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The museum encourages children to touch many of their exhibits, such as this one. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis was founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey, a wealthy civic patron who owned the Stewart-Carey Glass Company. She was inspired to create the museum after a 1924 visit to the Brooklyn Children's Museum. [4]
The museum created a specific exhibit for the collection, entitled "Passport to the World," which opened in 1986. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Initially the Caplans had intended for the collection to be the basis of a new Museum of Fantasy and Play, but this never materialized and they donated their collection to the Children's Museum instead. [ 4 ]
This category includes articles about notable or rare objects in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis collection. Pages in category "The Children's Museum of Indianapolis" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
In honor of the April 8 2024 solar eclipse, the Children's Museum of Indianapolis is hosting an Eclipse Extravaganza from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 8. Visitors can partake in a variety ...
The Children's Museum's dinosaurs are ready for the eclipse Monday. Are you? Get your solar glasses now.
From malls to the Children's Museum, here's a list of places to see and visit Santa Claus around Indianapolis in 2023.
Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling, also known as Fireworks of Glass, is a blown glass sculpture installation in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. The tower sits on a glass base, a pergola ceiling, and rises through the center of the museum's spiraling ...
The Water Clock, also known as The Giant Water Clock, is in the permanent collection of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The modern water clock is located in the Sunburst Atrium of The Children's Museum, and is adjacent to the Grand Staircase leading up to the second floor. [1]