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Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center

Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Place
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Construction
1997
Design / archive date
1938–59
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 1
Emery · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Original photograph source

The skyline of Madison, Wisconsin as seen from Lake Monona. Monona Terrace is in the center of the picture with the capital directly behind it.

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 2
McGhiever · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace, 1 John Nolen Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Viewed from the southeast from a kayak on Lake Monona.

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 3
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 4
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 5
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 6
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 7
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 8
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center — photograph 9
Nomadseifer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original photograph source

Monona Terrace

Architecture & history

Monona Terrace (officially the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center) is a convention center on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Initially proposed by Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938, the 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) building opened in 1997 and attracts nearly 400,000 visitors annually.

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