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'''The Children's Museum of Indianapolis''' is the world's largest [[children's museum]]. It is located at 3000 [[Meridian Street (Indianapolis)|North Meridian Street]], [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]], in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city. The museum is accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]]. It is {{convert|472900|sqft|m2|2}} with five floors of exhibit halls and receives more than one million visitors annually. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items is divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection. Among the exhibits are a simulated [[Cretaceous]] [[dinosaur]] habitat, a [[carousel]], a [[steam locomotive]], and the glass sculpture ''[[Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling]]''. The museum's focus is family learning; most exhibits are designed to be interactive, allowing children and families to actively participate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/about/mission|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://museumeducation.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Integr_scaffold_experiences.pdf|title = Integrating Scaffolding Experiences for the Youngest Visitors in Museums|last = Wolf|first = Barbara|date = Spring 2012|journal = Journal of Museum Education|accessdate = 2014-07-27|doi = |quote = Over the past ten years, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has developed and refined its family learning initiatives and strategies. This work included an institution-wide demonstrable shift away from child-centered experiences, to those where families (defined as at least one adult and one child with an ongoing relationship) collaborate on problems, enhance the experience through personal connection, and build on each other’s participation.|volume = 37|issue = 1|publisher = Museum Education Roundtable|pages = 31–32|last2 = Wood|first2 = Elizabeth}}</ref>
Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey with the help of Indianapolis civic leaders and organizations, it is the fourth-oldest such institution in the world. The current site became home for the museum in 1946; the current building was constructed in 1976 and has had four major expansions since then. The museum hosts thousands of activities annually, including plays at the Lilly Theater, classes and workshops for school children, traveling exhibits, and fund-raising events. With a 2008 budget of $28.7 million, it has 400 employees and 1,500 volunteers. Its financial stability is ensured by a large endowment that was first established in the 1960s and is governed by a board of trustees.
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==History==
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]].<ref name = b410>Bodenhamer, p. 410</ref> Carey began a campaign to start a children's museum in Indianapolis and enlisted the aid of other local civic leaders and the Progressive Teacher's Association. With their support, the museum opened in the carriage house of [[The Propylaeum]], a local civic club.<ref>Danilov, p. 229</ref> A board of trustees was established to manage the museum and Carey was elected its first president.<ref name = b412>Bodenhamer, p. 412</ref> The early exhibits were created and donated by school children. Carey sought a larger facility and after two moves, she finally located the museum in her own mansion on Meridian Street in 1926. The same year the first curator, Arthur Carr was hired.<ref name = b410/> Carr arranged Carey's specimens into exhibits and managed the museum. The first permanent exhibits were marine, Japanese, pioneer, archeology, and nature. By the 1940s, a larger staff was hired and Carr became director after Carey's 1938 death. The museum began offering guided tours to school children, organized traveling exhibits that were moved around to area schools, and began hosting events for fund raising.<ref name = b411>Bodenhamer, p. 411</ref> Early members were given a Seahorse pin to identify them as Youth members.
[[File:TCMI interior.jpg|left|thumb|Museum lobby and atrium]]
[[File:TCMI Mastodon skull 1.jpg|left|thumb|A [[mastodon]] skull exhibit.<br>The museum encourages children to touch many of their exhibits, such as this one.]]
In 1942, Carr retired from the museum and Grace Golden became the new director. Golden sought to further expand the museum and successfully solicited grants from the Indianapolis Foundation, the [[Lilly Endowment]], and members of the [[Eli Lilly|Lilly family]]. She also secured several important corporate sponsorships. The new revenue allowed the museum to purchase its own building, a former mansion on North Meridian Street. Golden also began a diversification of the museum's exhibits, rather than relying on local donations. She successfully created partnerships with other museums who loaned exhibits of Native American artifacts in 1947, a gallery of dinosaur skeletons in 1949, the mummy Wenuhotep was given on permanent loan from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1959, a nineteenth-century log cabin was donated in 1961, and the Hall of Man was added in 1962. Several new permanent exhibits were created during her tenure, focusing on pioneer life, natural science, and [[ethnography]]. Golden also established a Junior Docent program, created two weekly television shows for local broadcast, and began a program of interpretive activities.<ref name = b411/>
In 1964, Golden resigned and was succeeded as director by Mildred Compton. Compton remained director until 1982. She created the first long-term financial plans for the museum by establishing an endowment and began advertising campaigns for donations and to increase attendance. The museum was enhanced to help it earn accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums by standardizing and cataloging its exhibits and archives and implementing conservation techniques. New permanent exhibits were obtained during Compton's tenure including the Physical Science Gallery in 1967, the Reuben Wells Steam Engine in 1968, and the Model Train Gallery in 1970.<ref name = b411/>
A fund raising drive held in 1973 raised $8.7 million and allowed for the construction of the current museum building. The old museum was demolished and the new one built on its site. Finished in 1976, the new museum had modern conservation and storage facilities, classrooms, the 350 seat Ruth Allison Lilly Theater, and a much larger five-floor exhibit area. New exhibits and attractions were added for the grand opening, including a carousel, a simulated cavern, and a [[mastodon]] skeleton.<ref name = b411/>
Peter Sterling became director in 1982 and continued to pursue a growth policy for the museum. A restaurant and outdoor garden gallery was added in 1983, and in 1984, the [[Caplan Collection|Caplan folk art collection]] of 50,000 items was donated by [[Frank Caplan|Frank]] and [[Theresa Caplan|Theresa]] Caplan, nearly doubling the number of items owned by the museum. The museum also undertook a $14 million, multi-phase expansion that included construction of a welcome center and atrium entrance (completed in 1983), a planetarium, and an additional exhibit hall, completed in 1988. Indianapolis architect [[Evans Woollen III]] designed the four-story atrium addition. A grant from [[Lilly Endowment]] funded the construction of the Eli Lilly Center for Exploration in 1990.<ref name = b411/><ref>{{cite journal| author=Kevin A. Drawbaugh| title =Woollen's Mark Seen on Major Indiana Buildings | journal =Indianapolis News | volume = | issue = | pages =C3 | publisher = | location =Indianapolis | date =16 February 1988| url =}} See also: {{cite journal| author=Margaret Gaskie| title =Putting on a Happy Face | journal =Architectural Record | volume =| issue = | pages =78–81 | publisher =McGraw-Hill | location =New York, New York | date =August 1989| url =}}</ref>
By 1992, the museum was hosting 4,000 programs and activities annually and had an annual attendance of 835,000 patrons. It employed 165 full-time employees, 227 part-time employees, and 850 volunteers. Revenue in 1992 was $12.4 million.<ref name = b412 />
In 1996, a 310-seat large-format theater called the CineDome was constructed adjacent to the museum. In 2004, the museum added a 950-space parking garage and the CineDome was converted to Dinosphere, which is built within and around the former CineDome. The Welcome Center was expanded again in 2009 increasing the total size of the museum to {{convert|472900|sqft|m2}}.<ref name = ins>{{cite news|url=http://www.indystar.com/article/99999999/NEWS/90622047/-1/MULTIMEDIA/Look+inside+Children+s+Museum+addition|title=Look inside Children's Museum addition|date=2010-10-29|accessdate=2010-10-19|newspaper=[[Indianapolis Star]]}}</ref>
The museum's current CEO Jeffrey H. Patchen was hired in 1999, after serving as a Senior Program Officer at the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]].<ref name="Retting 1999">{{cite news |title=
Patchen poised to lead museum |first=Ellen |last=Rettig |url= |newspaper=[[Indianapolis Business Journal]] |date=August 23, 1999 }}</ref>
==Operations==
In 2008, the institution had revenue of $26.37 million and expenses of $26.369 million, with over half its income being supplied by the museum's endowment.<ref>2008 Annual Report, p. 5</ref> The facility had more than one million visitors in 2008.<ref>2008 Annual Report, p. 2</ref> Field trips from 775 schools brought more than 83,000 students to the museum during 2008.<ref>2008 Annual Report, p. 16</ref> In 2010, the museum had 400 part and full-time employees. Additionally, 1,500 individuals contribute over 65,000 hours of volunteer work annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/staff.htm|title=Museum Staff|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-10-19}}</ref>
The museum has five floors of exhibit halls in the main building. There are several smaller structures around the main building including a planetarium, Dinosphere, a theater, and an outdoors garden gallery. In total, the museum has {{convert|472900|sqft|m2|2}} of floor space.<ref name = ins/> The museum has a collection of over 120,000 artifacts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43728979|title=Delving into the world's largest children's museum |author=Eileen Ogintz|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=2011-07-13|accessdate=2011-09-06}}</ref> divided into three groups: Natural World, Cultural World, and American Collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/collections/index.htm|accessdate=2010-10-20|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|title=Artifacts and Specimens from the Museum's Collections|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016094229/https://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/collections/index.htm|archivedate=2010-10-16}}</ref>
To maintain a regular change in its exhibits, significant emphasis is placed on research and development. Field experts are consulted regularly to assess the exhibits and offer proposals for new ones. The museum employs many experts who are leaders in their field of study.<ref>Sandler, p. 37</ref> Because of its leadership and innovations, the museum is a world leader in its field.<ref>Sandler, p. 186</ref> ''[[Child (magazine)|Child]]'' and ''[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]'' magazine have both ranked the museum as the best children's museum in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/us-destinations/the-10-best-childrens-museums/?page=2|accessdate=2010-10-20|publisher=[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]] magazine|title=The 10 best children's Museums}}</ref> The "institution is considered the gold standard of museums for children."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20100811_P_J__Thomas__Children_s_Museum_of_Indianapolis__Fun_for_the_whole_family.html#ixzz12ulNvsGX|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|author=Thomas, P.J|title=P.J. Thomas: Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-10-30|date=2010-08-11}}</ref>
[[File:TCMI Carousel QRpedia Label.jpg|thumb|Label using a [[QRpedia]] code to direct visitors to the Wikipedia article [[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]].]]
The museum employs a [[Wikipedian in Residence]], appointed in August 2011,<ref name="WiR">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/Childrens-Museum-Indianapolis-Creates-New-Learning-Opportunities-through-Wikipedian-in=Residence|title=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Creates New Learning Opportunities through Wikipedian in Residence|last=Anon|date=2011-08-19|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> and has some [[QRpedia]] codes posted for visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection, translated into their preferred language.<ref name="ByrdPhillips">{{cite web|url=http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/Wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|title=QR codes + Wikipedia = QRpedia|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|last=Byrd Phillips|first=Lori|date=2011-07-29|accessdate=25 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926014126/http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|archivedate=26 September 2011}}</ref> QRpedia codes are located in the All Aboard! exhibit which directs users to the [[Reuben Wells (locomotive)|Reuben Wells steam engine]] Wikipedia article,<ref name="ByrdPhillips" /> and in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams exhibit, which links to the [[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]] article.<ref name="ByrdPhillips" />
==Exhibits==
[[File:J Wales TCM 010.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jimmy Wales]] and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis CTO David Donaldson observe the ceiling portion (or underneath) of the [[Dale Chihuly]] sculpture ''[[Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling]]''.]]
The main stairwell of the museum is a giant spiral ramp that allows visitors to access all five levels of the museum by strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers. In 2006, glass artist [[Dale Chihuly]] installed a four-story glass sculpture inside the central atrium of the giant spiral ramp. The sculpture is called ''[[Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling]]'' and is accompanied by an exhibit of Chihuly's glass blowing methods.
===Lower Level===
The National Geographic: Treasures of the Earth exhibit, which includes three areas, is located on the Lower Level of the museum and was first opened on June 11, 2011. One area contains ancient Egyptian artifacts presented in a replica of the tomb of [[Seti I]]. Another area has a simulated archeological dig where artifacts about [[Ying Zheng]], the first Emperor of China, were discovered. The third area features artifacts retrieved from a pirate shipwreck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/treasures/press_2010_04_07d.htm|title=Press Release|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-11-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027182226/http://childrensmuseum.org/treasures/press_2010_04_07d.htm|archivedate=2010-10-27}}</ref>
The lower level also hosts a [[planetarium]], the Lilly Theater,<ref>https://www.childrensmuseum.org/exhibits/lilly-theater/</ref> and an {{convert|11000|lb|kg|abbr=|adj=on}} steam engine designed by [[Reuben Wells (locomotive)|Reuben Wells]] in 1868 to conquer Indiana's Madison Hill. The engine is attached to a Pennsylvania Railroad tool car in the museum's "All Aboard!" Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/allaboard/index.htm|title=All Aboard!|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-10-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205192558/http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/allaboard/index.htm|archivedate=2010-02-05}}</ref>
===Main Floor===
On the main floor/ground level, the Museum has the Welcome Center with adult and juvenile [[Brachiosaur]] sculptures climbing into the front. These sculptures are physiologically accurate to current paleontological knowledge and were created by [[Gary Staab]] and painted by [[Brian Cooley (artist)|Brian Cooley]] who created the sauropod sculptures which are crashing out of the Dinosphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staabstudios.com/index.html|title=Staab Studios|accessdate= 2010-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinosaurresearch.com/brian_cooley.htm|title=Brian Cooley studio|accessdate=2010-11-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314151132/http://www.dinosaurresearch.com/brian_cooley.htm|archivedate=2012-03-14}}</ref> Outside the museum on this level is the Seven Wonders of the World garden, a green rain garden, parking garage, and the oversize parking lot to accommodate large parties of visitors such as schools on field trips.
A focal point of the ground level of the museum is [[North America]]'s largest [[Water clock (Indianapolis)|water clock]], created by French physicist and artist [[Bernard Gitton]]. The main floor contains the museum's toy store and food court. The volunteer center, concierge desk, and birthday party rooms are also on this level.
===Second Floor===
The museum also contains a {{convert|3000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch of the [[Indianapolis Public Library]] called the InfoZone.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indypl.org/locations | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Indianapolis Public Library | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> During the latest expansion in 2009, this space was moved to the second floor outside of the skywalk which links the parking garage to the main building.
The second level hosts many of the museum's temporary exhibits. The only semi-permanent exhibit on the level is the "Take Me There" gallery. The "Take Me There" exhibit has its content changed periodically with a different culture represented in the space every two to three years. In 2009, the exhibit featured the culture of modern-day Egypt and is called "Take Me There: Egypt." Starting from May 2014, the exhibit was changed to "Take Me There: China." In June 2019, the exhibit was once again revamped to become "Take Me There: Greece." Also on this floor are miniature insets depicting various rooms and their decorations. The three changeable spaces are known as Special Exhibit Galleries and they have short run exhibits that rotate.
Opened in July 2012, "Stories from our Community" is a display that includes artifacts that illustrate stories from community members which are featured in the exhibit space. Visitors can sit at touch-screen displays and choose the stories that they would like to listen to or read. A related website is available that shares the stories on display, in addition to others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stories from Our Community|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/stories-about|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref>
===Third Floor===
The third level features "[[The Power of Children: Making a Difference]]", a permanent exhibit featuring the stories of [[Anne Frank]], [[Ruby Bridges]], and [[Ryan White]] and the impact these children made on the world. The purpose of the Power of Children is to create a supportive environment where people can examine and discuss issues related to prejudice and discrimination and seek solutions to these problems. Historically accurate, immersive environments are recreated to reflect the place where each of the children spent their lives. First-person interpreters, live theater, and artifacts are designed to facilitate the public understanding of the lives of Frank, Bridges and White. The gallery has sounds, dramatic lighting, quotations, interactives and moving images to draw visitors into the exhibit.
The second exhibit on the third floor is ''Playscape,'' a learning and play area designed for children 5 years and younger. Originally opened in 1981, the museum carried out an extensive renovation of ''Playscape'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Children’s Museum aims to shape young brains with remodeled Playscape|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2013/08/25/the-childrens-museum-aims-to-shape-young-brains-with-remodeled-playscape/2695679/|work=Indy Star|publisher=Betsy Reason|accessdate=August 25, 2013}}</ref> The renovated gallery includes and improves upon many of the elements from the previous exhibit, such as a large sandbox area, a water play experience, and an area designated for small children 2 and younger.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re-Envisioning Playscape: The Answers to Your Questions|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/playscape|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref>
===Fourth Floor===
One of the museum's most popular attractions is the [[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]] in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams gallery on the fourth floor. The carousel, whose animal figures were created by [[Dentzel Carousel Company|Dentzel]], was originally installed in the [[White City (Indianapolis)|White City Amusement Park]] in what is now [[Broad Ripple]] Park in 1917 and was restored and reinstalled in this museum in 1973. It is the largest of the museum's artifacts. The carousel is a [[National Historic Landmark]]. The music is provided by a rare [[Wurlitzer]] style #147 Military [[Fairground Organ|Band Organ]].
The fourth level houses Science Works (formerly known as Science Spectrum), an exhibit devoted to exploring [[natural science]] and [[physical science]] through building activities. Children may build toy boats to float along the waterway, play in a construction zone, erect an arch, climb a rock wall, crawl through tunnels, observe a live pond, and participate in other activities. Within Science Works is the Biotech Lab, which hosts daily events focusing on the future of [[DNA]] and chemistry and SciencePort which focuses on plant biology.
===Dinosphere===
[[File:DSC02558 Bucky (T.rex fossil), Kelsey (Triceratops fossil) and Stan (T. rex cast).jpg|thumb|left|Panoramic view from Dinosphere]]
[[File:Brontosaurus at TCMI by Volkan Yuksel 7-11-09 DSC02702 PN 24387230 cs.jpg|thumb|Alamosaurus exhibit which is located outside of the Dinosphere]]
Dinosphere is connected to the main museum on the Lower Level (through All Aboard), Level One (near the food court and main entrance gates), and Level Two (through The Mann Properties Gallery of Dinosaur Imagery). Dinosphere was formerly the [[Iwerks Entertainment|CineDome]] Theater. Dinosphere features a sound and light experience that simulates a day in the late Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The center of the exhibit space includes three themed fossil scenes. Visitors can perform fossil excavations in the Dig Site, touch a real ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' femur fossil in the Paleo Prep Lab, talk to real [[paleontology|paleontologists]], enjoy family-friendly games and touch-screen learning activities, and view numerous real dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous period on display. Dinosphere is one of the largest displays of juvenile and family dinosaur fossils in the U.S. The exhibit features several species of dinosaurs including ''[[Hypacrosaurus]]'', ''[[Prenoceratops]]'', ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'', ''[[Triceratops]]'', ''[[Gorgosaurus]]'', ''[[Maiasaura]]'', ''[[Bambiraptor]]'', ''[[Oviraptor]]'', and ''[[Dracorex hogwartsia]]''. Several ancient non-dinosaur creatures are also featured, including ''[[Didelphodon]]'', ''[[Sarcosuchus]]'' (super croc), and ''[[Pteranodon]]''.
===Outdoor Sports Experience===
Opened in 2018, the exhibit offers many different sports activities for visiting family. Indoor areas include a gallery of sports art and an exhibit on the culture of sports. Outdoor areas include basketball, football, tennis, hockey, baseball, soccer, golf, two pedal race tracks, a tree-house, and a run/walk track that circles the outdoor exhibit.<ref>https://www.childrensmuseum.org/exhibits?category=sle</ref>
==See also==
{{portal|Indiana}}
*[[List of children's museums in the United States]]
==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
*{{cite web|title=2008 Annual Report|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|date=January 2009}}
*{{cite book | last =Bodenhamer | first =David J. |author2=Robert Graham Barrows |author3=David Gordon Vanderstel | title =The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis | publisher =Indiana University Press | year =1994 | url =https://books.google.com/?id=bg13QcMSsq8C | isbn =0-253-31222-1}}
*{{cite book|title=Women and museums: a comprehensive guide|publisher=Rowman Altamira|year=2005|isbn=0-7591-0855-2|author=Danilov, Victor J}}
*{{cite book|title=Beyond the bottom line: how to do more with less in nonprofit and public organizations|author=Sandler, Martin W|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=1998|isbn=0-19-511612-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsWLz7sX-4sC}}
==External links==
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*[http://www.childrensmuseum.org/ Museum website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080531152058/http://digitallibrary.imcpl.org/tcm.php Online collection]
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'''The Children's Museum of Indianapolis''' is the world's largest [[children's museum]]. It is located at 3000 [[Meridian Street (Indianapolis)|North Meridian Street]], [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]], in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city. The museum is accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]]. It is {{convert|472900|sqft|m2|2}} with five floors of exhibit halls and receives more than one million visitors annually. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items is divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection. Among the exhibits are a simulated [[Cretaceous]] [[dinosaur]] habitat, a [[carousel]], a [[steam locomotive]], and the glass sculpture ''[[Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling]]''. The museum's focus is family learning; most exhibits are designed to be interactive, allowing children and families to actively participate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/about/mission|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://museumeducation.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Integr_scaffold_experiences.pdf|title = Integrating Scaffolding Experiences for the Youngest Visitors in Museums|last = Wolf|first = Barbara|date = Spring 2012|journal = Journal of Museum Education|accessdate = 2014-07-27|doi = |quote = Over the past ten years, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has developed and refined its family learning initiatives and strategies. This work included an institution-wide demonstrable shift away from child-centered experiences, to those where families (defined as at least one adult and one child with an ongoing relationship) collaborate on problems, enhance the experience through personal connection, and build on each other’s participation.|volume = 37|issue = 1|publisher = Museum Education Roundtable|pages = 31–32|last2 = Wood|first2 = Elizabeth}}</ref>
Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey with the help of Indianapolis civic leaders and organizations, it is the fourth-oldest such institution in the world. The current site became home for the museum in 1946; the current building was constructed in 1976 and has had four major expansions since then. The museum hosts thousands of activities annually, including plays at the Lilly Theater, classes and workshops for school children, traveling exhibits, and fund-raising events. With a 2008 budget of $28.7 million, it has 400 employees and 1,500 volunteers. Its financial stability is ensured by a large endowment that was first established in the 1960s and is governed by a board of trustees.
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==History==
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]].<ref name = b410>Bodenhamer, p. 410</ref> Carey began a campaign to start a children's museum in Indianapolis and enlisted the aid of other local civic leaders and the Progressive Teacher's Association. With their support, the museum opened in the carriage house of [[The Propylaeum]], a local civic club.<ref>Danilov, p. 229</ref> A board of trustees was established to manage the museum and Carey was elected its first president.<ref name = b412>Bodenhamer, p. 412</ref> The early exhibits were created and donated by school children. Carey sought a larger facility and after two moves, she finally located the museum in her own mansion on Meridian Street in 1926. The same year the first curator, Arthur Carr was hired.<ref name = b410/> Carr arranged Carey's specimens into exhibits and managed the museum. The first permanent exhibits were marine, Japanese, pioneer, archeology, and nature. By the 1940s, a larger staff was hired and Carr became director after Carey's 1938 death. The museum began offering guided tours to school children, organized traveling exhibits that were moved around to area schools, and began hosting events for fund raising.<ref name = b411>Bodenhamer, p. 411</ref> Early members were given a Seahorse pin to identify them as Youth members.
[[File:TCMI interior.jpg|left|thumb|Museum lobby and atrium]]
[[File:TCMI Mastodon skull 1.jpg|left|thumb|A [[mastodon]] skull exhibit.<br>The museum encourages children to touch many of their exhibits, such as this one.]]
In 1942, Carr retired from the museum and Grace Golden became the new director. Golden sought to further expand the museum and successfully solicited grants from the Indianapolis Foundation, the [[Lilly Endowment]], and members of the [[Eli Lilly|Lilly family]]. She also secured several important corporate sponsorships. The new revenue allowed the museum to purchase its own building, a former mansion on North Meridian Street. Golden also began a diversification of the museum's exhibits, rather than relying on local donations. She successfully created partnerships with other museums who loaned exhibits of Native American artifacts in 1947, a gallery of dinosaur skeletons in 1949, the mummy Wenuhotep was given on permanent loan from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1959, a nineteenth-century log cabin was donated in 1961, and the Hall of Man was added in 1962. Several new permanent exhibits were created during her tenure, focusing on pioneer life, natural science, and [[ethnography]]. Golden also established a Junior Docent program, created two weekly television shows for local broadcast, and began a program of interpretive activities.<ref name = b411/>
In 1964, Golden resigned and was succeeded as director by Mildred Compton. Compton remained director until 1982. She created the first long-term financial plans for the museum by establishing an endowment and began advertising campaigns for donations and to increase attendance. The museum was enhanced to help it earn accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums by standardizing and cataloging its exhibits and archives and implementing conservation techniques. New permanent exhibits were obtained during Compton's tenure including the Physical Science Gallery in 1967, the Reuben Wells Steam Engine in 1968, and the Model Train Gallery in 1970.<ref name = b411/>
A fund raising drive held in 1973 raised $8.7 million and allowed for the construction of the current museum building. The old museum was demolished and the new one built on its site. Finished in 1976, the new museum had modern conservation and storage facilities, classrooms, the 350 seat Ruth Allison Lilly Theater, and a much larger five-floor exhibit area. New exhibits and attractions were added for the grand opening, including a carousel, a simulated cavern, and a [[mastodon]] skeleton.<ref name = b411/>
Peter Sterling became director in 1982 and continued to pursue a growth policy for the museum. A restaurant and outdoor garden gallery was added in 1983, and in 1984, the [[Caplan Collection|Caplan folk art collection]] of 50,000 items was donated by [[Frank Caplan|Frank]] and [[Theresa Caplan|Theresa]] Caplan, nearly doubling the number of items owned by the museum. The museum also undertook a $14 million, multi-phase expansion that included construction of a welcome center and atrium entrance (completed in 1983), a planetarium, and an additional exhibit hall, completed in 1988. Indianapolis architect [[Evans Woollen III]] designed the four-story atrium addition. A grant from [[Lilly Endowment]] funded the construction of the Eli Lilly Center for Exploration in 1990.<ref name = b411/><ref>{{cite journal| author=Kevin A. Drawbaugh| title =Woollen's Mark Seen on Major Indiana Buildings | journal =Indianapolis News | volume = | issue = | pages =C3 | publisher = | location =Indianapolis | date =16 February 1988| url =}} See also: {{cite journal| author=Margaret Gaskie| title =Putting on a Happy Face | journal =Architectural Record | volume =| issue = | pages =78–81 | publisher =McGraw-Hill | location =New York, New York | date =August 1989| url =}}</ref>
By 1992, the museum was hosting 4,000 programs and activities annually and had an annual attendance of 835,000 patrons. It employed 165 full-time employees, 227 part-time employees, and 850 volunteers. Revenue in 1992 was $12.4 million.<ref name = b412 />
In 1996, a 310-seat large-format theater called the CineDome was constructed adjacent to the museum. In 2004, the museum added a 950-space parking garage and the CineDome was converted to Dinosphere, which is built within and around the former CineDome. The Welcome Center was expanded again in 2009 increasing the total size of the museum to {{convert|472900|sqft|m2}}.<ref name = ins>{{cite news|url=http://www.indystar.com/article/99999999/NEWS/90622047/-1/MULTIMEDIA/Look+inside+Children+s+Museum+addition|title=Look inside Children's Museum addition|date=2010-10-29|accessdate=2010-10-19|newspaper=[[Indianapolis Star]]}}</ref>
The museum's current CEO Jeffrey H. Patchen was hired in 1999, after serving as a Senior Program Officer at the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]].<ref name="Retting 1999">{{cite news |title=
Patchen poised to lead museum |first=Ellen |last=Rettig |url= |newspaper=[[Indianapolis Business Journal]] |date=August 23, 1999 }}</ref>
==Operations==
In 2008, the institution had revenue of $26.37 million and expenses of $26.369 million, with over half its income being supplied by the museum's endowment.<ref>2008 Annual Report, p. 5</ref> The facility had more than one million visitors in 2008.<ref>2008 Annual Report, p. 2</ref> Field trips from 775 schools brought more than 83,000 students to the museum during 2008.<ref>2008 Annual Report, p. 16</ref> In 2010, the museum had 400 part and full-time employees. Additionally, 1,500 individuals contribute over 65,000 hours of volunteer work annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/staff.htm|title=Museum Staff|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-10-19}}</ref>
The museum has five floors of exhibit halls in the main building. There are several smaller structures around the main building including a planetarium, Dinosphere, a theater, and an outdoors garden gallery. In total, the museum has {{convert|472900|sqft|m2|2}} of floor space.<ref name = ins/> The museum has a collection of over 120,000 artifacts,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43728979|title=Delving into the world's largest children's museum |author=Eileen Ogintz|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=2011-07-13|accessdate=2011-09-06}}</ref> divided into three groups: Natural World, Cultural World, and American Collections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/collections/index.htm|accessdate=2010-10-20|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|title=Artifacts and Specimens from the Museum's Collections|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016094229/https://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/collections/index.htm|archivedate=2010-10-16}}</ref>
To maintain a regular change in its exhibits, significant emphasis is placed on research and development. Field experts are consulted regularly to assess the exhibits and offer proposals for new ones. The museum employs many experts who are leaders in their field of study.<ref>Sandler, p. 37</ref> Because of its leadership and innovations, the museum is a world leader in its field.<ref>Sandler, p. 186</ref> ''[[Child (magazine)|Child]]'' and ''[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]'' magazine have both ranked the museum as the best children's museum in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/us-destinations/the-10-best-childrens-museums/?page=2|accessdate=2010-10-20|publisher=[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]] magazine|title=The 10 best children's Museums}}</ref> The "institution is considered the gold standard of museums for children."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20100811_P_J__Thomas__Children_s_Museum_of_Indianapolis__Fun_for_the_whole_family.html#ixzz12ulNvsGX|newspaper=Philadelphia Daily News|author=Thomas, P.J|title=P.J. Thomas: Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-10-30|date=2010-08-11}}</ref>
[[File:TCMI Carousel QRpedia Label.jpg|thumb|Label using a [[QRpedia]] code to direct visitors to the Wikipedia article [[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]].]]
The museum employs a [[Wikipedian in Residence]], appointed in August 2011,<ref name="WiR">{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/Childrens-Museum-Indianapolis-Creates-New-Learning-Opportunities-through-Wikipedian-in=Residence|title=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Creates New Learning Opportunities through Wikipedian in Residence|last=Anon|date=2011-08-19|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=25 August 2011}}</ref> and has some [[QRpedia]] codes posted for visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection, translated into their preferred language.<ref name="ByrdPhillips">{{cite web|url=http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/Wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|title=QR codes + Wikipedia = QRpedia|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|last=Byrd Phillips|first=Lori|date=2011-07-29|accessdate=25 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926014126/http://blog.childrensmuseum.org/blog/wikipedian-in-residence/qr-codes-wikipedia-qrpedia|archivedate=26 September 2011}}</ref> QRpedia codes are located in the All Aboard! exhibit which directs users to the [[Reuben Wells (locomotive)|Reuben Wells steam engine]] Wikipedia article,<ref name="ByrdPhillips" /> and in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams exhibit, which links to the [[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]] article.<ref name="ByrdPhillips" />
==Exhibits==
[[File:J Wales TCM 010.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jimmy Wales]] and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis CTO David Donaldson observe the ceiling portion (or underneath) of the [[Dale Chihuly]] sculpture ''[[Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling]]''.]]
The main stairwell of the museum is a giant spiral ramp that allows visitors to access all five levels of the museum by strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers. In 2006, glass artist [[Dale Chihuly]] installed a four-story glass sculpture inside the central atrium of the giant spiral ramp. The sculpture is called ''[[Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling]]'' and is accompanied by an exhibit of Chihuly's glass blowing methods.
===Lower Level===
The National Geographic: Treasures of the Earth exhibit, which includes three areas, is located on the Lower Level of the museum and was first opened on June 11, 2011. One area contains ancient Egyptian artifacts presented in a replica of the tomb of [[Seti I]]. Another area has a simulated archeological dig where artifacts about [[Ying Zheng]], the first Emperor of China, were discovered. The third area features artifacts retrieved from a pirate shipwreck.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/treasures/press_2010_04_07d.htm|title=Press Release|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-11-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027182226/http://childrensmuseum.org/treasures/press_2010_04_07d.htm|archivedate=2010-10-27}}</ref>
The lower level also hosts a [[planetarium]], the Lilly Theater,<ref>https://www.childrensmuseum.org/exhibits/lilly-theater/</ref> and an {{convert|11000|lb|kg|abbr=|adj=on}} steam engine designed by [[Reuben Wells (locomotive)|Reuben Wells]] in 1868 to conquer Indiana's Madison Hill. The engine is attached to a Pennsylvania Railroad tool car in the museum's "All Aboard!" Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/allaboard/index.htm|title=All Aboard!|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=2010-10-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205192558/http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/allaboard/index.htm|archivedate=2010-02-05}}</ref>
===Main Floor===
On the main floor/ground level, the Museum has the Welcome Center with adult and juvenile [[Brachiosaur]] sculptures climbing into the front. These sculptures are physiologically accurate to current paleontological knowledge and were created by [[Gary Staab]] and painted by [[Brian Cooley (artist)|Brian Cooley]] who created the sauropod sculptures which are crashing out of the Dinosphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staabstudios.com/index.html|title=Staab Studios|accessdate= 2010-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinosaurresearch.com/brian_cooley.htm|title=Brian Cooley studio|accessdate=2010-11-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314151132/http://www.dinosaurresearch.com/brian_cooley.htm|archivedate=2012-03-14}}</ref> Outside the museum on this level is the Seven Wonders of the World garden, a green rain garden, parking garage, and the oversize parking lot to accommodate large parties of visitors such as schools on field trips.
A focal point of the ground level of the museum is [[North America]]'s largest [[Water clock (Indianapolis)|water clock]], created by French physicist and artist [[Bernard Gitton]]. The main floor contains the museum's toy store and food court. The volunteer center, concierge desk, and birthday party rooms are also on this level.
===Second Floor===
The museum also contains a {{convert|3000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch of the [[Indianapolis Public Library]] called the InfoZone.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indypl.org/locations | title=Locations & Hours | publisher=Indianapolis Public Library | accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref> During the latest expansion in 2009, this space was moved to the second floor outside of the skywalk which links the parking garage to the main building.
The second level hosts many of the museum's temporary exhibits. The only semi-permanent exhibit on the level is the "Take Me There" gallery. The "Take Me There" exhibit has its content changed periodically with a different culture represented in the space every two to three years. In 2009, the exhibit featured the culture of modern-day Egypt and is called "Take Me There: Egypt." Starting from May 2014, the exhibit was changed to "Take Me There: China." In June 2019, the exhibit was once again revamped to become "Take Me There: Greece." Also on this floor are miniature insets depicting various rooms and their decorations. The three changeable spaces are known as Special Exhibit Galleries and they have short run exhibits that rotate.
Opened in July 2012, "Stories from our Community" is a display that includes artifacts that illustrate stories from community members which are featured in the exhibit space. Visitors can sit at touch-screen displays and choose the stories that they would like to listen to or read. A related website is available that shares the stories on display, in addition to others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stories from Our Community|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/stories-about|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref>
===Third Floor===
The third level features "[[The Power of Children: Making a Difference]]", a permanent exhibit featuring the stories of [[Anne Frank]], [[Ruby Bridges]], and [[Ryan White]] and the impact these children made on the world. The purpose of the Power of Children is to create a supportive environment where people can examine and discuss issues related to prejudice and discrimination and seek solutions to these problems. Historically accurate, immersive environments are recreated to reflect the place where each of the children spent their lives. First-person interpreters, live theater, and artifacts are designed to facilitate the public understanding of the lives of Frank, Bridges and White. The gallery has sounds, dramatic lighting, quotations, interactives and moving images to draw visitors into the exhibit.
The second exhibit on the third floor is ''Playscape,'' a learning and play area designed for children 5 years and younger. Originally opened in 1981, the museum carried out an extensive renovation of ''Playscape'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Children’s Museum aims to shape young brains with remodeled Playscape|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2013/08/25/the-childrens-museum-aims-to-shape-young-brains-with-remodeled-playscape/2695679/|work=Indy Star|publisher=Betsy Reason|accessdate=August 25, 2013}}</ref> The renovated gallery includes and improves upon many of the elements from the previous exhibit, such as a large sandbox area, a water play experience, and an area designated for small children 2 and younger.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re-Envisioning Playscape: The Answers to Your Questions|url=http://www.childrensmuseum.org/playscape|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref>
===Fourth Floor===
One of the museum's most popular attractions is the [[Broad Ripple Park Carousel]] in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams gallery on the fourth floor. The carousel, whose animal figures were created by [[Dentzel Carousel Company|Dentzel]], was originally installed in the [[White City (Indianapolis)|White City Amusement Park]] in what is now [[Broad Ripple]] Park in 1917 and was restored and reinstalled in this museum in 1973. It is the largest of the museum's artifacts. The carousel is a [[National Historic Landmark]]. The music is provided by a rare [[Wurlitzer]] style #147 Military [[Fairground Organ|Band Organ]].
The fourth level houses Science Works (formerly known as Science Spectrum), an exhibit devoted to exploring [[natural science]] and [[physical science]] through building activities. Children may build toy boats to float along the waterway, play in a construction zone, erect an arch, climb a rock wall, crawl through tunnels, observe a live pond, and participate in other activities. Within Science Works is the Biotech Lab, which hosts daily events focusing on the future of [[DNA]] and chemistry and SciencePort which focuses on plant biology.
===Dinosphere===
[[File:DSC02558 Bucky (T.rex fossil), Kelsey (Triceratops fossil) and Stan (T. rex cast).jpg|thumb|left|Panoramic view from Dinosphere]]
[[File:Brontosaurus at TCMI by Volkan Yuksel 7-11-09 DSC02702 PN 24387230 cs.jpg|thumb|Alamosaurus exhibit which is located outside of the Dinosphere]]
Dinosphere is connected to the main museum on the Lower Level (through All Aboard), Level One (near the food court and main entrance gates), and Level Two (through The Mann Properties Gallery of Dinosaur Imagery). Dinosphere was formerly the [[Iwerks Entertainment|CineDome]] Theater. Dinosphere features a sound and light experience that simulates a day in the late Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The center of the exhibit space includes three themed fossil scenes. Visitors can perform fossil excavations in the Dig Site, touch a real ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' femur fossil in the Paleo Prep Lab, talk to real [[paleontology|paleontologists]], enjoy family-friendly games and touch-screen learning activities, and view numerous real dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous period on display. Dinosphere is one of the largest displays of juvenile and family dinosaur fossils in the U.S. The exhibit features several species of dinosaurs including ''[[Hypacrosaurus]]'', ''[[Prenoceratops]]'', ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'', ''[[Triceratops]]'', ''[[Gorgosaurus]]'', ''[[Maiasaura]]'', ''[[Bambiraptor]]'', ''[[Oviraptor]]'', and ''[[Dracorex hogwartsia]]''. Several ancient non-dinosaur creatures are also featured, including ''[[Didelphodon]]'', ''[[Sarcosuchus]]'' (super croc), and ''[[Pteranodon]]''.
===Outdoor Sports Experience===
Opened in 2018, the exhibit offers many different sports activities for visiting family. Indoor areas include a gallery of sports art and an exhibit on the culture of sports. Outdoor areas include basketball, football, tennis, hockey, baseball, soccer, golf, two pedal race tracks, a tree-house, and a run/walk track that circles the outdoor exhibit.<ref>https://www.childrensmuseum.org/exhibits?category=sle</ref>
==See also==
{{portal|Indiana}}
*[[List of children's museums in the United States]]
==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
*{{cite web|title=2008 Annual Report|publisher=The Children's Museum of Indianapolis|date=January 2009}}
*{{cite book | last =Bodenhamer | first =David J. |author2=Robert Graham Barrows |author3=David Gordon Vanderstel | title =The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis | publisher =Indiana University Press | year =1994 | url =https://books.google.com/?id=bg13QcMSsq8C | isbn =0-253-31222-1}}
*{{cite book|title=Women and museums: a comprehensive guide|publisher=Rowman Altamira|year=2005|isbn=0-7591-0855-2|author=Danilov, Victor J}}
*{{cite book|title=Beyond the bottom line: how to do more with less in nonprofit and public organizations|author=Sandler, Martin W|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=1998|isbn=0-19-511612-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsWLz7sX-4sC}}
==External links==
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*[http://www.childrensmuseum.org/ Museum website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080531152058/http://digitallibrary.imcpl.org/tcm.php Online collection]
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Parsed HTML source of the new revision (new_html) | '<div class="mw-parser-output"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Children's museum in Indianapolis, Indiana</div><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:22em"><caption class="fn org">The Children's Museum of Indianapolis</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:The_Children%27s_Museum_of_Indianapolis_Logo_(2010).jpg" class="image"><img alt="The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Logo (2010).jpg" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/04/The_Children%27s_Museum_of_Indianapolis_Logo_%282010%29.jpg/220px-The_Children%27s_Museum_of_Indianapolis_Logo_%282010%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="267" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/enwiki//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=The_Children%27s_Museum_of_Indianapolis_Welcome_Center.jpg" class="new" title="File:The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Welcome Center.jpg">File:The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Welcome Center.jpg</a><div>Welcome Center and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brachiosaurus" title="Brachiosaurus">Brachiosaurus</a>, installed in 2009</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center" data-mw="interface" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-overlays="["_c24b6acfc130e71cb05ba5ed48bb8122371f4847"]" style="background-image: url(https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=The+Children%27s+Museum+of+Indianapolis&groups=_c24b6acfc130e71cb05ba5ed48bb8122371f4847); width: 270px; height: 200px;" href="/enwiki/wiki/Special:Map/10/a/a/en"></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Established</th><td>1925<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1925</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row">Location</th><td class="locality">3000 N. Meridian St., <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, 46208-4716</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Type</th><td>Children's museum</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Visitors</th><td>1.27 million (2016)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">President</th><td class="agent">(President/CEO) Jeffrey H. Patchen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Website</th><td><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.childrensmuseum.org/">www<wbr />.childrensmuseum<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>The Children's Museum of Indianapolis</b> is the world's largest <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Children%27s_museum" title="Children's museum">children's museum</a>. It is located at 3000 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Meridian_Street_(Indianapolis)" title="Meridian Street (Indianapolis)">North Meridian Street</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city. The museum is accredited by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/American_Alliance_of_Museums" title="American Alliance of Museums">American Alliance of Museums</a>. It is 472,900 square feet (43,933.85 m<sup>2</sup>) with five floors of exhibit halls and receives more than one million visitors annually. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items is divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection. Among the exhibits are a simulated <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> habitat, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Carousel" title="Carousel">carousel</a>, a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a>, and the glass sculpture <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fireworks_of_Glass_Tower_and_Ceiling" title="Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling">Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling</a></i>. The museum's focus is family learning; most exhibits are designed to be interactive, allowing children and families to actively participate.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey with the help of Indianapolis civic leaders and organizations, it is the fourth-oldest such institution in the world. The current site became home for the museum in 1946; the current building was constructed in 1976 and has had four major expansions since then. The museum hosts thousands of activities annually, including plays at the Lilly Theater, classes and workshops for school children, traveling exhibits, and fund-raising events. With a 2008 budget of $28.7 million, it has 400 employees and 1,500 volunteers. Its financial stability is ensured by a large endowment that was first established in the 1960s and is governed by a board of trustees.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Operations"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Operations</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Dinosphere"><span class="tocnumber">3.6</span> <span class="toctext">Dinosphere</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
<p>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 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brooklyn_Children%27s_Museum" title="Brooklyn Children's Museum">Brooklyn Children's Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-b410_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b410-4">[4]</a></sup> Carey began a campaign to start a children's museum in Indianapolis and enlisted the aid of other local civic leaders and the Progressive Teacher's Association. With their support, the museum opened in the carriage house of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Propylaeum" title="The Propylaeum">The Propylaeum</a>, a local civic club.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> A board of trustees was established to manage the museum and Carey was elected its first president.<sup id="cite_ref-b412_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b412-6">[6]</a></sup> The early exhibits were created and donated by school children. Carey sought a larger facility and after two moves, she finally located the museum in her own mansion on Meridian Street in 1926. The same year the first curator, Arthur Carr was hired.<sup id="cite_ref-b410_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b410-4">[4]</a></sup> Carr arranged Carey's specimens into exhibits and managed the museum. The first permanent exhibits were marine, Japanese, pioneer, archeology, and nature. By the 1940s, a larger staff was hired and Carr became director after Carey's 1938 death. The museum began offering guided tours to school children, organized traveling exhibits that were moved around to area schools, and began hosting events for fund raising.<sup id="cite_ref-b411_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b411-7">[7]</a></sup> Early members were given a Seahorse pin to identify them as Youth members.
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<p>In 1942, Carr retired from the museum and Grace Golden became the new director. Golden sought to further expand the museum and successfully solicited grants from the Indianapolis Foundation, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lilly_Endowment" title="Lilly Endowment">Lilly Endowment</a>, and members of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Eli_Lilly" title="Eli Lilly">Lilly family</a>. She also secured several important corporate sponsorships. The new revenue allowed the museum to purchase its own building, a former mansion on North Meridian Street. Golden also began a diversification of the museum's exhibits, rather than relying on local donations. She successfully created partnerships with other museums who loaned exhibits of Native American artifacts in 1947, a gallery of dinosaur skeletons in 1949, the mummy Wenuhotep was given on permanent loan from the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Chicago" title="University of Chicago">University of Chicago</a> in 1959, a nineteenth-century log cabin was donated in 1961, and the Hall of Man was added in 1962. Several new permanent exhibits were created during her tenure, focusing on pioneer life, natural science, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ethnography" title="Ethnography">ethnography</a>. Golden also established a Junior Docent program, created two weekly television shows for local broadcast, and began a program of interpretive activities.<sup id="cite_ref-b411_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b411-7">[7]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1964, Golden resigned and was succeeded as director by Mildred Compton. Compton remained director until 1982. She created the first long-term financial plans for the museum by establishing an endowment and began advertising campaigns for donations and to increase attendance. The museum was enhanced to help it earn accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums by standardizing and cataloging its exhibits and archives and implementing conservation techniques. New permanent exhibits were obtained during Compton's tenure including the Physical Science Gallery in 1967, the Reuben Wells Steam Engine in 1968, and the Model Train Gallery in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-b411_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b411-7">[7]</a></sup>
</p><p>A fund raising drive held in 1973 raised $8.7 million and allowed for the construction of the current museum building. The old museum was demolished and the new one built on its site. Finished in 1976, the new museum had modern conservation and storage facilities, classrooms, the 350 seat Ruth Allison Lilly Theater, and a much larger five-floor exhibit area. New exhibits and attractions were added for the grand opening, including a carousel, a simulated cavern, and a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon">mastodon</a> skeleton.<sup id="cite_ref-b411_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b411-7">[7]</a></sup>
</p><p>Peter Sterling became director in 1982 and continued to pursue a growth policy for the museum. A restaurant and outdoor garden gallery was added in 1983, and in 1984, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Caplan_Collection" title="Caplan Collection">Caplan folk art collection</a> of 50,000 items was donated by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Frank_Caplan" title="Frank Caplan">Frank</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Theresa_Caplan" title="Theresa Caplan">Theresa</a> Caplan, nearly doubling the number of items owned by the museum. The museum also undertook a $14 million, multi-phase expansion that included construction of a welcome center and atrium entrance (completed in 1983), a planetarium, and an additional exhibit hall, completed in 1988. Indianapolis architect <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Evans_Woollen_III" title="Evans Woollen III">Evans Woollen III</a> designed the four-story atrium addition. A grant from <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Lilly_Endowment" title="Lilly Endowment">Lilly Endowment</a> funded the construction of the Eli Lilly Center for Exploration in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-b411_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b411-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>By 1992, the museum was hosting 4,000 programs and activities annually and had an annual attendance of 835,000 patrons. It employed 165 full-time employees, 227 part-time employees, and 850 volunteers. Revenue in 1992 was $12.4 million.<sup id="cite_ref-b412_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b412-6">[6]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1996, a 310-seat large-format theater called the CineDome was constructed adjacent to the museum. In 2004, the museum added a 950-space parking garage and the CineDome was converted to Dinosphere, which is built within and around the former CineDome. The Welcome Center was expanded again in 2009 increasing the total size of the museum to 472,900 square feet (43,930 m<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-ins_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ins-9">[9]</a></sup>
</p><p>The museum's current CEO Jeffrey H. Patchen was hired in 1999, after serving as a Senior Program Officer at the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/J._Paul_Getty_Museum" title="J. Paul Getty Museum">J. Paul Getty Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Retting_1999_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Retting_1999-10">[10]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Operations">Operations</span></h2>
<p>In 2008, the institution had revenue of $26.37 million and expenses of $26.369 million, with over half its income being supplied by the museum's endowment.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> The facility had more than one million visitors in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> Field trips from 775 schools brought more than 83,000 students to the museum during 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> In 2010, the museum had 400 part and full-time employees. Additionally, 1,500 individuals contribute over 65,000 hours of volunteer work annually.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup>
</p><p>The museum has five floors of exhibit halls in the main building. There are several smaller structures around the main building including a planetarium, Dinosphere, a theater, and an outdoors garden gallery. In total, the museum has 472,900 square feet (43,933.85 m<sup>2</sup>) of floor space.<sup id="cite_ref-ins_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ins-9">[9]</a></sup> The museum has a collection of over 120,000 artifacts,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> divided into three groups: Natural World, Cultural World, and American Collections.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup>
</p><p>To maintain a regular change in its exhibits, significant emphasis is placed on research and development. Field experts are consulted regularly to assess the exhibits and offer proposals for new ones. The museum employs many experts who are leaders in their field of study.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> Because of its leadership and innovations, the museum is a world leader in its field.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Child_(magazine)" title="Child (magazine)">Child</a></i> and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Parents_(magazine)" title="Parents (magazine)">Parents</a></i> magazine have both ranked the museum as the best children's museum in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> The "institution is considered the gold standard of museums for children."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup>
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<p>The museum employs a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedian in Residence">Wikipedian in Residence</a>, appointed in August 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-WiR_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WiR-21">[21]</a></sup> and has some <a href="/enwiki/wiki/QRpedia" title="QRpedia">QRpedia</a> codes posted for visitors to read Wikipedia articles about objects in the collection, translated into their preferred language.<sup id="cite_ref-ByrdPhillips_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ByrdPhillips-22">[22]</a></sup> QRpedia codes are located in the All Aboard! exhibit which directs users to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reuben_Wells_(locomotive)" title="Reuben Wells (locomotive)">Reuben Wells steam engine</a> Wikipedia article,<sup id="cite_ref-ByrdPhillips_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ByrdPhillips-22">[22]</a></sup> and in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams exhibit, which links to the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Broad_Ripple_Park_Carousel" title="Broad Ripple Park Carousel">Broad Ripple Park Carousel</a> article.<sup id="cite_ref-ByrdPhillips_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ByrdPhillips-22">[22]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Exhibits">Exhibits</span></h2>
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<p>The main stairwell of the museum is a giant spiral ramp that allows visitors to access all five levels of the museum by strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers. In 2006, glass artist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dale_Chihuly" title="Dale Chihuly">Dale Chihuly</a> installed a four-story glass sculpture inside the central atrium of the giant spiral ramp. The sculpture is called <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fireworks_of_Glass_Tower_and_Ceiling" title="Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling">Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling</a></i> and is accompanied by an exhibit of Chihuly's glass blowing methods.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lower_Level">Lower Level</span></h3>
<p>The National Geographic: Treasures of the Earth exhibit, which includes three areas, is located on the Lower Level of the museum and was first opened on June 11, 2011. One area contains ancient Egyptian artifacts presented in a replica of the tomb of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Seti_I" title="Seti I">Seti I</a>. Another area has a simulated archeological dig where artifacts about <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ying_Zheng" class="mw-redirect" title="Ying Zheng">Ying Zheng</a>, the first Emperor of China, were discovered. The third area features artifacts retrieved from a pirate shipwreck.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup>
</p><p>The lower level also hosts a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Planetarium" title="Planetarium">planetarium</a>, the Lilly Theater,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> and an 11,000-pound (5,000 kg) steam engine designed by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Reuben_Wells_(locomotive)" title="Reuben Wells (locomotive)">Reuben Wells</a> in 1868 to conquer Indiana's Madison Hill. The engine is attached to a Pennsylvania Railroad tool car in the museum's "All Aboard!" Gallery.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Main_Floor">Main Floor</span></h3>
<p>On the main floor/ground level, the Museum has the Welcome Center with adult and juvenile <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brachiosaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Brachiosaur">Brachiosaur</a> sculptures climbing into the front. These sculptures are physiologically accurate to current paleontological knowledge and were created by <a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Gary_Staab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gary Staab (page does not exist)">Gary Staab</a> and painted by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Brian_Cooley_(artist)" title="Brian Cooley (artist)">Brian Cooley</a> who created the sauropod sculptures which are crashing out of the Dinosphere.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> Outside the museum on this level is the Seven Wonders of the World garden, a green rain garden, parking garage, and the oversize parking lot to accommodate large parties of visitors such as schools on field trips.
</p><p>A focal point of the ground level of the museum is <a href="/enwiki/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>'s largest <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Water_clock_(Indianapolis)" title="Water clock (Indianapolis)">water clock</a>, created by French physicist and artist <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bernard_Gitton" title="Bernard Gitton">Bernard Gitton</a>. The main floor contains the museum's toy store and food court. The volunteer center, concierge desk, and birthday party rooms are also on this level.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Second_Floor">Second Floor</span></h3>
<p>The museum also contains a 3,000-square-foot (280 m<sup>2</sup>) branch of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indianapolis_Public_Library" title="Indianapolis Public Library">Indianapolis Public Library</a> called the InfoZone.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> During the latest expansion in 2009, this space was moved to the second floor outside of the skywalk which links the parking garage to the main building.
</p><p>The second level hosts many of the museum's temporary exhibits. The only semi-permanent exhibit on the level is the "Take Me There" gallery. The "Take Me There" exhibit has its content changed periodically with a different culture represented in the space every two to three years. In 2009, the exhibit featured the culture of modern-day Egypt and is called "Take Me There: Egypt." Starting from May 2014, the exhibit was changed to "Take Me There: China." In June 2019, the exhibit was once again revamped to become "Take Me There: Greece." Also on this floor are miniature insets depicting various rooms and their decorations. The three changeable spaces are known as Special Exhibit Galleries and they have short run exhibits that rotate.
</p><p>Opened in July 2012, "Stories from our Community" is a display that includes artifacts that illustrate stories from community members which are featured in the exhibit space. Visitors can sit at touch-screen displays and choose the stories that they would like to listen to or read. A related website is available that shares the stories on display, in addition to others.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Third_Floor">Third Floor</span></h3>
<p>The third level features "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Power_of_Children:_Making_a_Difference" class="mw-redirect" title="The Power of Children: Making a Difference">The Power of Children: Making a Difference</a>", a permanent exhibit featuring the stories of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anne_Frank" title="Anne Frank">Anne Frank</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ruby_Bridges" title="Ruby Bridges">Ruby Bridges</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ryan_White" title="Ryan White">Ryan White</a> and the impact these children made on the world. The purpose of the Power of Children is to create a supportive environment where people can examine and discuss issues related to prejudice and discrimination and seek solutions to these problems. Historically accurate, immersive environments are recreated to reflect the place where each of the children spent their lives. First-person interpreters, live theater, and artifacts are designed to facilitate the public understanding of the lives of Frank, Bridges and White. The gallery has sounds, dramatic lighting, quotations, interactives and moving images to draw visitors into the exhibit.
</p><p>The second exhibit on the third floor is <i>Playscape,</i> a learning and play area designed for children 5 years and younger. Originally opened in 1981, the museum carried out an extensive renovation of <i>Playscape</i> in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup> The renovated gallery includes and improves upon many of the elements from the previous exhibit, such as a large sandbox area, a water play experience, and an area designated for small children 2 and younger.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Fourth_Floor">Fourth Floor</span></h3>
<p>One of the museum's most popular attractions is the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Broad_Ripple_Park_Carousel" title="Broad Ripple Park Carousel">Broad Ripple Park Carousel</a> in the Carousel Wishes and Dreams gallery on the fourth floor. The carousel, whose animal figures were created by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dentzel_Carousel_Company" title="Dentzel Carousel Company">Dentzel</a>, was originally installed in the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/White_City_(Indianapolis)" title="White City (Indianapolis)">White City Amusement Park</a> in what is now <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Broad_Ripple" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad Ripple">Broad Ripple</a> Park in 1917 and was restored and reinstalled in this museum in 1973. It is the largest of the museum's artifacts. The carousel is a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a>. The music is provided by a rare <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Wurlitzer" title="Wurlitzer">Wurlitzer</a> style #147 Military <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fairground_Organ" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairground Organ">Band Organ</a>.
</p><p>The fourth level houses Science Works (formerly known as Science Spectrum), an exhibit devoted to exploring <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural science</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Physical_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Physical science">physical science</a> through building activities. Children may build toy boats to float along the waterway, play in a construction zone, erect an arch, climb a rock wall, crawl through tunnels, observe a live pond, and participate in other activities. Within Science Works is the Biotech Lab, which hosts daily events focusing on the future of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/DNA" title="DNA">DNA</a> and chemistry and SciencePort which focuses on plant biology.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Dinosphere">Dinosphere</span></h3>
<div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:DSC02558_Bucky_(T.rex_fossil),_Kelsey_(Triceratops_fossil)_and_Stan_(T._rex_cast).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/DSC02558_Bucky_%28T.rex_fossil%29%2C_Kelsey_%28Triceratops_fossil%29_and_Stan_%28T._rex_cast%29.jpg/220px-DSC02558_Bucky_%28T.rex_fossil%29%2C_Kelsey_%28Triceratops_fossil%29_and_Stan_%28T._rex_cast%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2082" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:DSC02558_Bucky_(T.rex_fossil),_Kelsey_(Triceratops_fossil)_and_Stan_(T._rex_cast).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Panoramic view from Dinosphere</div></div></div>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Brontosaurus_at_TCMI_by_Volkan_Yuksel_7-11-09_DSC02702_PN_24387230_cs.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Brontosaurus_at_TCMI_by_Volkan_Yuksel_7-11-09_DSC02702_PN_24387230_cs.jpg/220px-Brontosaurus_at_TCMI_by_Volkan_Yuksel_7-11-09_DSC02702_PN_24387230_cs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="92" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="5952" data-file-height="2484" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Brontosaurus_at_TCMI_by_Volkan_Yuksel_7-11-09_DSC02702_PN_24387230_cs.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Alamosaurus exhibit which is located outside of the Dinosphere</div></div></div>
<p>Dinosphere is connected to the main museum on the Lower Level (through All Aboard), Level One (near the food court and main entrance gates), and Level Two (through The Mann Properties Gallery of Dinosaur Imagery). Dinosphere was formerly the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Iwerks_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Iwerks Entertainment">CineDome</a> Theater. Dinosphere features a sound and light experience that simulates a day in the late Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The center of the exhibit space includes three themed fossil scenes. Visitors can perform fossil excavations in the Dig Site, touch a real <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_rex" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrannosaurus rex">Tyrannosaurus rex</a></i> femur fossil in the Paleo Prep Lab, talk to real <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paleontology" title="Paleontology">paleontologists</a>, enjoy family-friendly games and touch-screen learning activities, and view numerous real dinosaur fossils from the Cretaceous period on display. Dinosphere is one of the largest displays of juvenile and family dinosaur fossils in the U.S. The exhibit features several species of dinosaurs including <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hypacrosaurus" title="Hypacrosaurus">Hypacrosaurus</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Prenoceratops" title="Prenoceratops">Prenoceratops</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_rex" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrannosaurus rex">Tyrannosaurus rex</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Triceratops" title="Triceratops">Triceratops</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Gorgosaurus" title="Gorgosaurus">Gorgosaurus</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maiasaura" title="Maiasaura">Maiasaura</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bambiraptor" title="Bambiraptor">Bambiraptor</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Oviraptor" title="Oviraptor">Oviraptor</a></i>, and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Dracorex_hogwartsia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dracorex hogwartsia">Dracorex hogwartsia</a></i>. Several ancient non-dinosaur creatures are also featured, including <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Didelphodon" title="Didelphodon">Didelphodon</a></i>, <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sarcosuchus" title="Sarcosuchus">Sarcosuchus</a></i> (super croc), and <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pteranodon" title="Pteranodon">Pteranodon</a></i>.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Outdoor_Sports_Experience">Outdoor Sports Experience</span></h3>
<p>Opened in 2018, the exhibit offers many different sports activities for visiting family. Indoor areas include a gallery of sports art and an exhibit on the culture of sports. Outdoor areas include basketball, football, tennis, hockey, baseball, soccer, golf, two pedal race tracks, a tree-house, and a run/walk track that circles the outdoor exhibit.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley_Museum_Home" title="James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home">James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Conner_Prairie" title="Conner Prairie">Conner Prairie</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Crispus_Attucks_High_School" title="Crispus Attucks High School">Crispus Attucks Museum</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Indianapolis_Fire_Department" title="Indianapolis Fire Department">Indianapolis Firefighters Museum</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fort_Harrison_State_Park#Museum_of_20th_Century_Warfare" title="Fort Harrison State Park">Museum of 20th Century Warfare</a></li></ul>
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