MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
Harley-Davidson Museum
Situated on 20 acres of land along the Menomonee River near downtown Milwaukee, the museum's 130,000 square foot complex includes exhibit space as well as a restaurant, café, retail shop, meeting space, special events facilities, and the Company's Archives.
Opened in July 2008, the Museum celebrates the rich history of Harley-Davidson, the passion of the riders, the stories of the employees, dealers, suppliers, company leaders and community members. The experience will extend to outdoor space where visitors can meet to share stories and enjoy the green space adjacent to the edge of the river.
General Museum features include:
- Motorcycles from Harley-Davidson's collection of more than 400 vehicles
- Elvis Presley's 1956 Harley-Davidson model KH motorcycle
- A motorcycle known as the "King Long" that was customized over a 40-year period by a Harley -Davison customer (it is 13 feet long and has two engines)
Providing a perfect off-site venue, the building and landscaped grounds offer a variety of room types and space to accommodate groups large and small.
Trust Harley to assure that the quality of the Museum experience will be first-class in every respect, creating life-long memories for visitors from around the world!
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin
Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin is the newest jewel on Milwaukee's lakefront.
Discovery World connects innovation, science and technology with exploration, environment and our Great Lakes freshwater resources. The $65 million museum features experiential learning through interactive exhibits, fresh and saltwater aquariums, touch tanks, digital theaters, and labs. "Exploration Portal," with its digital two-way video conferencing via satellite and broadband wireless technologies, will take classroom explorers right to the decks of Dr. Bob Ballard's research vessels.
Meetings take on a new level of inspiration in the “Pilot House” of this complex, a 360-degree rooftop glass rotunda overlooking beautiful Lake Michigan and the splendid “wings” of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The "Pilot House" holds 325 for a reception and 450 theater-style. Exclusive caterer for Discovery World is Bartolotta Catering and Events.
www.discoveryworld.org
The Shops of Grand Avenue
Downtown Milwaukee's sparkling retail center spanning three city blocks with stately, turn-of-the-century architecture, glass skywalks and contemporary additions. More than 80 specialty shops and Wisconsin's largest food court.
Bayshore Town Center
Located less than 15 minutes north of downtown, this shopping mall just underwent a $330 million expansion and transformation to a more “pedestrian-friendly” Town Center.
The new “downtown” atmosphere will include one million square feet of retail and office space, townhouses, a parking garage, upscale restaurants, and a town square that will host public events and concerts. New to the existing line-up of stores are Trader Joe’s, Cheesecake Factory, H&M, J. Jill, Forever 21, LA Fitness, Bravo! Cucina Italiana, Brooks Brothers, California Pizza Kitchen and American Eagle Outfitters.
Daniel M. Soref Planetarium
Audiences can book their own cruises through the cosmos at an eye-popping new $2.6 million facility in Wisconsin’s largest and most modern dome theater: the Daniel M. Soref Planetarium. An immersive astronomy experience awaits with breathtaking vistas of the night sky, planets, the Milky Way and distant wonders of the universe.
The Planetarium features a full-color Digistar 3 Laser projection system, ultra-high resolution, state-of-the-art digital imaging and 12,000 watts of surround sound. Only three other planetariums in the world - New York, Los Angeles, and China - are scheduled to get this techno-package any time soon.
www.mpm.edu/planetarium
Lakeshore State Park
Joining 15,000 acres of parkland in the Greater Milwaukee area is Lakeshore State Park, along Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee. Lakeshore State Park provides a unique urban oasis with recreational opportunities and amenities geared to the urban population. This 17-acre island off the permanent Henry Maier Festival Grounds, bridged on both ends, provides city dwellers with a new green space to call their own. While offering boat docks, a lakeside multi-use trail and improved fishing access, the park also connects the Henry Aaron State Trail, the Oak Leaf Trail and Milwaukee's recreational lakefront resources, and eventually form part of a path from Lake Michigan's shore to the banks of the Mississippi River. Plans also call for a park visitor center with public restrooms and showers for overnight boaters, and a redesigned riverwalk and harbor entrance area with innovative landscaping.
Milwaukee Art Museum
The Milwaukee Art Museum is considered Wisconsin's premiere arts institution. The museum's more than 20,000 permanent holdings span antiquity to the present, and include works by masters such as Monet, Picasso, O'Keeffe and Warhol. Its collections of American decorative arts, German Expressionism, folk and Haitian art, and American art after 1960 are among the nation's finest. It's 2001 expansion features dramatic gallery space, a lake-view restaurant, a 300-seat auditorium, museum store and elegant public gardens.
Milwaukee Public Museum
Boredom is extinct at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Enjoy three exhibit floors filled with the wonderment of learning. The ever-changing displays offer something for everyone, making the Museum a fascinating destination.
Touch fossils and learn how the Earth has changed over time. Marvel at mysteries of mummies and ancient civilizations. Experience an explosion of color and sound in a Costa Rican rain forest filled with exotic birds, lizards, Howler monkeys and macaws. Peek into more than 30 European homes decorated to highlight ethnic culture. Feel the thrill of going on safari as you walk the savannas and bamboo forests of Africa.
Potawatomi Bingo Casino
Potawatomi Bingo Casino recently completed a $240 million expansion project - the most ambitious project taken up by the Casino since the opening of this premiere attraction in Milwaukee in 1991.
Potawatomi Bingo Casino now has an additional 500,000 square feet of entertainment space and a new six-story parking garage. On the gaming floor, the number of slot machines doubled with the addition of 1,500 machines. In addition, approximately 100 additional table games doubled, and in some cases tripled, the number currently on the floor.
"Potawatomi Bingo Casino, already one of the premiere attractions in the region, is now bigger and better and able to compete nationwide as a complete complex for gaming, entertainment and fine dining," said Doug Neilson, president & CEO of VISIT Milwaukee. "With its recent expansion, along with the new Harley-Davidson Museum just down the block, Milwaukee has two new must-see tourism attractions."
New dining options include two new restaurants, a bar/lounge and a food court at the expanded Casino. In addition, both the four-star, four-diamond Dream Dance restaurant and The Buffet have increased iin size and moved to the first floor of the Casino. The Fire Pit Sports Bar & Grill also expanded.
Decorated to reflect the rich heritage of the Potawatomi nation, the casino is a showcase for high stakes bingo, offering some of the nation's highest daily payouts. A popular attraction for local guests, tourists and convention delegates, the casino features blackjack, craps, poker, and roulette table games, video and slot machines. A variety of live entertainment is on offer in the intimate Northern Lights Theater, and authentic Native American hand crafts are sold in the gift shop.
More information about Potawatomi Bingo Casino can be obtained by calling toll-free, 1-800-PAYS-BIG or by visiting the website at www.paysbig.com.
Riverwalk
Milwaukee's RiverWalk winds along the Milwaukee River with access to some of the city's best restaurants, brewpubs, shops and waterfront nightlife. It's the site of many Milwaukee events and is home to some of the city's most eye-catching public art. With both permanent and temporary pieces done in mediums of everything from aluminum and steel to neon tubing, the RiverWalk has the feel of an outdoor gallery. The most recent addition to this impressive collection is a bronze statue of Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli. The King of Cool, complete with leather jacket and signature double thumbs up, now resides on the southeast corner of Wells Street and provides the perfect pop culture photo opportunity.
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