Children's Museum to revamp area for preschoolers
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has received a three-year, $700,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to renovate its early childhood exhibit, Playscape. It is the first major gift the foundation has...
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: Old favorites still satisfy
This week, some top picks from Indianapolis museums' and attractions' permanent collections
View ArticlePalladium draws staff from Indy arts organizations, venues
Indianapolis Symphony, Clowes Hall are among those that have experienced defections.
View ArticleCaptain Kidd's cannon to land at Children's Museum
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis received a $1 million grant from the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation to support expeditions by an Indiana University team to Captain Kidd’s ship in the Dominican...
View ArticleChildren's Museum holds key to Winona redevelopment
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is playing the role of lead developer for the abandoned Winona Hospital site.
View ArticleMuseums prepare to open permanent exhibits
Conner Prairie and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis each plan to open new permanent exhibits in June at a combined cost of $8.5 million.
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: Exploring museum's new discovery channels
It’s impossible for those of us who have raised kids with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to imagine what it’s like to enter it, as a child, for the first time.
View ArticleIndianapolis outpaces Atlanta pound-for-pound on tourism
With 1.8 million people, the Indianapolis area is only one-third the size of Atlanta, yet the area holds its own in conventions and tourism. Indianapolis, for example, has about half the convention...
View ArticleHousing will be initial focus of redevelopment at Winona site
The city, along with the nearby Children's Museum of Indianapolis, is spearheading redevelopment of the abandoned property where demolition began Monday. Bids to build mixed-income housing will be...
View ArticleChildren's Museum attendance hits another record
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis set an attendance record in 2011 with 1.27 million visitors, topping the high mark it set the previous year by 9.4 percent.
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: This spud's for you
The guy with the detachable eyes and a rear end built for storage is the subject of an interactive exhibition at The Children’s Museum
View ArticleChildren's Museum selects developer for Winona site
Local affordable housing developer The Whitsett Group has been chosen to redevelop the site on North Meridian Street. Its other major development is a $22 million project set for the former Keystone...
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: Hot Wheels exhibition off track
What you can’t do, alas, is the most fun thing about Hot Wheels: Create and test your own track layouts
View ArticleIllinois Place apartments planned for former Winona site
The $6.5 million project, led by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, will include 50 apartment units, 22,000 square feet of commercial space and a 2-acre park. Construction could start by the end of...
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: 'Wicked Workshop' works across generations
My take on the Children's Museum attraction, plus generation-jumping thoughts on Jonathan Groff at the Cabaret and DK’s Beatles celebration.
View ArticleChildren's Museum brings aboard David Wolf for space push
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has landed retired astronaut David Wolf as its first “Extraordinary Scientist-in-Residence,” calling on the native Hoosier to help develop programs sparking kids’...
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: I'm no fan of the movie "Avatar"...but the exhibit is another...
Most of the Children’s Museum’s core under-10 audience may not be interested in the movie props, but the interactives are outstanding.
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: Larger scope for Children's Museum's Playscape
When an outstanding temporary exhibition opens, that’s cause for excitement. When a permanent exhibition gets an outstanding upgrade, that’s cause for celebration.
View ArticleLOU'S VIEWS: Children’s Museum brings 2,200-year-old statues to Indy
Terra Cotta Warriors make rare U.S. appearance. Chinese treasures were commissioned by the first emperor of China.
View ArticleChildren's Museum names IU scientist to new role
An Indiana University scientist who's helping investigate the possible wreckage of the famed Santa Maria has been named the Children's Museum of Indianapolis' new underwater archaeologist-in-residence.
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