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Discover Science Central in Fort Wayne!

Science Central, located in Fort Wayne (Indiana’s second-largest city), provides families with fun hands-on fun and education year round. Kids will have a blast spending the day exploring science, technology, engineering and math at Indiana’s playground for the mind! Check Read more >

Conner Prairie Commemorates Bicentennial of War of 1812

Every time I visit Conner Prairie, I always visit the part that helps me understand the 1860s. I don’t know why, it’s just where we always go. But I’m looking forward to their exhibit during April 21 and 22, when Read more >

Conner Prairie Hearthside Suppers, January through March, 2012

Keep warm this winter as Conner Prairie starts up their annual Hearthside Suppers, running from January 6 through March 25, 2012. Guests who dine in Indiana’s only Smithsonian affiliate can enjoy a candlelight dinner in the historic William Conner house. Read more >

Conner Prairie Offers Outdoor Daytime Holiday Activities for First Time


Anyone who has ever visited Conner Prairie’s Conner Prairie by Candlelight — their holiday activities — have always gone at night. There was something comforting and intimate about those cold nights spent roaming 19th century Indiana, learning about how our ancestral Read more >

Indiana Museums Participating in Museum Day – Sept. 24, 2011

Take a day-trip on September 24 and visit a new museum, for free! Download your ticket here: Free Museum Day is September 24 and that means you can get free admission to 34 Indiana museums. The full list of Indiana Read more >

Red/Black Exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum

Indiana Black Expo’s Summer Celebration is right around the corner. There are many fantastic programs and events scheduled, but one that might not come to mind is the Red/Black exhibit at the Eiteljorg Museum. This is a ground-breaking exhibit that Read more >

Civil War Days a Real Blast at Conner Prairie

Civil War Days at Conner Prairie is one of those must-see events that anyone with an interest in history needs to visit at least once in their life. I took my kids out to Conner Prairie today to see the Read more >

Spencer County – Lincoln Pioneer Village and Museum

My family and I took a quick trip to Spencer County, Indiana to visit several Abraham Lincoln historic sites and Santa Claus. This is one of our stops. Spencer County can lay claim to being a pivotal point of American Read more >

IMAX Theater Takes You Under the Sea

It’s huge. It’s reptilian. And it’s here in Indianapolis. Until last week, I had not been to an IMAX Theater since I was a child. Visiting the IMAX at the Indiana State Museum last week to see Sea Rex 3D: Read more >

Conner Prairie By Candlelight 2010

Last year, I really got into the holiday spirit with my family when we went on a visit to the Conner Prairie By Candlelight tour. We had a chance to meet a German family stuck in Indiana trying to stay Read more >