large tours to give you the best experience we can.'''
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Please send your questions, comments, or suggestions to Steve at srnarf@wisc.edu , and I thank you for your input. ''' '''
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 * '''__Monday, May 10th Through Sunday, May 16th__''' 
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