Living - Places - Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Visit the cultural, recreational, business, and community places and spaces of Madison

• Album: MAD Album; a page of digital images of Madison
• Arboretum: University of Wisconsin--Madison's display of trees and plants; conserves and restores Arboretum lands, advances restoration ecology, and fosters the land ethic; 510 hectares south of Lake Wingra
• Capitol Neighborhoods: Neighborhood association of areas around Capitol Square
• Downtown: Downtown Madison Inc. Business Improvement District (BID); provides information about Madison's downtown
• Library: Madison Public Library; city of Madison's public library
• Madtown Lounge: Venues section; shows venues for live music as well as bars and restaurants; Madtown Lounge is an entertainment website listing venues, bands, and events
• Monona Terrace: Community and convention center; on Lake Monona, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
• Nature Ctr Leopold: Aldo Leopold Nature Center; a 19 hectare conservation park
• Neighborhoods: City of Madison Neighborhood Associations directory
• Olbrich Gardens: Olbrich Botanical Gardens; offers conservatory, outdoor display gardens, 6 hectares on Lake Monona
• Overture Ctr: Overture Center for the Arts; in downtown Madison which includes performing and visual arts facilities
• Parking: places and information about parking automobiles in Madison
• Parks: City of Madison Parks Division
• Planetarium: Madison Metro. School District planetarium; offers public shows
• Visitor Ctr: Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau; offers calendar of events as well as visitor information
• Zoo: Henry Vilas Zoological Society; a free community zoo displaying a variety of animals
• Museums:
  • Art MMoCA: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; display of over 4,000 art objects from modern (20th century) and contemporary (1970's on) times
  • Art UW: Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin--Madison; university art museum; formerly known as Elvehjem Museum of Art
  • Children's: Madison Children's Museum
  • Geology: University of Wisconsin--Madison, Department of Geology and Geophysics's Geology Museum; offers outreach, research, and collections to view
  • Historical: Wisconsin Historical Society museum; galleries, permanent exhibits, museum store, on Capitol Square
  • Veterans: Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison; tells the story of men and women from the Badger State who served in America's conflicts from the Civil War to the present
• Housing: Find a place to stay or live in Madison
  • Apt Showcase: Apartment Showcase of Wisconsin; search for apartments in Madison and surrounding areas
  • B&B's: Madison Wisconsin Area Bed and Breakfast Inns Association; lists lodging accommodations for vacation rentals and stays in the Greater Madison area
  • Hostel: Hostelling International-Madison Hostel; people of all ages welcome; two blocks from Capitol Square
  • Lodging WIA: Wisconsin Innkeepers Association (WIA); lodging properties throughout Wisconsin
  • Rent.com: Search for apartments using database from rent.com; Madison & vicinity; referral reward; roommate search; moving center; list your residential property
  • Start Renting: Search for apartments in Madison and surrounding areas
  • WiFrontDoor: Wisconsin-wide affordable housing rentals; lists units that are affordable to individuals and families making 80% or below the area median income
  • -USA Housing-: National lodging and housing directories; there are national directories you can use to locate area lodging or housing
• Dining: Find a place to eat in Madison
  • Madison Originals: Madison-area independently-owned restaurants; this is a local chapter of the national Council of Independent Restaurants of America
  • Madison Dining: Serves up listings and reviews of restaurants
  • FoodSpot: Directory of Wisconsin restaurants
  • -USA Dining-: National Dining directories; you can use this link to locate restaurants in the area that may not be listed in the local guides

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