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Take a stroll down State Street.
The kid-centric
Madison Children's Museum
(100 N. Hamilton St., 608/256-6445,
www.madisonchildrensmuseum.org
,
9:30am-5pm daily Memorial Day-Labor Day,
9:30am-5pm Tues.-Sun. Labor Day-Memorial Day, $8) two blocks east is housed in an old
triangular corner edifice and features state-of-the-art and cutting-edge everything—quite
amazing for a city of
any
size. The rooftop alone is worth the price. After opening in 2010,
it won the museum equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. This being Madison, it's all recycled
and earth-friendly. In 2013 the Huffington Post rated it one of America's top eight “uncom-
monly cool” places.
One block nearer to the university from the historical society museum is the distinctive
Madison Civic Center and, within it, the
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
(211
State St., 608/257-0158,
www.mmoca.org
, noon-5pm Tues.-Thurs., noon-8pm Fri.,
