Travel Reference
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Pabst Mansion
Thefirststopforanyhistoricarchitecture buffisthegrandestofthegrand:the
Pabst Man-
sion
(2000 W. Wisconsin Ave., 414/931-0808,
www.pabstmansion.com
, 10am-4pm Mon.-
Sat.,noon-4pmSun.Mar.-Jan.,$9adults).Builtbetween1890and1893ofthoselegendary
cream-colored bricks, it was the decadent digs of Captain Frederick Pabst, who slummed
as a steamship pilot while awaiting his heirship to the Pabst fortune. The Flemish Renais-
sance mansion is staggering even by the baroque standards of the time: 37 rooms, 12 baths,
14 fireplaces, 20,000-plus feet of floor space, carved panels moved from Bavarian castles,
priceless ironwork by Milwaukeean Cyril Colnik, and some of the finest woodwork you'll
likelyeversee.TheroomthateventuallybecamethegiftshopwasdesignedtoresembleSt.
Peter's Basilica!
Enormous beer fortunes built the opulent Pabst Mansion.
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Milwaukee Public Museum
Among the most respected nationally and number one nationwide in exhibits is the
Mil-
waukee Public Museum
(800 W. Wells St., 414/278-2702,
www.mpm.edu
, 9am-5pm
daily, $14 adults). It initiated the concept of walk-through exhibits in 1882 and total habitat
