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have the chance to discover new and cool things at DiscoveryWorld’s Innovation Station exhibit. Check out how the world’s first thermostat was invented, view a huge pneumatic clock, and see if you can survive a“bed of nails.”

Children and teens: Please wear your MLC-provided shirt and comfortable walking shoes. Sun protection is recommended. Parents: Please drop off your child and check in with a youth coordinator at the Gilpatrick Room, located on the first floor of the Hyatt, by 8:45 a.m. Please pick up your child from the Gilpatrick Room between 4:15 and 4:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. FOR SPOUSES & OTHER ADULT GUESTS BOAT TOUR AND MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM Hop on board the Edelweiss for a tour of the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan shoreline. You’ll learn about the city’s history, German heritage, and architectural treasures such as the spectacular Calatrava Building—which houses the Milwaukee Art Museum. Lunch will be served at the museum. You’ll then spend the afternoon exploring this museum and its collections of American decorative arts, German Expressionist paintings, folk art and American art after 1960. Following the docent-led highlights tour of the museum, you will have time to take a self-guided tour of the special Thomas Hart Benton exhibition. Abuswilldepartat9:30a.m.fromtheHyatt’sNorthOldWorld3rdStreetentranceandwillreturnat4p.m. 6:30 to 9 p.m. FOR ALL AGES photo: Dreamstime.com photo: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

FAMILY NIGHT AT DISCOVERY WORLD Get a visual history of the Great Lakes, learn about saltwater and freshwater species, and explore the future of the region’s water treasures at Discovery World. Located on the beautiful Milwaukee

lakefront, this science and technology center has a new aquarium featuring a walkthrough tunnel to observemany species of fish. Other highlights include freshwater and saltwater touch tanks containing lake sturgeon, stingrays and starfish; the Underwater

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Lab submarine exhibit; and“Wind Leaves”—a stunning, interactive outdoor exhibit of music and science. Dinner will be held from6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a fireworks show topping off the evening at 8:45 p.m. (The fireworks can be viewed from the third-floor Pilot House.) Buses to DiscoveryWorld will begin departing at 6:15 p.m. from the Hyatt’s North OldWorld 3rd Street entrance. Buses will then make a continuous loop between the hotel and DiscoveryWorld, with the last bus leaving DiscoveryWorld at 9:15 p.m.

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