Directions and Parking

Directions

The Manfred Olson Planetarium is part of the UW-Milwaukee Physics building, which is located at

1900 East Kenwood Boulevard
on the corner of Kenwood Boulevard and Cramer Street.
(See map below)

The UW-Milwaukee campus is located on Milwaukee's upper east side, east of the Milwaukee River, just north of Locust Street, approximately one-quarter mile west of Lake Michigan, and just south of the City of Shorewood.

     

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The main entrance of the Physics building is on 1900 East Kenwood Boulevard (star on first map above). The number on the building -- 1965 -- is the year it was built and not the address. To find the planetarium, go up the steps to the main entrance, and then walk past the vending machines and the bathrooms. Continue down the hallway to the very end where you will see the planetarium doors on your right.

If you need a wheel-chair accessible entrance, use the path between the Physics building and the Engineering & Mathematical Sciences building, off Cramer Street (see second map above). The entrance to Physics is on your right. Once inside the building, you will see the planetarium door immediately to your left.

Driving Directions:

If you are coming from the West:
Take I-94 East, merge onto I-43 North, take exit 74 towards Locust Street, merge onto North 7th Street, turn right at West Locust Street, and turn left at North Cramer Street. 1900 East Kenwood Boulevard will be on your right.

If you are coming from the North:
Take I-43 South, take exit 74 towards Locust Street, merge onto North 8th Street, turn left at West Locust Street, and turn left at North Cramer Street. 1900 East Kenwood Boulevard will be on your right.

If you are coming from the South:
Take I-43 North, take exit 74 towards Locust Street, merge onto North 7th Street, turn right onto West Locust Street, and turn left at North Cramer Street. 1900 East Kenwood Boulevard will be on your right.

Parking

Parking can be tricky, especially when classes are in session, so please allow time to park. The closest parking lot is the Science parking lot (see second map above). It is off Kenwood Boulevard, west of Maryland Avenue.

You may need change! Remember to bring change to purchase a ticket from one of the parking ticket booths, as shown below.

Note the number of the parking space you choose. You will need this number to purchase a parking ticket from one of the ticket booths, shown above, for the amount of time you expect to be parked there.

Sometimes there is available street parking; however, make sure to read the street signs for specific restrictions. Parking rules are enforced on campus Monday through Saturday.