                                Educator Appreciation Day
                             Free for Indiana K-12 Educators!
Enjoy a day at the Indiana State Museum with your family while getting a chance to see what the museum has that is new and improved! Get a chance to see our newest core galleries, visit our bicentennial exhibitions and see what great programming we have planned for you and your students. Receive free materials from various state agencies that can help you teach about Indiana topics. Meet museum curators and enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour. Plus, lunch is on us for you and your family! Family members can visit the museum at the group rate: $9.75 for adults and for this special day, children 18 and under are free with the purchase of an adult ticket. You can purchase admission for your family when you arrive at the museum.
Bicentennial Educator Appreciation Day Tickets, Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 10:00 AMÂ Through Jan. 8, 2017
What does it take to create a videogame, line up rhythms like the best DJs, or design a roller coaster that produces the biggest thrills? Whether it is art, music, or engineering, it takes math and science to meet these design challenges.
In Design Zone, you can go behind the scenes and see how videogame developers, music producers, roller coaster designers and other creative problem solvers use math and science to do the amazing things they do. Experience this traveling exhibit free with museum admission
Holiday Sounds ISMHS Holiday Sounds Dec. 4 – 18, 2016
Grades Pre-K-12
School and community choirs, bands, ensembles and soloists perform holiday music in the museum’s Governor Frank O’ Bannon Great Hall each day. Enjoy the sounds of the season in a spectacular holiday atmosphere. Want your students to perform at the museum during the holiday season? Contact Sarah Rapp Johnson at srappjohnson@indianamuseum.org for more information.
                    Celebration Crossing ISMHS Santa Nov. 25, 2016 – Jan. 1, 2017
This year’s Celebration Crossing comes alive with holiday merriment from the sounds of bands and choirs, and, of course, Santa and Mrs. Claus who will entertain visitors in their cozy home on Level 1 of the museum through Jan. 1, 2017. Children of all ages can ride the Santa Claus Express, make crafts to take home and gaze into the recreated L.S. Ayers store windows rekindling Christmases past.
