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Venue Information Venue Information Venue hours are 10 am–5 pm unless otherwise indicated. Venue Information valid only on Saturday, September 26, 2009 1. IUPUI Campus Center 4. Eiteljorg Museum WestFest Some of the cultural and entertainment opportunities 9. Madame Walker Theatre Center 420 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202 500 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 include: Indiana’s largest IMAX Theater, NCAA Hall 617 Indiana Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-5555 317-636-9378 of Champions Museum, Indianapolis Zoo & White 317-236-2099 Admission: Free Admission: $8 (with Tour of the Times Map); $1 off if River Gardens, Bike & Boat Rentals, Segway Tours, Hours of Operation on Saturday, September 26 are To celebrate IUPUI’s 40th Anniversary we are hosting you come dressed in Western attire Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial, Military 1:00 pm (Only performance of the day) free campus walking tours! A knowledgeable tour The Eiteljorg Museum hosts WestFest today. This Park, The Lawn @ White River State Park Concert Admission: $1 (with Tour of the Times Map) guide will take you to special locations on our urban annual family festival explores the West of myth and Series, green spaces & waterways, and much more. The historic Madame C.J. Walker Building, named campus and give you the historical information of the reality and immerses visitors in the sights, sounds after America’s first self-made female millionaire is past, the relevant information of the present and the and smells of the real West through stagecoach rides; 7. Wishard Nursing Museum home to the Madame Walker Theatre Center, a non- exciting plans for the future. Tours will begin at 10 am the upbeat, airtight, three-part harmony of the Sons 1001 W. 10th St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 profit cultural institution that celebrates the arts from and will depart every half hour; the last tours will depart of the San Joaquin; Native American storyteller Dovie 317-630-6233 an African American perspective. Plan to visit the at 4 pm. Or, if you’d rather stay in, visit the Cultural Arts Thomason; rootin’ tootin’ cowboys; a real chuck- Hours of Operation on Saturday, September 26 are 82 year-old theatre and museum at 1:00 pm sharp Gallery in room 240 where the exhibit “Picture Yourself wagon and activities like panning for gold, cow chip 10 am–3 pm and be amazed by the wonderful stories told by the Here” by artist Peg Brand is showing. Her project tossing, roping, bandana decorating and much more. Admission: Free resident theatre company Freetown Village, as well consists of a series of visual parodies of famous, Come visit the Wishard Nursing Museum, located as a guided building and museum tour. recognizable paintings. 5. Indiana State Museum and in what was once the School of Nursing’s residence Historic Sites hall. The museum traces the origins of Wishard 10. National Art Museum of Sport 2. Herron School of Art and Design 650 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Hospital back to 1855, when it was first used as a at University Place – IUPUI Art Galleries 317-232-1637 civil war hospital, and 1883 as the first school of 850 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 735 W. New York St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Admission: Mini-Tour—Free; Museum—Adult $7; nursing in the city of Indianapolis. You will even get 317-274-3627 317-278-9423 Senior $6.50; Child $4 to see where the filming of hospital scenes took Admission: Free Admission: Free Tour of the Times participants will be offered free place from the 1986 classic movie, Hoosiers, with Tour of the Times participants will be offered a free Herron School of Art and Design, a school of Indiana mini-tours about the museum’s architecture and Dennis Hopper. 24-page gallery guide, 15-minute video opportunity, University and Indiana’s only professional school of art School No. 5 façade in Governor Frank O’Bannon option of a free guided-tour. The National Art and design, is nationally recognized by U.S. News and Great Hall. Admission fee will be required to visit the 8. IPS Crispus Attucks Museum Museum of Sport, located in the public areas of the World Report, ranking 45th among 300 art and design rest of the museum. The Indiana State Museum is a 1140 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. conference center wing of University Place Confer- schools nationwide. Tour Herron’s state-of-the-art world-class institution focused on Indiana’s science Indianapolis, IN 46202 ence Center and Hotel on the IUPUI campus, is the facilities, enjoy student work on display throughout the and culture. It is three floors full of surprises, filled 317-226-2432 nation’s premier collection of art depicting sport. It building, and visit the Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert with enough art, science, history, and culture to leave Admission: Research Department Tour–Free; contains over 900 paintings, sculptures and works B. Berkshire galleries, featuring the incredible work of you amazed at the things you never knew about the Museum Tour—$2.50 (Event Discount); OR on paper represent 40 sports. Currently the exhibit of artist Barb Bondy. state Hoosiers call home. Seniors (65+)—$2, College Students (w. ID)—$2, about 200 pieces from the permanent collection Group Rate (15 or more)—$2, IPS Students/ includes “landmarks” in the Museum’s 50-year 3. Indiana Historical Society: 6. White River State Park Teachers/Parents—Free history and the newest additions to the collection: a William Henry Smith Memorial Library Dr. Frank P. Lloyd Sr. Visitor Center Tour of the Time participants will be offered a free portrait of swimmer Michael Phelps, and 24 paintings Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana 801 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 tour of the museum’s research department and a of NBA stars. History Center 317-233-2434 discounted admission price to the actual museum. 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 Admission: Opportunities at the park range from The IPS Crispus Attucks Museum is the city’s finest 317-232-1882 Free–$45 repository of African/ African American history, Admission: Free artifacts and culture. Learn about the legacy of Tour of the Times participants will be offered a free For information regarding The IHS maintains the nation’s premier research History Tour which includes: a brief overview of the Indiana’s first all black high school. Experience what accessibility and assistance library and archives on the history of Indiana and Park’s history, a short tour, and a Q&A session at the Indianapolis was like for African Americans at the for attendees with disabilities please see registration desk. the Old Northwest. In celebration of IUPUI’s 40th following start times: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, turn of the century at a time when the entire nation anniversary, select cases within the library will feature 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm, and 4:30 pm. Each session will last struggled with its own identity. collections of images from Lockefield Gardens. Guests approximately half an hour. If you would like to enjoy can also do research on their own or with the help of more of what the Park has to offer, the Park’s Visitor reference staff to learn more about this area and many Center provides a Park & city concierge, brochures, other areas as well. gift shop, volunteer opportunities, and maps. Stop by and learn all about the Park’s history and much more! .
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