Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 608-257-0158;
www.mmoca.org
;
227 State St; noon-5pm Tue-Thu, noon-8pm Fri,
10am-8pm Sat, noon-5pm Sun)
It's worth popping into the angular glass building to
see what's on the walls. Diego Rivera? Claes Oldenburg? Exhibits change every three
months or so. The museum connects to the
Overture Center for the Arts
(
www.overturecenter.com
;
201 State St)
, home to jazz, opera, dance and other performing
arts.
Arboretum
GARDENS
(
The
608-263-7888;
http://uwarboretum.org
; 1207 Seminole Hwy;
7am-10pm)
campus' 1260-acre arboretum is dense with lilac.
Machinery Row
CYCLING
( 608-442-5974;
www.machineryrowbicycles.com
;
601 Williamson St; rental per day $20;
9am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm Sat, 10am-7pm Sun)
It'd be a shame to leave town without taking
advantage of the city's 120 miles of bike trails. Get wheels and maps at this shop, located
by various trailheads.
Festivals & Events
World's Largest Brat Fest
FOOD
(
www.bratfest.com
; late May)
More than 209,000 bratwursts go down the hatch;
carnival rides and bands provide the backdrop.
Great Taste of the Midwest Beer Festival
BEER
(
www.greattaste.org
;
tickets $50; early Aug)
Tickets sell out fast for this festival where
120 craft brewers pour their elixirs.
WORTH A TRIP
ODDBALL US 12
Unusual sights huddle around US 12, all within an easy northerly day trip from
Madison.
Heading west out of town (take University Ave), stop first at the
National Mustard
Museum
( 800-438-6878;
www.mustardmuseum.com
; 7477 Hubbard Ave; 10am-5pm)
in suburban Middleton. Born of one man's ridiculously intense passion, the build-
