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Discovery World, Milwaukee, WI

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Discovery World

Discovery World is a museum in Milwaukee, WI, part of the Milwaukee guide. Cost: under $25.

500 N Harbor Dr · Milwaukee, WI

Why you should go…

Discovery World is a 140,000-square-foot science and technology museum on Milwaukee's Lake Michigan lakefront. Its Reiman Aquarium holds a 75,000-gallon Lake Michigan tank and a Caribbean exhibit you walk through in a tunnel. Les Paul's House of Sound displays the guitar pioneer's instruments and Grammy Awards, and the Great Lakes Future gallery lets you explore a scale model of the watershed.

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