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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!

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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.'''
+ * '''Museum Brochure:''' [[attachment:Museum_Brochure-2010.pdf|2010 L.R. Ingersoll Museum Brochure]] {PDF}
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||<style="width: 50%":> '''UW-Campus''' || ||<style="width: 40%":> '''L.R. Ingersoll Museum'''||
||Jessica Mccarty - Visitor Relations Coordinator, [http://www.vip.wisc.edu/attractions.html#science Visitor & Information Programs] || || Steve Narf - Instructional Program Manager||
||UW Visitor Information Programs || ||Physics Department||
||(608) 265-9500 or cvpspecialist@bascom.wisc.edu|| ||(608) 262-3898 or at srnarf@wisc.edu ||
+ * [[http://www.physics.wisc.edu/museum/Calendar-text.html|Calender of Scheduled Tours]]'''. Also shows closer dates. '''
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||<#CCFFFF: style="width: 30%"> Tuesday, August 3rd at noon Through noon on Thursday, August 5th ||<#CCFFFF: style="width: 30%">MUSEUM IS CLOSED - Maintenance and Floor Cleaning||
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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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Feel free to look at our Museum Brochure
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||||||<#DDDDDD style="text-align:center">'''To arrange for a guided tour of our physics museum or to find out more about general campus tours, please contact either''' ||
||<50%  style="text-align:center">'''UW-Campus''' || ||<40%  style="text-align:center">'''L.R. Ingersoll Museum''' ||
||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, October 20th__''' 
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  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 25 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2. Peter Cook ||Peter Cook  ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''||4th & 5th || || ||
+ * '''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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  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 25 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2. Laura Fleming(T) ||Peter Cook  ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''||4th & 5th ||Peter Cook(Optional)|| ||
+ * '''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. '''
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  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 25 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2. Adam Dally  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''||8th Grade || || ||
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  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 25 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2. Nathan Eklof(T) || ||
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  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>9:30am to 10:30am ||<#CCFFFF>1.Mridu Sinha ||Mridu Sinha  ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 63 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2. Peter Cook ||Peter Cook  ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| 5th ||<#CCFFFF>3. Adam Dally  || ||
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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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-==== November 2010 ====
+ * '''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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  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>11:30am - 12:30pm  ||<#CCFFFF>1. ||Nathan Eklof  ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 40 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
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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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* '''__Thursday, November 25th Through Sunday, November 28th__''' 
  ||<#FF0000>'''''MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - Thanksgiving Recess'''''||


==== December 2010 ====

 * '''__Thursday, December 9th__''' 
  || || ||<|5#000000> || ||<|5#000000> || ||
  ||'''Group:'''||<#FFFF88>'''''Stateline Homeschoolers'''''||<:> '''Scheduled Docent(s)'''||<:> '''Available Docent(s)'''||
  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>1pm to 2pm ||<#CCFFFF>1. ||Jessie Otradovec  ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 15-30 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''||Mixed || || ||

* '''__Thursday, December 15th Through Sunday, December 26th__''' 
  ||<#FF0000>'''''MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - FINAL EXAMS & Christmas'''''||

* '''__Friday, December 30th & 31th__''' 
  ||<#FF0000>'''''MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - State Furlough Day & New Years Eve'''''||

==== January 2011 ====
==== February 2011 ====
==== March 2011 ====

* '''__Friday, March 18th__''' 
  ||<#FF0000>'''''MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - State Furlough Day'''''||

==== April 2011 ====

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==== May 2011 ====

* '''__Friday, May 6th Through Monday, May 16th__''' 
  ||<#FF0000>'''''MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - FINAL EXAMS & State Furlough Day'''''||

 * '''__Friday May 27th__''' 
  || || ||<|5#000000> || ||<|5#000000> || ||
  ||'''Group #1:'''||<#FFFF88>'''''Brown Deer Elementary from Brown Deer, WI'''''||<:> '''Scheduled Docent(s)'''||<:> '''Available Docent(s)'''||
  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>9:30am to 10:30pm ||<#CCFFFF>1. || ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 40 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| || || ||

  ||'''Group #2:'''||<#FFFF88>'''''Brown Deer Elementary from Brown Deer, WI'''''||<:> '''Scheduled Docent(s)'''||<:> '''Available Docent(s)'''||
  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>11:00am to 12:00pm ||<#CCFFFF>1. || ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 40 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| || || ||

  ||'''Group #3:'''||<#FFFF88>'''''Brown Deer Elementary from Brown Deer, WI'''''||<:> '''Scheduled Docent(s)'''||<:> '''Available Docent(s)'''||
  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>1:30pm to 2:30pm ||<#CCFFFF>1. || ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 40 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| || || ||

* '''__Monday, May 30th__''' 
  ||<#FF0000>'''''MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - Memorial Day'''''||

==== June 2011 ====

 * '''__Friday, June 3rd__'''
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  ||'''Group #1:'''||<#FFFF88>'''''Bay Harbor Elementary'''''||<:> '''Scheduled Docent(s)'''||<:> '''Available Docent(s)'''||
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  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 60 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| || || ||

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  ||'''Group #2:'''||<#FFFF88>'''''Bay Harbor Elementary'''''||<:> '''Scheduled Docent(s)'''||<:> '''Available Docent(s)'''||
  ||'''Time:'''||<#66ccbb>11:15am - 12:15pm||<#CCFFFF>1. || ||
  ||'''Group Size:'''|| 60 Kids||<#CCFFFF>2.  || ||
  ||'''Age/Grade:'''|| || || ||

==== July 2011 ====
==== August 2011 ====
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