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FEB 3

Newfields: This Indy Museum Campus is a Haven for Art Lovers

By Carrie Steinweg
Formerly known as the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields: A Place for Nature & The Arts is now a 152-acre campus in Indy that houses a number of attractions that includes not only the art museum, but also The Garden,... Read more
FEB 3

This New Museum Exhibit Educates on America's Opioid Crisis

By Amy Lynch
Chances are, you or someone you know has been affected by the national opioid crisis. More than 15,000 Hoosiers have died due to drug overdoses since 1999 according to an Indiana State Department of Health report published last year, with... Read more
NOV 7

Peteyville: A Holiday Lights Tradition for 30+ Years

By Carrie Steinweg
This is year 32 that Pete Basala has been spreading Christmas cheer for those in Northwest Indiana with an elaborate holiday lights display known as “Peteyville” that lights up part of the block in his Hessville neighborhood in Hammond from... Read more
JUL 8

This Railroad Museum Will Bring Out The Kid in Anyone

By Carrie Steinweg
I’m a mom of five boys, so over the years as we have traveled we have always gravitated toward attractions that easily appeal to males. We’ve been to a lot of car museums, science museums, military museums and also several... Read more
NOV 7

This New Museum Exhibit Gets Kids Thinking Outside the Box

By Amy Lynch
An empty cardboard box is full of unlimited possibilities. The Indiana State Museum in downtown Indianapolis’s White River State Park is tapping into this imaginative opportunity with “Cardboard Engineering,” an interactive STEM-based museum exhibit in place now through May 27,... Read more
OCT 25

World's Most Toxic Animal Has Come to Indianapolis

By Visit Indiana
A new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum is all about poisons.  The Power of Poison features poisons in nature (including two of the world’s most toxic animal), in literature and in medicine. The exhibit is on loan from the American... Read more
JUL 14

Learn About Indiana's Limestone Heritage in New Exhibit

By Visit Indiana
By Mark Ruschman, Chief Curator of Fine Arts at Indiana State Museum Growing up in Indiana surrounded by limestone buildings, you take for granted this amazing natural Hoosier resource and its impact on the rest of the world. Stone Country:... Read more
FEB 20

Step Right Up and Join the Circus

By Visit Indiana
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis invites you to its newest exhibit: Circus—Starring YOU! Bring your family to the big top and learn what it’s like to be a circus performer. You can practice balance with virtual goggles, learn how to... Read more
MAY 29

Dream Cars

By Carrie Lambert
Cars. Ever since I watched Back to the Future I’m a sucker for unique cars. And for a limited time (until the end of August 2015) visitors can get an up close experience with the Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary... Read more
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