Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Madison, United States

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 3.4 km
Ascend 63 m
Descend 63 m

Experience Madison in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Madison

Sight 1: Overture Center for the Arts

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Overture Center for the Arts

Overture Center for the Arts is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The center opened on September 19, 2004, replacing the former Civic Center. In addition to several theaters, the center also houses the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.

Wikipedia: Overture Center for the Arts (EN), Website

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA), formerly known as the Madison Art Center, is an independent, non-profit art museum located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin.

Wikipedia: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (EN), Website

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Orpheum Theatre

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The Orpheum Theatre is a live performance and musical theater built in the 1920s as a movie palace in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, located one block from the Wisconsin State Capitol. In 2008 the Orpheum was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Madison's best surviving representative of the movie palace era.

Wikipedia: Orpheum Theatre (Madison, Wisconsin) (EN), Website

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Wisconsin Veterans Museum / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, located on Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to telling the stories of the veterans of the state of Wisconsin.

Wikipedia: Wisconsin Veterans Museum (EN)

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Forward

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Forward is an 1893 bronze statue by American sculptor Jean Pond Miner Coburn depicting an embodiment of Wisconsin's "Forward" motto. The 1996 replica is located at the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds at the top of State Street. The statue often is misidentified with the Wisconsin statue on top of the Capitol dome.

Wikipedia: Forward (statue) (EN)

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Grace Episcopal Church

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Grace Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival-style church started in 1855 on the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin by the oldest congregation in the city. In 1976 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Grace Episcopal Church (Madison, Wisconsin) (EN)

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Hans Christian Heg

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Hans Christian Heg

Hans Christian Heg is a statue by Paul Fjelde that was cast in 1925 and installed at the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, United States in 1926. The bronze statue depicting the Union soldier and abolitionist Hans Christian Heg was torn down by rioters, decapitated and thrown into a lake in June 2020. The Wisconsin state government restored and reinstalled the original statue in September 2021.

Wikipedia: Statue of Hans Christian Heg (EN)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Majestic

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The Majestic Theatre is a 600-capacity live music venue in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Opened in 1906, it is Madison's oldest theater, changing ownership many times and adapting to the many changes in the entertainment business throughout its history. Beginning as a vaudeville theater, it became a movie house by 1912 with occasional live acts, and converted to talking motion pictures by 1930. Today the theater is owned and operated by Matt Gerding and Scott Leslie who acquired the theater in 2007 and made it into a successful music club hosting DJs and live shows several nights a week.

Wikipedia: Majestic Theatre (Madison) (EN)

575 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Machinery Row

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Machinery Row is a long brick commercial block a half mile east of the capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. It was built in stages from about 1898 to 1914 to house businesses that wanted good access to the east-side railroad depots. Many of the businesses housed in the block distributed agricultural implements, hence "Machinery" in the name. In 1982 the block was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Wikipedia: Machinery Row (EN)

1057 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 10: Broom Street Theater

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Broom Street Theater is an experimental black box theater located in the heart of Madison's isthmus. As one of the oldest and most prolific experimental theater companies in the United States, it has produced over 350 original works. Productions are most frequently written and directed by local playwrights and artists, who are able to realize their vision without censorship of content or presentation. Broom Street Theater is a 501(c)(3) member-run non-profit which currently produces nine to ten plays per year.

Wikipedia: Broom Street Theater (EN), Website

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Orton Park

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Orton Park is a public park located at 1100 Spaight Street in Madison, Wisconsin.

Wikipedia: Orton Park (EN)

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