Touring the L.R. Ingersoll Museum
The museum is typically open Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Group are more then welcome to visit the museum on there own without scheduling for a tour guide. However, Please notify us if your party is large(>10) and always check our calendar of tours to find a free times for your visit.
The duration of a our guided tours range is about 60 minutes. with 15 to 25 minutes explaining some of our exhibits and the rest of the time as free play.
Large groups of 40 or more will require special accommodations. A guided tour may not be possible, due to the size of our museum or availability of more then one docent, if the group can not be broken into smaller groups for back-to-back tours.
Please contact us at least a week before desired date.
How to schedule a tour:
To arrange for a guided tour of our physics museum or to find out more about general campus tours, please contact either |
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UW-Campus |
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L.R. Ingersoll Museum |
Visitor Relations Coordinator, [http://www.vip.wisc.edu/attractions.html#science Visitor & Information Programs] |
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Steve Narf - Instructional Program Manager |
UW Visitor Information Programs |
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Physics Department |
(608) 265-9500 or cvpspecialist@uwmad.wisc.edu |
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(608) 262-3898 or at srnarf@wisc.edu |
[attachment:UWVenueContactList.doc Contact List of other UW Venues] {Word Document} |
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Tour Schedule
[http://www.physics.wisc.edu/museum/Calendar-text.html Calender of Scheduled Tours]
Museum Brochure
[attachment:Museum_Brochure-2010.pdf 2010 L.R. Ingersoll Museum Brochure] {PDF}
Important Notes and/or Dates |
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Thursday, Nov. 24th -- Nov. 27th |
MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - Thanksgiving Recess |
Friday, Dec. 16th -- Monday Dec. 26th |
MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - Finals Week and Winter Recess |
Friday, Dec. 30th -- Monday Jan. 2nd |
MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED - New Year's Recess |
Please send your questions, comments, or suggestions to either; Steve at srnarf@wisc.edu or Ugo at camerini@wisc.edu, 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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