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Indiana Museums by Region Page 1 of 11 Name Town/City County Region Type Summary Alexandria Monroe Township Historical Alexandria Madison Southern Local history website Museum Amish Acres Nappanee Elkhart Northern Open air Anderson Center for the Arts Anderson Madison Indianapolis metro Art Indiana and contemporary art Angel Mounds State Historic Site Evansville Vanderburgh Southwest Native American website, vintage razors, shears, combs, hairbrushes, hair Antique Hair Museum French Lick Orange Southern Fashion tonics, permanent-wave machines and hair website, collection includes 19th- and 20th-century American Art Museum of Greater Lafayette Lafayette Tippecanoe Central Art art with a special focus on art of Indiana Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum Columbus Bartholomew Southern Aviation website, military aviation history Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Dedicated to preserving cars built by the Auburn Auburn DeKalb Northern Automotive Museum Automobile, Cord Automobile and Duesenberg Barker Mansion Michigan City LaPorte Northwest Historic house website Bartholomew County Historical Society Columbus Bartholomew Southern Local history website website, life of aviation industrialist Lawrence Dale Bell, Bell Aircraft Museum Mentone Kosciusko Northern Aviation historic Bell Aircraft vehicles, history of aviation Benjamin Harrison Home Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Historic house Victorian home of President Benjamin Harrison website, operated by Historic Madison, factory that made Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum Madison Jefferson Southern Industry wooden frames for saddle makers Victorian home of Allen R. Benton, operated by the Irvington Benton House Indianapolis Hendricks Indianapolis metro Historic house Historic Landmarks Foundation Features 38 historical buildings and structures and hundred of Billie Creek Village Rockville Parke Central Open air antiques and artifacts information, 1911 Arts & Crafts bungalow, visitor center Billy Sunday Home & Visitors Center Winona Lake Kosciusko Northern Historic house exhibits about preacher Billy Sunday Brauer Museum of Art Valparaiso Porter Northwest Art Part of Valparaiso University Brown County Art Gallery Nashville Brown Southern Art website, exhibits of local art website, operated by the Brown County Historical Society, Brown County Pioneer Village Nashville Brown Southern Open air includes log jail, dog-trot building, doctor's office, log cabin and blacksmith shop Includes agriculture museum, pioneer farm, historic farm Buckley Homestead Lowell Lake Northwest Living house, school CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Terre Haute Vigo Central History The Holocaust and the power of forgiveness Education Center Carnegie Center for Art and History New Albany Floyd Southern Multiple Art, local history Themes in include history, art, science and culture of Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County Crawfordsville Montgomery Central Local history Montgomery County Carroll County Historical Museum Delphi Carroll Central Local history website, operated by the Carroll County Historical Society Cass County Historical Society Museum Logansport Cass Northern Local history website, located in the Jerolaman-Long Home Source: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Indiana Indiana Museums by Region Page 2 of 11 Name Town/City County Region Type Summary website, heritage of the St. Joseph River Valley region, includes exhibits of local history, history of the University of Notre Center for History South Bend St. Joseph Northern Local history Dame, the Copshaholmmansion, a 1930s period Polish immigrant family worker's home, and the Kidsfirst Children’s Museum Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville House Fort Wayne Allen Northern Historic house Operated by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society Exhibits include deconstructing objects, waterthe human body Children's Museum of Evansville Evansville Vanderburgh Southwest Children's and its senses, freedom of expression Interactive hands-on exhibits about science, natural history, Children's Museum of Indianapolis Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Children's archaeology, dinosaurs Circus City Museum Peru Miami Northern Circus website, Peru's circus history website, history of Hulman & Company, manufacturer Clabber Girl Museum Terre Haute Vigo Central History of Clabber Girl baking powder information, operated by the Steuben County Historical Cline Museum Angola Steuben Northern Historic house Society, late Victorian Queen Anne house Clinton County Historical Museum Frankfort Clinton Central Local history website, operated by the Clinton County Historical Society website, open daily only during the Labor Day weekend during Coal Town and Railroad Museum Clinton Vermillion Central Local history the Little Italy Festival Civil War museum located in the Soldiers and Sailors Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Military Monument, open Friday - Sunday Colonel William Jones State Historic Site Gentryville Spencer Southwest Historic house Part of Lincoln State Park, early 19th century period house Columbus Museum of Art & Design Columbus Bartholomew Central Art website, exhibits of art, design and performing art Conner Prairie Fishers Hamilton Indianapolis metro Living 19th-century Indiana life Corydon Capitol State Historic Site Corydon Harrison Southern Historic site Indiana’s first state capitol website, operated by Historic Madison, mid-19th century Costigan House Madison Jefferson Southern Historic house period home of architect Francis Costigan website, Victorian period home operated by the Boone County Cragun House Lebanon Boone Indianapolis metro Historic house Historical Society website, operated by the Indianapolis Public Schools, school Crispus Attucks Museum Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Local history and local African American history Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site New Albany Floyd Southern Historic house 1869 Victorian mansion website operated by the Culver Antiquarian and Historical Culver History Museum Culver Marshall North Central Local history Society David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State Opened in 1936 and houses some 11,000 works of art, 2,000+ Muncie Delaware Central Art University of which are on display. DeKalb County History Museum Butler DeKalb Northern Local history information website, operated by Historic Madison, original late 19th Dr. Hutchings Office & Hospital Madison Jefferson Southern Historic house century equipment and furnishings Dr. James Ford Historic Home Wabash Wabash Northern Historic house website, restored 19th Century physician's home and surgery Source: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Indiana Indiana Museums by Region Page 3 of 11 Name Town/City County Region Type Summary website, restored mechanical musical instruments from Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels Huntingburg Dubois Southern Commodity around the world website, county history, agriculture, military, manufacturing, Dubois County Museum Jasper Dubois Southwest History German heritage, sports Dunkirk City Public Library and Glass website, more than 6,000 pieces from 115 factories from Dunkirk Jay Central Glass Museum around the world First college in Indiana to admit students without regard to Eleutherian College Lancaster Jefferson Southern Historic site race or sex Elkhart County Historical Museum Bristol Elkhart Northern Local history Facebook site, period and local history exhibits Elwood Haynes Museum Kokomo Howard Northern Biographical Life of inventor Elwood Haynes Emil A. Blackmore Museum of The website, part of the American Legion, military and Legion Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Military American Legion related items, art website, home of reporter Ernie Pyle, formerly the Ernie Pyle Ernie Pyle World War II Museum Dana Vermillion Central Biographical State Historic Site Evansville African American Museum Evansville Vanderburgh Southwest African American website Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Evansville Vanderburgh Southwest Multiple Art, history, science Science Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Art Western Art Fairmount Historical Museum Fairmount Grant Central Local history website, features James Dean exhibits Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Clarksville Clark Southern Natural history Center Farmer House Museum Bloomington Monroe Southern Historic house website, early to mid 20th-century period house Firefighting Museum and Survive Alive Indianapolis Marion Indianapolis metro Firefighting information Fire Museum of Indiana Camby Marion Indianapolis metro Firefighting website, operated by the Early Ford V-8 Foundation, features Ford V-8 Museum Butler DeKalb Northern Automotive Flathead V-8 engines, transmissions, rear axles, Ford memorabilia, service items, carburetors, tires & rims, clocks Open on weekends in summer for living history Fort Ouiatenon West Lafayette Tippecanoe Central Living demonstrations Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum Fort Wayne Allen Northern Firefighting website Fort Wayne Museum of Art Fort Wayne Allen Northern Art Contemporary art Fulton County Museum Rochester Fulton Northern Local history website, operated by the Fulton County Historical Society Gaar Mansion Richmond Wayne Central Historic house Late 19th century Second Empire-style mansion Garrett Museum of Art Garrett DeKalb Northern Art website, local art Garrett Historical Railroad Museum Garrett DeKalb Northern Railroad information Gary Historical & Cultural Society Gary Lake Northwest Railroad website General Lew Wallace