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The original collection began in 1862 as a cabinet of curiosities collected by State Librarian R. Deloss Brown. [2] In 1869, the Indiana General Assembly enacted a law that provided “for the collection and preservation of a Geological and Mineralogical Cabinet of the Natural History of this State”. [3]
This list of museums in Indiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Indiana State Museum maintains a computerized database of many of the artworks at and around the Statehouse. In addition, a Fall 2010 Museum Studies course at IUPUI undertook the project of researching, photo documenting, and reporting on the condition of artworks. [5]
The Indiana State Museum brings Indianapolis cyclist Major Taylor's life alive by using his letters, scrapbooks and personal collection.
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is an art museum in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.The Eiteljorg houses an extensive collection of visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas as well as Western American paintings and sculptures collected by businessman and philanthropist Harrison Eiteljorg (1903–1997).
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies.It describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, in The Canal and White River State Park Cultural District, neighboring the Indiana State Museum and the Eiteljorg Museum of ...
The present-day cabin, which the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites operates as a historic house museum, includes Stratton-Porter memorabilia, many pictures that she colored by hand, her reference books, and pottery that she collected over the years. Built-in cabinetry houses her various collections.
How to dine at the L.S. Ayres Tea Room holiday lunch at the Indiana State Museum For reservations call visitor services, 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, at 317-232-1637.