Wisconsin Union: Experiences for a Lifetime

Tours

Our conference staff is ready to help you plan area tours for your participants. We can to assist in a variety of ways including coordinating transportation, collecting interested participants on the web, arranging food and tickets, and other services that you might need to make your external tours a success.

Cedar Grove Dairy

http://www.cedargrovecheese.com/

Cedar Grove Cheese is the last remaining dairy in the southwest corner of Sauk County. Now over 100 years old, Cedar Grove is the first to install an uncommon and innovative machine coined The Living Machine to handle the potentially hazardous amounts of wastewater created in making cheese. The Living Machine is an ecologically engineered system that combines elements of conventional wastewater technology with the purification processes of natural wetland ecosystems. In it, tropical plants (papyrus, Elephant Ear, lilies, Marsh grasses, rubber trees, etc.) grow an average of six inches a week.

To sign up for this special event, please click the appropriate box on your registration form or email Conference Services at symbiosis@union.wisc.edu. Tickets are $25 per person, and must be reserved and paid for in advance of the conference. Tickets are limited, and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace

http://www.mononaterrace.com/

This Frank Lloyd-Wright inspired and designed community and convention center is located in the heart of Madison's vibrant downtown between the shore of Lake Monona and the striking state capitol. Wright's organic architecture is expressed in dramatic open spaces, circular forms and breathtaking lake views. This spectacular multilevel structure features public promenades, meeting rooms with striking lake views and even became the first U.S. convention center "green building" certified at the Silver Level.

To sign up for this special event, please click the appropriate box on your registration form or email Conference Services at symbiosis@union.wisc.edu. Tickets are $3 per person, and must be reserved and paid for in advance of the conference. Tickets are limited, and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Overture Center

Overture Center

http://www.overturecenter.com/

This stunning performing arts center and art gallery which replaced the historic Civic Center was designed by Cesar Pelli and has become one of the feature attractions to the area. Built between the state capitol and the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the Overture Center offers seven different venues among numerous art galleries.

One of the most stunning of its rooms is Overture Hall which features a 2251-seat architecturally striking theater. Renowned for its acoustic quality, Overture Hall also offers eye-catching English sycamore-paneled balconies and a space that allows even the balcony an intimate view of the stage.

Taliesen

Taliesen

http://www.taliesinpreservation.org/visitorsguide/index.htm

This Frank Lloyd Wright home stands apart from the scenic landscape as one of his most famous masterpieces. Taliesin was constructed of simple, inexpensive materials – limestone and sandstone quarried nearby, plaster, and wood. Wright built the house over 48 years, and never stopped adding to it or changing it until he died. Often described as more of a village on a hill than a home, the house seems to grow from the site, with vistas of the surrounding countryside to the east and an intimate hill garden to the west

One of the many highlights is the 28’x36’ living room, a masterful interplay of vertical and horizontal spaces, flooded with light from banks of windows overlooking the valley and water gardens below.

To sign up for this special event, please click the appropriate box on your registration form or email Conference Services at symbiosis@union.wisc.edu. Tickets are $70 per person, and must be reserved and paid for in advance of the conference. Tickets are limited, and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Wisconsin State Capitol

Wisconsin State Capital

http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_state_capitol_tour.html

Rising between the picturesque waters of Lake Monona and Lake Mendota, the majestic granite structure of Wisconsin's Capitol building stands out as one of Madison's premiere sites.

Reaching to a height of over 200 feet, the Capitol dome is topped by Daniel Chester French's elegant gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin." Edwin Blashfield's mural "Resources of Wisconsin" lavishly decorates the ceiling of the rotunda, which is the only granite dome in the United States.

Inside, visitors are treated to the unique textures of 43 varieties of stone from around the world, hand-carved furniture and exquisite glass mosaics. The state's diverse ethnic heritage is also reflected in the architecture, art and furnishings throughout the Capitol.

To sign up for this special event, please click the appropriate box on your registration form or email Conference Services at symbiosis@union.wisc.edu. Tickets are free, but still must be reserved and in advance of the conference. Tickets are limited, and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

Conference Services
Ruthi Duval, University Conference Coordinator • Phone: (608) 265-9089
e-mail: raduval@wisc.edu • Fax: 608) 265-8299
Nancy Kujak-Ford, Manager, Conference Services • Phone: (608) 265 - 8012
e-mail: nmkujak@wisc.edu • Fax: (608) 265-8299

2nd floor, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53706-1495