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Preschool Journeys

New Field Trip Program for Early Childhood Learners

The Preschool Journeys program is 75 minutes and takes 3-through-6-year-olds on a journey through the museum. They'll explore a gallery, participate in interactive story time, and engage in hands-on STEAM activities. 

Choose from six different themed programs. Two special programs will be offered for a limited time:

Playing with Patterns 
After exploring The Art of the Brick, the world’s largest exhibition of LEGO® art, students will be inspired to take part in hands-on projects. They will not only become engineers with blocks, but also artists and scientists as they create their own STEAM-based project.

More than a Box 
Imaginations will run wild in Cardboard Engineering—an experience dedicated to hands-on exploration and creation. Students will be inspired by engineering, art, and objects throughout the experience as well as a story time. 

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STEAM Day

Children learn and remember best when they participate in hands-on activities. On Nov. 1, STEAM Day promises to be one of these remember-worthy experiences! Children will interact with 8-10 activities spread throughout all three floors of the museum to tinker with and discover Indiana’s connections to science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Holiday Sounds

Bring your musical group to participate in a spectacular holiday atmosphere in the museum’s Great Hall. Holiday Sounds gives students the chance to perform in a public space between Dec. 2 and 16.

Educator Activity

Exercise your students’ communication and listening skills in this month's Educator Activity. Students will partner together, one as the designer and the other as the builder. See if they are able to communicate effectively and recreate the original design!

Art of the Brick

Two new experiences opened this weekend. This means (other than the fact that you need to come enjoy them for yourself!), new field trip options! Bring your students to see more than 80 original pieces of LEGO art made by artist Nathan Sawaya in THE ART OF THE BRICK, then, they can try building their own brick masterpiece. In Cardboard Engineering, they'll engage their creative sides to design and construct their own cardboard creations.

Statehood Day

Another opportunity to bring your class in is for Indiana Statehood Day. On Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., join the Indiana State Museum in a celebration of Indiana's 201st birthday. Hear a short presentation by Indiana's leaders, including an Indiana supreme court judge, and listen to the winner of the statehood day essay contest read his or her essay about "Why I am proud to be from Indiana."

UPCOMING SITE-WIDE EVENTS

Canal Days

Oct. 5 - 7, 2018
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site
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Family Fright Night

Oct. 5, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Literally, A Haunted House

Fridays and Saturdays in October
Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site
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Fall Garden Work Day

Oct. 6, 2018
Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site
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Global Cardboard Challenge

Oct. 6, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Sunday Serenade: The Hoosier Hour

Oct. 7, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Messy Mondays

Oct. 8 & 15, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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School’s Out! Columbus Day

Oct. 8, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Sensory-friendly Mornings

Oct. 9, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Bricks Night Out

Oct. 9, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Corydon Homeschool Day

Oct. 10, 2018
Corydon State Historic Site
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Small Wonders

Oct. 10 & 13, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Owl-oween

Oct. 12 & 13, 2018
Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site
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Paranormal Investigations

Oct. 12, 19 & 26, 2018
New Harmony State Historic Site
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The Slightly Haunted Puppet Studio

Oct. 13 - 28, 2018 (select days)
Peewinkle's Puppets at the Indiana State Museum
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The Big Sit!

Oct. 13, 2018
Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site
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Young Explorers

Oct. 13, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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High Spirits

Oct. 13, 2018
T.C. Steele State Historic Site
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Ghost Walks

Oct. 13, 20, 26, 27, 2018
Lanier Mansion State Historic Site
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Spooky Halloween Cruises

Oct. 13 & 20, 2018
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site
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Discovery on Draft

Oct. 17, 2018
Metazoa Brewing Company
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The Ultimate Engineering Challenge

Oct. 18, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Halloween Hullabaloo

Oct. 20 & 27, 2018
Angel Mounds State Historic Site
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Spooks and Spirits

Oct. 20, 2018
Limberlost State Historic Site
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Fort Fright

Oct. 25 - 27, 2018
Vincennes State Historic Sites
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Guided Tour of the Music of the Wild Nature Preserve

Oct. 27, 2018
Limberlost State Historic Site
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At the Underground Railroad’s Grand Central Station: A Poetry Workshop for Kids

Oct. 27, 2018
Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site
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Cardboard Canvas Studio Class (for children ages 8-12)

Oct. 27, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Real Haunted Happenings

Oct. 27, 2018
Corydon State Historic Site
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Cardboard Canvas Studio Class (for Adults)

Oct. 28, 2018
Indiana State Museum
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Books, Booze & Brains

Oct. 30, 2018
Centerpoint Brewing Company
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Tavern Dinner

Nov. 3, 2018
Vincennes State Historic Sites
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Marsh After Dark

Nov. 3, 2018
Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve
Limberlost State Historic Site
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