Hello!
While in Milwaukee next month, here are some places that I suggest
you visit while here.
Just four blocks away is the Milwaukee Public Museum, www.MPM.edu.
It is the birthplace of the Diorama, which is still on display, and has an
Imax theater. The Streets of Old Milwaukee are a great place to take photos of
yourself in your Victorian or Steam Punk outfits.
To the east of the hotel is where you can find the Milwaukee Art
Museum, www.MAM.org. the Betty Brinn Children's Museum, www.bbcmkids.org, and
Discovery World, www.discoveryworld.org, all on Milwaukee's Lake shore. To
get to them, you can either walk or take the public bus.
Just south of Milwaukee's downtown area is the Eisner American
Museum of Advertising and Design, www.eisnermuseum.org, if you are interested
in
industrial design of the area.
Also located downtown is the Milwaukee Historical Society,
www.milwaukeehistory.net. Their museum is small, but filled with some
interesting
displays about Milwaukee's history.
For those that are especially creative, there is store in town for
American Science and Surplus, www.sciplus.com. The one here in Milwaukee is
larger than the ones in Chicago, so they have things that were in the
catalog, or never show up in the catalog. For years, people in Milwaukee have
been
going there to get odd things that have other uses.
I'd also like to mention something that most people here have grown
up with. Its the phrase "Cooler by the Lake." Milwaukee is situated on the
shore of Lake Michigan. Downtown Milwaukee can be 10 to 15 degrees cooler
than the rest of the city. So, despite the forecast for the time of year, I'd
suggest you bring a jacket or sweater.
Of course, there will be an outing to The Safe House,
www.safe-house.com, on Thursday night. If you are interested in this outing and
have not
contacted me that you want to come along, please e-mail me at
[email protected].
Be seeing you!
Henry W. Osier
Chairman, Costume-Con 28
May 7 to May 10, 2010 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
www.CC28.org
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