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Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s signature wings are a movable sunscreen with a 217-foot wingspan.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumWisconsin history
Wisconsin became the 30th state on May 29, 1848.
Source: Wisconsin Legislative Reference BureauPractical help
211 Wisconsin’s trained specialists are available free, 24/7, to help connect you with local programs and services. Availability of services is not guaranteed.
Source: United Way of WisconsinMilwaukee
Milwaukee’s Quadracci Pavilion was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee history
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s sculptural Quadracci Pavilion was completed in 2001.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee
The Art Museum’s movable sunscreen is made of 72 steel fins.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee
The Art Museum’s wings take about 3.5 minutes to open or close.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee
Wind sensors automatically close the Art Museum’s wings when winds exceed 23 mph for more than three seconds.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee
Windhover Hall at the Milwaukee Art Museum has a 90-foot-high glass roof.
Source: Milwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee outdoors
Lakeshore State Park in downtown Milwaukee does not require a vehicle admission sticker.
Source: Wisconsin DNRMilwaukee outdoors
Lakeshore State Park has wheelchair-friendly trails and an accessible fishing pier.
Source: Wisconsin DNRMilwaukee outdoors
Lakeshore State Park’s multi-use trail connects to the Hank Aaron State Trail, Oak Leaf Trail and Milwaukee’s lakefront.
Source: Wisconsin DNRMilwaukee
Milwaukee’s RiverWalk connects three downtown neighborhoods along an approximately 20-block promenade.
Source: Milwaukee Riverwalk DistrictMilwaukee
MSOE’s Grohmann Museum is dedicated to art showing the evolution of human work.
Source: Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee history
Marquette’s St. Joan of Arc Chapel began around 1420 in a village near Lyon, France.
Source: Marquette UniversityMilwaukee history
St. Joan of Arc Chapel was dismantled, its stones numbered, and reassembled on Marquette’s campus.
Source: Marquette UniversityMilwaukee history
The medieval St. Joan of Arc Chapel opened its doors on Marquette’s campus in 1966.
Source: Marquette UniversityMilwaukee history
The Charles Allis mansion’s poured-concrete walls were intended to protect its art collection from fire.
Source: Charles Allis Art MuseumMilwaukee history
Construction of Milwaukee’s Charles Allis mansion began in 1909 and finished in 1911.
Source: Charles Allis Art MuseumWisconsin outdoors
Waves, freezing and thawing sculpted the Apostle Islands’ sandstone sea caves.
Source: National Park ServiceWisconsin outdoors
At the Apostle Islands, eroding sea caves can join behind a cliff face, leaving pillars and arches.
Source: National Park ServiceWisconsin outdoors
The Ice Age National Scenic Trail stretches approximately 1,200 miles, entirely within Wisconsin.
Source: National Park ServiceWisconsin geology
The Ice Age Trail generally follows the edges of North America’s last continental glacier.
Source: National Park ServiceWisconsin geology
Kettles, eskers, drumlins and moraines are landforms left behind by glaciers.
Source: National Park ServiceWisconsin geology
The Wisconsin River Dells’ sandstone formed between 510 and 520 million years ago.
Source: Wisconsin DNRWisconsin history
Wisconsin had 29,246 completed homestead claims, covering about 9% of the state’s land.
Source: National Park ServiceGreat Lakes
Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States.
Source: NOAAGreat Lakes
The Great Lakes region contains nearly 20% of the world’s fresh surface water.
Source: NOAAPractical help
Wisconsin’s Aging and Disability Resource Centers offer unbiased information about aging and living with a disability.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesPractical help
988 offers free, confidential crisis support by call, text or chat, 24/7. In immediate danger, call 911.
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health ServicesPractical help
Wisconsin’s free Diggers Hotline asks for at least three working days’ notice before digging so buried utility owners can be alerted.
Source: Diggers HotlineEveryday health
CDC recommends scrubbing your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds before rinsing.
Source: CDCEveryday health
When soap and water are unavailable, CDC recommends hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
Source: CDCWeather science
Lightning can heat the air to 50,000°F—about five times hotter than the Sun’s surface.
Source: NOAAWeather safety
Just six inches of fast-moving floodwater can knock over an adult. Stay out of floodwater.
Source: NOAAWeather science
Climate describes average weather patterns over a longer period—usually 30 years or more.
Source: NOAASpace discovery
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the Sun.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Mercury travels around the Sun once every 88 Earth days.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Venus—not Mercury—is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Phobos, the larger of Mars’s two moons, orbits Mars three times a day.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system; about 1,000 Earths could fit inside a hollow Jupiter.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Jupiter has the shortest day of any planet in our solar system—about 9.9 hours.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Jupiter has faint rings, discovered by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system and is known for its icy rings.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Uranus appears to spin sideways compared with the other planets.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Neptune was the first planet discovered using mathematics.
Source: NASASpace discovery
The Sun is a star, and its gravity holds our solar system together.
Source: NASASpace discovery
Our solar system has eight planets.
Source: NASASpace discovery
More than 100 tons of dust particles disintegrate in Earth’s atmosphere each day.
Source: NASAMilwaukee
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s signature wings are a movable sunscreen with a 217-foot wingspan.
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