Category: Museum/Zoo Event

Make no illusion. Salvador Dalí’s mesmerizing works will adorn the THE LUME Indianapolis on Floor 4 of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields from March 2, 2024 through March 2, 2025. The Spanish artist is known for his surreal dreamscapes of melting clocks and fascinating creatures. Fluttering butterflies will envelope guests who step into Dalí’s wild and wonderful worlds.

Mystery and discovery abound. Let your imagination run wild in the renewed activity space titled Let’s Get Surreal. Artificial intelligence will transform your written word into a two-dimensional masterpiece.

The exhibition will showcase four large, vibrant watercolor paintings by Salvador Dalí from the IMA’s permanent collection. The paintings were originally designed for the opera, The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier, and will be making their collective museum debut for the first time since they were acquired in 1973.

THE LUME Indianapolis featuring Dalí Alive will feature brand-new digital content in all three digital gallery spaces. Additionally, the new café concept, El Mercado Surreal, will boast a selection of Spanish-inspired small bites by Newfields’ culinary team. You’ll be able to daydream while you sip Spanish brews and refreshing cocktails.

Take a closer look at how we feel as we learn about emotions, and through play identify these emotions. Toddlers will enjoy an interactive story time, sensory play and hands-on STEAM inspired activities.

These one-hour sessions include circle time, story time, station explorations and movement time. Through play, children will learn skills like problem-solving and social-emotional communication and develop their fine and gross motor skills.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 18 – 36 months
Price: $12/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Gather your friends and family and join us for special games, art and building challenges using everyone’s favorite brick! Take time to explore the Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO® Bricks exhibit, then meet local artists and clubs to spark your creativity and discover something new.

Join us for a self-led play experience in Firefly Landing where young children and their caregivers participate in open-ended play and family learning. These two-hour sessions provide a space to explore a variety of tools and activities while also building connections with other families. The program changes every month and includes sensory play, STEAM activities, music and movement.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 18 months to 6 years
Price: $12/child; 25% discount for member child per session; museum admission not included

Make no illusion. Salvador Dalí’s mesmerizing works will adorn the THE LUME Indianapolis on Floor 4 of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields from March 2, 2024 through March 2, 2025. The Spanish artist is known for his surreal dreamscapes of melting clocks and fascinating creatures. Fluttering butterflies will envelope guests who step into Dalí’s wild and wonderful worlds.

Mystery and discovery abound. Let your imagination run wild in the renewed activity space titled Let’s Get Surreal. Artificial intelligence will transform your written word into a two-dimensional masterpiece.

The exhibition will showcase four large, vibrant watercolor paintings by Salvador Dalí from the IMA’s permanent collection. The paintings were originally designed for the opera, The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier, and will be making their collective museum debut for the first time since they were acquired in 1973.

THE LUME Indianapolis featuring Dalí Alive will feature brand-new digital content in all three digital gallery spaces. Additionally, the new café concept, El Mercado Surreal, will boast a selection of Spanish-inspired small bites by Newfields’ culinary team. You’ll be able to daydream while you sip Spanish brews and refreshing cocktails.

Embark on a political journey like never before at “Off the Record: Blazing the Campaign Trail.” A panel of seasoned Presidential campaign staff and strategists will share their unique perspectives through untold stories, insights, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the heart of their Presidential election campaigns. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this exclusive event that goes beyond the headlines and takes you Off the Record!

Enjoy the summertime sun with the projects in this month’s program where children will explore the properties of water and create water-based art creations. A water-themed story time will inspire a collaborative art project for these preschool artists in training.

Preschoolers are invited to learn, play and discover during this hour-long class. Build your child’s sense of wonder and playfulness as they engage in storytelling, hands-on activities, music, art and more.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 3 – 5 years
Price: $13/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Enjoy the summertime sun with the projects in this month’s program where children will explore the properties of water and create water-based art creations. A water-themed story time will inspire a collaborative art project for these preschool artists in training.

Preschoolers are invited to learn, play and discover during this hour-long class. Build your child’s sense of wonder and playfulness as they engage in storytelling, hands-on activities, music, art and more.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 3 – 5 years
Price: $13/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Enjoy the summertime sun with the projects in this month’s program where children will explore the properties of water and create water-based art creations. A water-themed story time will inspire a collaborative art project for these preschool artists in training.

Preschoolers are invited to learn, play and discover during this hour-long class. Build your child’s sense of wonder and playfulness as they engage in storytelling, hands-on activities, music, art and more.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 3 – 5 years
Price: $13/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Moo, quack, oink! Join us as we explore the animals, the jobs and the equipment needed to make a farm run smoothly. Children will be able to work together on a collaborative art project, engineer a barn and explore various ways of making art on the farm.

In this 90-minute drop-off class, we encourage independence, creativity and exploration in an environment that fosters curiosity and imagination.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 4 – 6
Price: $14/child, members receive 25% off

This class is for children to attend on their own; parents do not accompany child or participate in the program.

Toddlers will experiment with building (and breaking!) while they test the many ways they can build, sculpt and destroy their creations.

These one-hour sessions include circle time, story time, station explorations and movement time. Through play, children will learn skills like problem-solving and social-emotional communication and develop their fine and gross motor skills.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 18 – 36 months
Price: $12/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Join us for a self-led play experience in Firefly Landing where young children and their caregivers participate in open-ended play and family learning. These two-hour sessions provide a space to explore a variety of tools and activities while also building connections with other families. The program changes every month and includes sensory play, STEAM activities, music and movement.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 18 months to 6 years
Price: $12/child; 25% discount for member child per session; museum admission not included

Toddlers will experiment with building (and breaking!) while they test the many ways they can build, sculpt and destroy their creations.

These one-hour sessions include circle time, story time, station explorations and movement time. Through play, children will learn skills like problem-solving and social-emotional communication and develop their fine and gross motor skills.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 18 – 36 months
Price: $12/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Toddlers will experiment with building (and breaking!) while they test the many ways they can build, sculpt and destroy their creations.

These one-hour sessions include circle time, story time, station explorations and movement time. Through play, children will learn skills like problem-solving and social-emotional communication and develop their fine and gross motor skills.

Who would enjoy this program? Children ages 18 – 36 months
Price: $12/child, members receive 25% off, adult free with paid child

Make no illusion. Salvador Dalí’s mesmerizing works will adorn the THE LUME Indianapolis on Floor 4 of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields from March 2, 2024 through March 2, 2025. The Spanish artist is known for his surreal dreamscapes of melting clocks and fascinating creatures. Fluttering butterflies will envelope guests who step into Dalí’s wild and wonderful worlds.

Mystery and discovery abound. Let your imagination run wild in the renewed activity space titled Let’s Get Surreal. Artificial intelligence will transform your written word into a two-dimensional masterpiece.

The exhibition will showcase four large, vibrant watercolor paintings by Salvador Dalí from the IMA’s permanent collection. The paintings were originally designed for the opera, The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier, and will be making their collective museum debut for the first time since they were acquired in 1973.

THE LUME Indianapolis featuring Dalí Alive will feature brand-new digital content in all three digital gallery spaces. Additionally, the new café concept, El Mercado Surreal, will boast a selection of Spanish-inspired small bites by Newfields’ culinary team. You’ll be able to daydream while you sip Spanish brews and refreshing cocktails.

Start off the summer with an evening of family fun on the downtown Canal Walk at our first Canal Nights: Summer Celebration of the season! Stop by to play games, meet community partners and enjoy tons of free programming while you learn something new. Canal Nights takes place outdoors along the Canal Walk and inside the museum in the Great Hall. The rest of the museum is closed to the public.

All events take place at the museum’s canal entrance along the Downtown Canal. The canal entrance can still be accessed when parking in the White River State Park garage by walking through level one of the museum.

Join us for our Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 15, with free admission and special activities focusing on this year’s theme, “History, Health and the Arts.”

Chat with our curators and get up close with amazing artifacts that share the stories of Indiana’s past. You’ll also have the chance to watch “Major Taylor: Champion of the Race,” a new documentary from WTIU Public Television and Indiana Public Media about Indiana cycling legend Major Taylor that features interviews with Kisha Tandy, our curator of social history, along with several pieces from our collection.

Engage with our local partners and try fun activities designed to help you get active and stay healthy. Learn about bike safety, practice cycling skills and get a free bike helmet from IU Pediatrics. Plus, connect with Growing Places Indy to learn about developing healthy habits.

Watch live performances by community artists including Elijah Stephens (22Starving Artists Drum Circle) and Epiphany Dance Collective. Engage with Asante Art Institute as they explore the history of Juneteenth through their Prep4Life performance pieces, which will center around the theme The Power of Freedom. Plus, bring out your inner artist through hands-on creation activities and a collaborative community mural.

Make no illusion. Salvador Dalí’s mesmerizing works will adorn the THE LUME Indianapolis on Floor 4 of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields from March 2, 2024 through March 2, 2025. The Spanish artist is known for his surreal dreamscapes of melting clocks and fascinating creatures. Fluttering butterflies will envelope guests who step into Dalí’s wild and wonderful worlds.

Mystery and discovery abound. Let your imagination run wild in the renewed activity space titled Let’s Get Surreal. Artificial intelligence will transform your written word into a two-dimensional masterpiece.

The exhibition will showcase four large, vibrant watercolor paintings by Salvador Dalí from the IMA’s permanent collection. The paintings were originally designed for the opera, The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier, and will be making their collective museum debut for the first time since they were acquired in 1973.

THE LUME Indianapolis featuring Dalí Alive will feature brand-new digital content in all three digital gallery spaces. Additionally, the new café concept, El Mercado Surreal, will boast a selection of Spanish-inspired small bites by Newfields’ culinary team. You’ll be able to daydream while you sip Spanish brews and refreshing cocktails.

Go back to summer break at Camp ISM: After Dark – an unforgettable adult summer camp experience inspired by our new exhibition, Good Night Forest. Capture the fun of camp with classic activities like racing through an obstacle course, stargazing and storytelling around a fire. Explore the galleries in after-dark tours and savor the essence of summer nights with Indiana nocturnal animals. And of course, it wouldn’t be camp without s’mores-inspired snacks and refreshing drinks!

Don’t miss out on this unique blend of fun and nostalgia for adults only. Tickets include admission to the museum, one free drink ticket, snacks and all activities. Alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.

Prepare for a journey to the moon in honor of the 55th anniversary of the moon landing! Before your space expedition, your family will meet space experts, build their own rocket and discover what it takes to be a space explorer!

Make no illusion. Salvador Dalí’s mesmerizing works will adorn the THE LUME Indianapolis on Floor 4 of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields from March 2, 2024 through March 2, 2025. The Spanish artist is known for his surreal dreamscapes of melting clocks and fascinating creatures. Fluttering butterflies will envelope guests who step into Dalí’s wild and wonderful worlds.

Mystery and discovery abound. Let your imagination run wild in the renewed activity space titled Let’s Get Surreal. Artificial intelligence will transform your written word into a two-dimensional masterpiece.

The exhibition will showcase four large, vibrant watercolor paintings by Salvador Dalí from the IMA’s permanent collection. The paintings were originally designed for the opera, The Spanish Lady and the Roman Cavalier, and will be making their collective museum debut for the first time since they were acquired in 1973.

THE LUME Indianapolis featuring Dalí Alive will feature brand-new digital content in all three digital gallery spaces. Additionally, the new café concept, El Mercado Surreal, will boast a selection of Spanish-inspired small bites by Newfields’ culinary team. You’ll be able to daydream while you sip Spanish brews and refreshing cocktails.