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Also on campus is the Haggerty Museum of Art (530 N. 13th St., 414/288-1669,
www.marquette.edu/haggerty , 10am-4:30pm Mon.-Wed. and Fri.-Sat., 10am-8pm Thurs.,
noon-5pm Sun., free). It is easily one of the city's most challenging galleries, and worth it
foranyonejadedbyexcessiveexposuretotheoldmasters.It'smulticulturalandmultimedia
with a modernist bent. The most valuable piece is the series of more than 100 hand-colored
Bible etchings by Marc Chagall.
One fascinating item at the Marquette University Memorial Library (1415 W. Wis-
consin Ave., 414/288-7555) is the world-renowned J. R. R. Tolkien Collection, with more
than 10,000 pages for The Lord of the Rings alone and thousands of other documents. You
can'tjustwaltzinandpawthecollection,however.Hoursvarybysemesterandarereduced
in summer.
NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
Charles Allis Art Museum
Overlooking Lake Michigan, the Charles Allis Art Museum (1801 N. Prospect Ave., 414/
278-8295, www.cavtmuseums.org , 1pm-5pm Wed.-Sun., $5 adults, $8 including Villa Ter-
race) is in a Tudor mansion built by the first president of Allis-Chalmers, a major city em-
ployer. It has a superb collection of world art, fine furniture, and nearly 1,000 objets d'art
dating back as far as 500 BC and covering the entire world. The museum's posh interiors
feature Tiffany windows, silk wall coverings, and loads of marble.
MM Villa Terrace
Within walking distance of the Charles Allis Art Museum, the lavish 1923 Mediterranean
Italian Renaissance Villa Terrace (2220 N. Terrace Ave., 414/271-3656,
www.cavtmuseums.org , 1pm-5pm Wed.-Sun., $5 adults) houses an eclectic collection of
decorative arts, including art and handcrafted furniture from the 16th through the 20th cen-
turies.Afour-yeargardenrenovationprograminvolvedtherestorationofavarietyofbotan-
ical collections (organically melding interiors and exteriors). It is now one of the country's
only existing examples of Italian Renaissance garden art and design.