Member Swap Day: Free Admission for Museum Members on Sunday

May 16, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
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If you are a member of any of the major museums in Milwaukee, you’ll want to check out Member Swap Day on Sunday, May 19.

Museum members will receive free reciprocal admission to the other participating museums.

Member Swap Day participating museums:

  • Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
  • Discovery World
  • Harley-Davidson Museum
  • Milwaukee Art Museum
  • Milwaukee Public Museum
  • MSOE Grohmann Museum

To participate, museum members should present their membership card at any of the museums they wish to visit.

The participating museums may have special membership offers available during the event to encourage you to join.  More information is available on the Discovery World website.

Half-Price Discovery World Tickets

January 24, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
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Photo Credit: Michael D. Strande

If you’ve never been to Discovery World or haven’t visited for a while, here is a great opportunity to get tickets for half-price. For the next week pick up two tickets to Discovery World ($33.90 value) for $16.95.  The tickets are valid through May 1.

Discovery World is a great place to visit if you’re looking for a fun and educational family activity. The 120,000-square foot facility includes interactive science, technology, and aquarium exhibits. From Les Paul giving you a virtual guitar lesson in the Les Paul’s House of Sound exhibit to interacting with stingrays, sharks and other sea creatures at the touch tanks in the Reiman Aquarium, Discovery World offers something for everyone!

To purchase this offer, visit the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s DealWatch website.

24 Days of Giveaways - Discovery World

December 16, 2012 by · 1 Comment
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Photo Credit: Michael D. Strande

Today’s prize in our 24 Days of Holiday Giveaways is a Family Four-Pack of passes to Discovery World!  We’ll pick two winners for today’s giveaway!

Discovery World is a great place to visit if you’re looking for a fun and educational family activity. The 120,000-square foot facility includes interactive science, technology, and aquarium exhibits including:

  • Les Paul’s House of Sound - check out Les Paul’s life, his personal collection, and technology that has shaped modern music.
  • Reiman Aquarium - featuring aquatic life from the Great Lakes, North Atlantic, and Caribbean.  You can interact with stingrays, a bamboo shark, slipper lobster, sea urchins, and sturgeons in the Touch Tank!
  • Technojungle - where you can explore technology, inventions, and ideas.
  • Energy & Ingenuity - see the inside of a nuclear reactor and watch it generate energy!
  • Great Lakes Future - learn about native amphibians, reptiles, and fish.
  • Milwaukee Muscle - experience flying in an airplane simulator.

Discovery World also hosts numerous programs each month such as Boy Scout and Girl Scout Workshops and workshops at the Kohl’s Design It! Lab.  Discovery World is also a really neat place to have a birthday party!

To enter today’s giveaway for a Family Four-Pack of passes to Discovery World, visit our 24 Days of Holiday Giveaways page.

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