The Charles Allis/Villa Terrace Art Museums offer for bid four complimentary admission passes good for both museums. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00-5:00 p.m.

The lavish 1911 home of Charles and Sarah Allis is on the National Registry of Historic Places and contains a world-class art collection that spans more than 2,000 years and includes impressive Classic antiquities, Renaissance bronzes, Asian Ceramics and stunning decorative arts. On display are masterpieces by 19th-century French Barbizon artists and American Hudson River School painters. Works by Winslow Homer, Anton Mauve and Thomas Gainsborough grace the museum's walls. The Chalres Allis Museum also offers intriguing changing exhibitions of Wisconsin artists.

When entering the grounds of the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, take the time to admire its Italian Renaissance-style villa, designed by architect David Adler in 1923 for Lloyd and Agnes Smith to recapture the romance of their Italian honeymoon. Art collection features fine and decorative arts dating from the 15th through the 18th centuries, wrought-iron masterpieces by Cyril Colnik, and changing exhibitions highlighting the decorative arts.