List of museums in Indiana

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This list of museums in Indiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included. Also included are non-profit and university art galleries.

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Museums

NameLocationCountyRegionTypeSummary
Academy of Hoosier Heritage Museum Mooresville MorganCentral Local website
Adams County Historical Society Museum Decatur AdamsNorthLocal website, operated by the Adams County Historical Society. The museum is located in the Charles Dugan House, listed on the National Register.
Adams Mill Cutler CarrollNorthMill1845 grist mill, displays of agriculture and household tools and equipment, historic 1860s Masonic lodge room
African/African-American Historical Society Museum Fort Wayne AllenNorthAfrican AmericanOpen by appointment
Alexandria Monroe Township Historical Society Museum Alexandria MadisonCentralLocal website
Anderson Museum of Art Anderson MadisonCentral Art Indiana and contemporary art
Angel Mounds State Historic Site Evansville VanderburghSouth Archaeology website, an archaeological site and interpretive center managed by the Indiana State Museum & Historic Sites. An expression of the Mississippian culture, the 600-acre (240-hectare) site is a National Historic Landmark.
Antique Fan Museum Zionsville BooneCentralCommodity website, operated by the Antique Fan Collectors Association
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette Lafayette TippecanoeNorthArt website, collection includes 19th- and 20th-century American art with a special focus on art of Indiana
Arts Council of Southwestern IndianaEvansvilleVanderburghSouthArt website
Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum Columbus BartholomewSouth Aviation website, military aviation history
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Auburn DeKalbNorth Automotive Dedicated to preserving cars built by the Auburn Automobile, Cord Automobile, and Duesenberg companies
Baer Field Heritage Air ParkFort WayneAllenNorthAviation website
Barker Mansion Michigan City LaPorteNorth Historic house
The Barns at Nappanee Nappanee ElkhartNorth Open-air
Bartholomew County History Center ColumbusBartholomewSouthLocalLocated in the McEwen-Samuels-Marr House, operated by the Bartholomew County Historical Society
Batesville Historical Center Batesville RipleySouthLocal website, operated by the Batesville Area Historical Society
Beck's Mill Salem WashingtonSouthMillRestored 19th-century grist mill
Bell Aircraft Museum Mentone KosciuskoNorthAviation website, life of aviation industrialist Lawrence Dale Bell, historic Bell Aircraft vehicles, history of aviation
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site Indianapolis MarionCentralHistoric houseVictorian home of President Benjamin Harrison
Benton House IndianapolisMarionCentralHistoric houseVictorian home of Allen R. Benton, operated by the Irvington Historic Landmarks Foundation
Billie Creek Village Rockville ParkeCentralOpen-airFeatures 38 historical buildings and structures and hundred of antiques and artifacts
Billy Sunday Home Museum Winona Lake KosciuskoNorthHistoric house1911 Arts & Crafts bungalow, visitor center exhibits about preacher Billy Sunday
Blackford County History Center Hartford City BlackfordCentralLocal website
Body Reflections Hair Museum French Lick OrangeSouth Hair website, vintage razors, shears, combs, hairbrushes, hair tonics, permanent-wave machines and hair, part of Tony Kendall's salon, Body Reflections
Brown County Art Gallery Nashville BrownSouthArt website, exhibits of local art
Brown County Pioneer VillageNashvilleBrownSouthOpen-air website, operated by the Brown County Historical Society, includes log jail, dog-trot building, doctor's office, log cabin and blacksmith shop
Buckley Homestead Lowell LakeNorth Living history Includes agriculture museum, pioneer farm, historic farm house, school
Camp Atterbury Museum Edinburgh JohnsonCentral Military website, history of Camp Atterbury
Canal House Connersville FayetteCentralLocal website, owned and maintained by Historic Connersville, Inc.
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center Terre Haute VigoCentral Memorial The Holocaust and the power of forgiveness
Carnegie Center for Art & History New Albany FloydSouthMultipleArt, local history
Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County Crawfordsville MontgomeryCentralLocalThemes include history, art, science and culture of Montgomery County
Carroll County Historical Museum Delphi CarrollNorthLocal website, operated by the Carroll County Historical Society in the Carroll County Courthouse
Cass County Historical Society Museum Logansport CassNorthLocalLocated in the Jerolaman-Long Home
Chellberg Farmhouse Chesterton PorterNorthHistoric houseLocated in Indiana Dunes National Park, turn-of-the-20th century Swedish farmhouse, open to the public during festivals, demonstrations and ranger-guided tours
Chief Richardville House Fort WayneAllenNorthHistoric houseRestored 1827 home of Jean Baptiste de Richardville, the last tribal chief of the Miami people. The National Historic Landmark is managed by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society.
Children's Museum of Indianapolis IndianapolisMarionCentral Children's Interactive hands-on exhibits about science, natural history, archaeology, dinosaurs
Circus City Museum Peru MiamiNorthLocal website, Peru's circus history
Clark County Museum Jeffersonville ClarkSouthLocal website
Clay County Historical Society Museum Brazil ClayCentralLocal
Clay Township Military Library and Museum Carmel HamiltonCentralMilitary website
Cline Museum Angola SteubenNorthHistoric house information, operated by the Steuben County Historical Society, late Victorian Queen Anne house
Clinton County Historical Museum Frankfort ClintonNorthLocalOperated by the Clinton County Historical Society
Coal Town and Railroad Museum Clinton VermillionCentralLocal website, open daily only during the Labor Day weekend during the Little Italy Festival
Colonel William Jones State Historic Site Gentryville SpencerSouthHistoric housePart of Lincoln State Park, early 19th century period house
Columbus Museum of Art & DesignColumbusBartholomewSouthArt website, exhibits of art, design and performing art
Conner Prairie Fishers HamiltonCentralLiving history19th-century Indiana homestead
Corydon Capitol State Historic Site Corydon HarrisonSouth Historic site Indiana’s first state capitol
Costigan House Madison JeffersonSouthHistoric houseOperated by Historic Madison, Inc, mid-19th century period home of architect Francis Costigan. Tour information is available on the HMI website.
Cragun House Lebanon BooneCentralHistoric houseVictorian period home operated by the Boone County Historical Society
Crispus Attucks Museum IndianapolisMarionCentralAfrican AmericanOperated by the Indianapolis Public Schools, school and local African American history [1]
Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site New AlbanyFloydSouthHistoric house1869 Victorian mansion
David Owsley Museum of Art Muncie DelawareCentralArtPart of Ball State University, houses some 11,000 works of art, 2,000+ of which are on display
Daviess County Historical Society Museum Washington DaviessSouthLocal website
Decatur County Museum Greensburg DecaturSouthHistoric house website, operated by the Decatur County Historical Society, Victorian-period Lathrop/Shannon House
DeKalb County History Museum Butler DeKalbNorthLocalLocated in a former Carnegie library [2]
The Depot History Museum & Art Gallery Beverly Shores PorterNorthLocalLocated in a historic depot
Diocesan MuseumFort WayneAllenNorthReligious website, operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Dr. Hutchings Office & HospitalMadisonJeffersonSouthHistoric houseOperated by Historic Madison, original late 19th century equipment and furnishings. Tour information is available on the HMI website.
Dr. James Ford Historic Home Wabash WabashNorthHistoric house website, restored 19th-century physician's home and surgery
Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels Dale DuboisSouthMusic website, restored mechanical musical instruments from around the world
Draft Animal MuseumAuburnDeKalbNorth Agriculture website, operated by the DeKalb County Horsemen's Association, horse-drawn agriculture equipment and vehicles
Dubois County Museum Jasper DuboisSouthLocal website, county history, agriculture, military, manufacturing, German heritage, sports
Dugger Coal Museum Dugger SullivanCentralLocal
Dunkirk City Public Library and Glass Museum Dunkirk JayCentralGlass website, more than 6,000 pieces from 115 factories from around the world
Earlham College Art Collection Richmond WayneCentralArt website, includes Ronald Gallery, Thorp Collection of Chinese Art in the Lilly Library, themed displays in the Landrum Bolling Center
Early Ford V-8 Foundation MuseumButlerDeKalbNorthAutomotive website, operated by the Early Ford V-8 Foundation, features Flathead V-8 engines, transmissions, rear axles, Ford memorabilia, service items, carburetors, tires & rims, clocks
Edith Barrett Memorial Pike County History Center Petersburg PikeSouthLocal
Eleutherian College Lancaster JeffersonSouthHistoric siteFirst college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or sex
Elkhart County Historical Museum Bristol ElkhartNorthLocalPeriod and local history exhibits, located in a former school building
Elwood Haynes Museum Kokomo HowardCentral Biographical Life of inventor Elwood Haynes
Emil A. Blackmore Museum of The American LegionIndianapolisMarionCentralMilitary website, part of the American Legion, military and Legion related items, art
Emanuel Hatfield Museum Owensburg GreeneSouthLocalHistory of the Hatfield family and hunter Emmanuel Hatfield [3]
Ernie Pyle World War II Museum Dana VermillionCentralBiographical website, home of reporter Ernie Pyle, formerly the Ernie Pyle State Historic Site
Eskenazi Museum of Art Bloomington MonroeSouthArtLocated on the IU Bloomington campus, features collection of ancient jewelry and paintings by Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock
Eugene V. Debs Museum Terre HauteVigoCentralBiographicalThe museum is located in the former home of union leader Eugene V. Debs. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. The museum is maintained by the Eugene V. Debs Foundation, a nonprofit educational foundation.
Evansville African American MuseumEvansvilleVanderburghSouthAfrican American website
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science EvansvilleVanderburghSouthMultiple website
Evansville Wartime Museum EvansvilleVanderburghSouthMilitary website
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art IndianapolisMarionCentralArt website, Native American art, Western American paintings and sculpture
Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center Clarksville ClarkSouth Natural history website, operated by the Falls of the Ohio Foundation and located at Falls of the Ohio State Park.
Farmer House MuseumBloomingtonMonroeSouthHistoric house website, early to mid 20th-century period house
Fayette County Historical MuseumConnersvilleFayetteCentralLocal website, operated by Historic Connersville, Inc.
Five Points Fire MuseumLafayetteTippecanoeNorth Fire
Forks of the Wabash Huntington HuntingtonNorthOpen-air1840s Native American, pioneer and settler life
Fort Ouiatenon West Lafayette TippecanoeNorthLiving historyReplica 18th-century early French trading post blockhouse, open on weekends in summer for living history demonstrations
Fort Vallonia Museum Vallonia JacksonSouthLocal website
Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum Fort WayneAllenNorthFire website
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Fort WayneAllenNorthArt website
Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society New Haven AllenNorthRailroad website
Fountain County War Museum Veedersburg FountainCentralMilitaryLocated in a former depot [4] [5]
Freeman Field Army Airfield Museum Seymour JacksonSouthMilitary website, history of Freeman Army Airfield in World War II
French Lick West Baden MuseumFrench LickOrangeSouthLocal website
Fulton County Museum Rochester FultonNorthMultiple website, operated by the Fulton County Historical Society, includes local history museum, the Round Barn Museum with agriculture tools, equipment and machinery, 1900-1925 period village
Gaar Mansion RichmondWayneCentralHistoric houseLate 19th century Second Empire-style mansion
Gallery 924IndianapolisMarionCentralArt website, operated by the Indy Arts Council
Galleries at Peeler Greencastle PutnamCentralArt website, part of the Richard E. Peeler Art Center at DePauw University
Garfield Park Arts Center IndianapolisMarionCentralArtIncludes exhibitions of local and regional art
Garrett Museum of Art Garrett DeKalbNorthArt website, local art
Garrett Historical Railroad MuseumGarrettDeKalbNorthRailroadLocated in a historic depot, includes a mail and baggage car, watchman’s shanty and a C&O caboose [6] [7]
Gary Chanute Aquatorium Gary LakeNorthAviationRestored 1921 bathhouse with exhibits honoring Octave Chanute and the Tuskegee Airmen. It is listed on the National Register and managed by the Chanute Aquatorium Society. [8]
Gary Historical & Cultural Society GaryLakeNorthLocalPrograms and exhibits on the local history and culture of Gary. The society manages the Gary Land Company Building, home to its museum and listed on the National Register. [9]
Gas City Museum Gas City GrantCentralLocal website, operated by the Gas City Historical Society
General Lew Wallace Study and Museum CrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralBiographicalHome and study of Lew Wallace, author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ . The Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society manages the 1895 National Historic Landmark.
Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site Rome City NobleNorthBiographicalHome of author Gene Stratton-Porter
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Vincennes KnoxSouthHistoric siteSite of important campaign during the American Revolution
Goshen Historical Museum Goshen ElkhartNorthLocal website, operated by the Goshen Historical Society
Great American Songbook Foundation CarmelHamiltonCentralMusic website
Great Lakes Museum of Military HistoryMichigan CityLaPorteNorthMilitary website
Greentown Glass Museum Greentown HowardCentralGlass website, glass items produced by the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company
Greentown History CenterGreentownHowardCentralLocal website, history and culture of eastern Howard County, operated by the Greentown Historical Society
Griffith Historical Park & Museum Griffith LakeNorthRailroad website, operated by the Griffith Historical Society, depot museum, railroad cars, structures
Grissom Air Museum PeruMiamiNorthAviation website
Grouseland VincennesKnoxSouthHistoric houseHome of William Henry Harrison when he was governor of Indiana
Grover Museum Shelbyville ShelbyCentralLocalOperated by the Shelby County Historical Society, includes period shop and businesses displays, model train layout
Gruenewald House AndersonMadisonCentralHistoric houseTurn of the century Victorian period home
Gus Grissom Boyhood Home Mitchell LawrenceSouthBiographical website, boyhood home of astronaut Gus Grissom. Operated by the Virgil I. Grissom Memorial Inc., the home is open to tours on Saturdays from May through September.
Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art LafayetteTippecanoeNorthArtIndiana art, antique furniture and decorative items
Hagerstown Museum & Arts Place Hagerstown WayneCentralLocal website
Hall of Heroes Superhero Museum Elkhart ElkhartNorth Toy website
Hallmark Ornament Museum Warsaw KosciuskoNorthCommodity website, part of the Party Shop, complete collection of Hallmark Cards ornaments since 1973; also known as the Prudencio/Hamrick Hallmark Ornament Museum
Hamilton County Museum of History Noblesville HamiltonCentralLocal website, Victorian-period former sheriff's residence and jail, operated by the Hamilton County Historical Society [10] [11]
Hancock County Historical Society Greenfield HancockCentralLocal website, operates the Chapel in the Park Museum and the Old Log Jail Museum
Harrison Center IndianapolisMarionCentralArt [12]
Harrison County Discovery CenterCorydonHarrisonSouthMultiple website
Hayden Historical Museum Hayden JenningsSouthLocal website
Hayes Arboretum RichmondWayneCentralNatural history466 acres, includes nature center and museum with exhibits about founder Stanley Hayes and railroad track items produced by the Hayes Track Appliance Company
Healthworks Kids Museum South Bend St. JosephNorthChildren's website, affiliated with the Memorial Hospital of South Bend
Henager Memories and Nostalgia Museum Buckskin GibsonSouthCommodity website, American and pop culture nostalgia collectibles including Western movie stars, American music, Smokey Bear, automobiles, Hollywood, Abraham Lincoln, Santa Claus
Hendricks County Historical Museum Danville HendricksCentralLocal website
Heritage House Museum Walkerton St. JosephNorthLocal website, operated by the Walkerton Area Historical Society
Henry County Historical Society Museum New Castle HenryCentralHistoric houseVictorian period rooms in the Gen. William Grose House [13]
Herron GalleriesIndianapolisMarionCentralArt website, part of Herron School of Art and Design, includes Eleanor Prest Reese, Robert B. Berkshire and Dorit & Gerald Paul Galleries, Basile Gallery, and Marsh Gallery in Eskenazi Hall, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center gallery
Hesston Steam Museum La Porte LaPorteNorthRailroadCollections of railroad and steam equipment
Hillforest Aurora DearbornSouthHistoric houseVictorian period mansion
The History Center Fort WayneAllenNorthLocal website, operated by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
The History CenterLafayetteTippecanoeNorthLocal website, operated by the Tippecanoe County Historical Association
The History MuseumSouth BendSt. JosephNorthLocal website, heritage of the St. Joseph River Valley region, includes exhibits of local history, history of the University of Notre Dame, the Copshaholm mansion, a 1930s period Polish immigrant family worker's home, and the Kidsfirst Children’s Museum
Hoosier Art Salon New Harmony Gallery New Harmony PoseySouthArtArt gallery of Indiana artists
Hoosier Cabinet MuseumNappaneeElkhartNorth Design website, craftsmanship of the Hoosier cabinet
Hoosier Gym Knightstown HenryCentralSportsFamous for being the central location for the 1986 basketball movie Hoosiers
Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum North Judson StarkeNorthRailroad
Howard County Historical Society Museum KokomoHowardCentralLocalLocated in the Seiberling Mansion in the Old Silk Stocking Neighborhood
Howard L. Schrott Center for the ArtsIndianapolisMarionCentralArt website, part of Butler University, performing arts center with an art gallery
Howard Steamboat Museum JeffersonvilleClarkSouth Maritime Steamboat and local history
Huddleston Farmhouse Mount Auburn WayneCentralHistoric house1841 inn and farmhouse
Huntingburg Museum Huntingburg DuboisSouthLocal website
Imagination StationLafayetteTippecanoeNorthScience website
Indiana Baseball Hall of FameJasperDuboisSouthSports website, located on the campus of Vincennes University
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame New CastleHenryCentralSports website
Indiana Dinosaur Museum South BendSt. JosephNorthArchaeology website
Indiana Football Hall of Fame RichmondWayneCentralSports website
Indiana Geological and Water Survey BloomingtonMonroeSouthNatural historyRocks, minerals, and fossils from Indiana and beyond
Indiana Experience IndianapolisMarionCentralHistoryOperated by the Indiana Historical Society at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Indiana Medical History Museum IndianapolisMarionCentral Medical Focus is beginning of scientific psychiatry and modern medicine
Indiana Military Museum VincennesKnoxSouthMilitary website, America’s military history from the American Revolution to the present day
Indiana Railway Museum French LickOrangeSouthRailroadHeritage railroad and museum
Indiana State Museum IndianapolisMarionCentralMultipleExhibits on the science, art, culture, and history of Indiana from prehistoric times up to the present day.
Indiana State Police MuseumIndianapolisMarionCentral Police website, museum dedicated to the Indiana State Police
Indiana Track & Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame MuseumTerre HauteVigoCentralSports website
Indiana University East Art GalleryRichmondWayneCentralArt website, located in Whitewater Hall
Indiana University Kokomo Art GalleryKokomoHowardCentralArt website
Indiana University Kokomo Downtown Art GalleryKokomoHowardCentralArt website
Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyBloomingtonMonroeSouthArchaeology website, formed through the merging of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology and the Mathers Museum of World Cultures on the Indiana University Bloomington campus
Indiana War Memorial Museum IndianapolisMarionCentralMilitary website
Indianapolis Art Center IndianapolisMarionCentralArt website
Indianapolis Artsgarden IndianapolisMarionCentralArt website, public art and performance venue, operated by the Indy Arts Council
Indianapolis Firefighters MuseumIndianapolisMarionCentralFire website, antique fire wagons [14]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum Speedway MarionCentralAutomotive website
Indianapolis Museum of Art IndianapolisMarionCentralArtCollections include Neo-Impressionist paintings; Japanese paintings of the Edo period; Chinese ceramics and bronzes; paintings, sculptures, and prints by Paul Gauguin and the Pont-Aven School; a large number of works by J. M. W. Turner; contemporary art; textiles and fashion arts; modern design
International Circus Hall of Fame PeruMiamiNorth Hall of fame Hall of fame and museum about circuses and important circus figures
Jackson County History Center Brownstown JacksonSouthLocal [15] [16]
Jackson County Visitor's Center Exhibit Freetown JacksonSouthLocalLocated in the Southern Indiana Railroad Freighthouse
James Dean Gallery Fairmount GrantCentralBiographical website
James Dean MuseumFairmountGrantCentralLocal website
James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home and Museum GreenfieldHancockCentralHistoric houseMid-19th-century period birthplace home of poet James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home IndianapolisMarionCentralHistoric houseHome of poet James Whitcomb Riley
Jasonville History Museum Jasonville GreeneSouthLocal [17]
Jasper Arts CenterJasperDuboisSouthArt website, Krempp Gallery features changing exhibits of regional artists and groups
Jasper County Historical Society & Museum Rensselaer JasperNorthLocal website
Jeeninga Museum of Bible & Near Eastern StudiesAndersonMadisonCentralArchaeology website, part of Anderson University, context and history of the Ancient Near East as it relates to the Bible
Jefferson County Heritage CenterMadisonJeffersonSouthLocal website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, includes exhibits on pioneers, transportation, Victorian life, Civil War
John Hay Center SalemWashingtonSouthMultipleIncludes Stevens Memorial Museum of local history, Depot Railroad Museum, birthplace of John Milton Hay, and a pioneer village
Jennings County Historical Society Museum Vernon JenningsSouthLocal website
Johnson County Museum of History Franklin JohnsonCentralLocalOperated by the Johnson County Historical Society, former Masonic Temple containing local history displays and a genealogy library
Jonesboro Historical Museum Jonesboro GrantCentralLocal [18]
Joseph Moore MuseumRichmondWayneCentralNatural history website, part of Earlham College, natural and cultural history of Richmond, Indiana, and the world including birds, mammals, rocks, insects, fossils, live reptiles, and an Egyptian mummy named Ta'an
KidscommonsColumbusBartholomewSouthChildren's website
Knightstown Historic MuseumKnightstownHenryCentralLocal website
Kokomo Automotive MuseumKokomoHowardCentralAutomotive website, cars, gas station, diner, automotive history, located at the Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Event & Conference Center
Kosciusko County Jail Museum WarsawKosciuskoNorthLocalOperated by the Kosciusko County Historical Society, former prison and sheriff's house, local history displays
Kruse Automotive & Carriage MuseumAuburnDeKalbNorthAutomotive website, includes classic, racing and Carl Casper custom cars, carriages including several British Royal carriages, International Monster Truck Museum & Hall of Fame Exhibit, the Northeastern Racing Gallery and more [19]
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library IndianapolisMarionCentralBiographical [20]
Lake County Historical Museum Crown Point LakeNorthLocal website, operated by the Lake County Historical Society
Lake of the Red Cedars Museum Cedar Lake LakeNorthLocal website, operated by the Cedar Lake Historical Association
Lane Place CrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Montgomery County Historical Society
Lanier Mansion State Historic Site MadisonJeffersonSouthHistoric house1840s mansion
LaPorte County Historical Society MuseumLa PorteLaPorteNorthLocal website, includes pioneer items, period display rooms
Larry Bird MuseumTerre HauteVigoCentralBiographical website
Lawrence County Museum of History Bedford LawrenceSouthLocal website
Levi & Catharine Coffin State Historic Site Fountain City WayneCentralHistoric houseStation on the Underground Railroad
Lieber Log Cabin Marshall ParkeCentralHistoric houseLocated in Turkey Run State Park, commemorates Richard Lieber, first director of the Indiana State Parks system
Life on the Ohio River History Museum Vevay SwitzerlandSouthMaritime website, operated by the Switzerland County Historical Society, transportation on the Ohio River including flatboats, steamboats, showboats, keelboats
Ligonier Historical Museum Ligonier NobleNorthLocal
Louis J. Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville EvansvilleVanderburghSouthChildren's website
Limberlost State Historic Site Geneva AdamsNorthHistoric house1895 log home of author Gene Stratton Porter
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln City SpencerSouthMultipleIncludes visitor center with museum about Lincoln and the Lincoln Living Historical Farm, an 1820 pioneer homestead
Lincoln Pioneer Village Rockport SpencerSouthOpen-airFeatures log cabins, public buildings, schools, and churches as they stood in Lincoln's days in Spencer County
Linden Depot Museum Linden MontgomeryCentralRailroadOperated by the Linden-Madison Township Historical Society
Lindley House Paoli OrangeSouthHistoric house1850-1869 period house, operated by the Orange County Historical Society
Lubeznik Center for the ArtsMichigan CityLaPorteNorthArt website
Luckey Hospital Museum Wolf Lake NobleNorthMedical website, rural hospital displays from the 1930s to 1950s
Lusk Home and Mill Site MarshallParkeCentralHistoric houseLocated in Turkey Run State Park, early pioneer home and grist mill
Lyles Station Museum Princeton GibsonSouthAfrican American website, operated by the Lyles Station Historic Preservation Corporation
Madison Railroad Station MuseumMadisonJeffersonSouthRailroad website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Mansfield Roller Mill Mansfield ParkeCentralMillEarly 19th-century grist mill
Marion City Museum Marion GrantCentralLocal website, part of the Marion Public Library
Marshall County Historical Museum Plymouth MarshallNorthLocal website, operated Marshall County Historical Society
Martin County Historical Museum Shoals MartinSouthLocalOperated by the Martin County Historical Society
Mascot Hall of Fame Whiting LakeNorthHall of fame website
Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana IndianapolisMarionCentralLocal website, operated by the Grand Lodge of Indiana, cultural history of Indiana's Freemasons
McCutchan Art Center/Pace GalleriesEvansvilleVanderburghSouthArt website, part of University of Southern Indiana
Menno-Hof Shipshewana LaGrangeNorthReligious website, faith and life of Amish and Mennonites
Merrillville History Museum Merrillville LakeNorthLocal website, operated by the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society
Miami County MuseumPeruMiamiNorthLocal website, operated by the Miami County Historical Society, includes Cole Porter exhibit
Mid-America Windmill Museum Kendallville NobleNorthOpen-air website, story of wind power from its origination through the American windmill to the present day
Middlebury Community Museum Middlebury ElkhartNorthLocal website
Middletown Historical Society Museum Middletown HenryCentralLocal [13]
Midtown Museum of Native Cultures Waynetown MontgomeryCentral Private Private collection of Native American artifacts
Midwest Museum of American Art ElkhartElkhartNorthArtFocuses on 19th- and 20th-century American Art, with original paintings by Grandma Moses and Norman Rockwell
Milan '54 Hoosiers Museum Milan RipleySouthSports website, history of the 1954 Milan High School basketball team
Military Honor Park and MuseumSouth BendSt. JosephNorthMilitary website
Miller House and Garden ColumbusBartholomewSouthHistoric houseMid-Century modern home designed by Eero Saarinen
Minnetrista MuncieDelawareCentralMultiple website, includes a museum with exhibits of nature, local history and art, a historic home, and many themed gardens and outdoor sculptures
Mishawaka Historical Museum Mishawaka St. JosephNorthLocal website
Model T Museum Centerville WayneCentralAutomotive website, operated by the Model T Ford Club of America
Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center Gallery Upland GrantCentralArt website, part of Taylor University
Monon Connection Museum Monon WhiteNorthRailroad website
Monon Depot Museum CarmelHamiltonCentralRailroad website, operated by the Carmel Clay Historical Society, includes local history and railroad exhibits
Monroe County History Center BloomingtonMonroeSouthLocal website, operated by the Monroe County Historical Society
Moore-Youse Home Museum MuncieDelawareCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Delaware County Historical Society
Moreau Art Galleries Notre Dame St. JosephNorthArt website, part of the Moreau Center for the Arts at Saint Mary's College, up to nine exhibitions by professional, contemporary artists rotate in the three different exhibition spaces
Muncie Children's MuseumMuncieDelawareCentralChildren's website
Munster History Museum Munster LakeNorthLocal website, operated by the Munster Historical Society in the Kaske House
Murphy Art Center IndianapolisMarionCentralArtIncludes five galleries
Musee de VenogeVevaySwitzerlandSouthHistoric house website, early 19th-century French Colonial house
Museum of the Coal Industry Lynnville WarrickSouthIndustry website
Museum of Culver & Lake Maxinkuckee History Culver MarshallNorthLocal website operated by the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver
Museum of Madison County HistoryAndersonMadisonCentralLocal website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society
Museum of Miniature Houses and Other CollectionsCarmelHamiltonCentralToy website, dollhouses and miniatures
Museum of Overbeck Art Pottery Cambridge City WayneCentral Ceramics website, pottery created by the Overbeck Sisters, located in the town library
Museum of 20th Century Warfare Lawrence MarionCentralMilitaryLocated at Fort Harrison State Park, exhibits about the fort and technology, artifacts, uniforms and soldiers of the 20th Century
Museum of the Soldier Portland JayCentralMilitary website
National Auto and Truck MuseumAuburnDeKalbNorthAutomotive website, emphasis on post World War II cars and trucks
National Military History CenterAuburnDeKalbNorthMilitary website, includes Revolutionary War through Vietnam, with a main focus on WWII
National Model Aviation MuseumMuncieDelawareCentralAviation website, model aircraft and aeromodelling, operated by the Academy of Model Aeronautics
National New York Central Railroad Museum ElkhartElkhartNorthRailroadHistory and equipment of the New York Central Railroad
NCAA Hall of Champions IndianapolisMarionCentralSports website, operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
New Harmony State Historic Site New HarmonyPoseySouthHistoric siteSite of two utopian communities, includes several historic houses and museums, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art [21]
Newburgh Museum Newburgh WarrickSouthLocal website
Newton County Historical Society Museum and Resource Center Kentland NewtonNorthLocal
NMLRA Museum Friendship RipleySouthSports website, operated by the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association (NMLRA)
Oak Grove Heritage House Oxford BentonNorthLocalLocated in a former Presbyterian church
Ohio County Historical Museum Rising Sun OhioSouthLocal website, housed in a 19th-century plow factory, focus is 19th and early 20th-century life and events, operated by the Ohio County Historical Society
Old Jail Museum Albion NobleNorthLocalOperated by the Noble County Historical Society in the former sheriff's house and county jail
Old Cathedral Library & Museum VincennesKnoxSouthReligiousOldest library in the state of Indiana, display of historic and church artifacts
Old French House & Indian MuseumVincennesKnoxSouthHistoric house1809-period French Creole house [22]
Old Hotel Museum & Railroad Learning Center Union City RandolphCentralLocalAlso area railroad artifacts [23]
Old Lighthouse Museum Michigan CityLaPorteNorth Lighthouse Operated by the Michigan City Historical Society, only lighthouse in Indiana
Oldfields (Lilly House & Gardens) IndianapolisMarionCentralHistoric house1930s-period mansion, located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Osgood Historical Museum Osgood RipleySouthLocal [24]
Orange County MuseumPaoliOrangeSouthLocal website, operated by the Orange County Historical Society
Owen County Heritage & Culture Center Spencer OwenSouthLocal website
Padgett MuseumNew AlbanyFloydSouthLocalOperated by the Floyd County Historical Society [25]
Paul Dresser Birthplace Terre HauteVigoCentralBiographicalHome of composer Paul Dresser, operated seasonally by the Vigo County Historical Society
Pendleton Historical Museum Pendleton MadisonCentralLocalLocated in Falls Park [26] [27] [28]
Pershing Township MuseumFreetownJacksonSouthLocal [15]
Perry County Museum Cannelton PerrySouthLocal website, located at the old Perry County Courthouse
Piper Flight MuseumSalemWashingtonSouthAviation website, located at the Salem Municipal Airport, features three vintage Piper air craft, a flight simulator, exhibits on Piper Aircraft
PJ Gilsinger & Co. John Deere Museum Winamac PulaskiNorthPrivate website
Porter County Museum Valparaiso PorterNorthLocalFormerly the Old Jail Museum
Pound Store Museum Leesburg KosciuskoNorthLocalOperated by the Kosciusko County Historical Society, historic general store and post office
Prill School Museum Henry Township FultonNorthLocalLate 19th-century one-room schoolhouse
Prophetstown State Park Battle Ground TippecanoeNorthLiving history1920s living farmstead and Native American village buildings
Pulaski County Historical MuseumWinamacPulaskiNorthLocal website, operated by the Pulaski County Historical Society
Purdue University GalleriesWest LafayetteTippecanoeNorthArt website, includes Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries in Yue-Kong Pao Hall, Robert L. Ringel Gallery in Stewart Center, Fountain Gallery in the Perrin building
Putnam County MuseumGreencastlePutnamCentralLocal website
Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center HuntingtonHuntingtonNorthHistoryHistory of all the Vice Presidents
Quilters Hall of Fame MarionGrantCentral Textile Located in the Marie Webster House, exhibits of quilts
Randolph County Historical Museum Winchester RandolphCentralLocal website, operated by the Randolph County Historical Society
Reitz Home Museum EvansvilleVanderburghSouthHistoric houseVictorian house museum
Red Skelton Museum of American ComedyVincennesKnoxSouthBiographical website, life of comedian Red Skelton
Rhythm! Discovery Center IndianapolisMarionCentralMusic website, drums and percussive instruments from around the world, operated by the Percussive Arts Society
Richmond Art Museum RichmondWayneCentralArtCollections include American Impressionists, Taos School, the Hoosier Group, the Richmond School, and other regional artists and ceramics
Rickenbaugh House St. Croix PerrySouthHistoric houseLocated in Hoosier National Forest, mid 19th-century house
Ridgeville-Kitselman Museum Ridgeville RandolphCentralLocalLocated in the Ridgeville Library [29]
Ripley County Museum Versailles RipleySouthLocal website, operated by the Ripley County Historical Society
Rotary Jail Museum and Tannenbaum Cultural Center CrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralLocal website, rotary-design jail, also local history exhibits
Rush County Historical Society Museum Rushville RushCentralLocal website
Ruthmere ElkhartElkhartNorthArtBeaux Arts mansion with collection of fine and decorative arts, classic automobiles
RV/MH Hall of Fame ElkhartElkhartNorthAutomotiveHistory, technology and pioneers in the development of recreational vehicles and motor homes
Samara House West LafayetteTippecanoeNorthHistoric house1950s house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Santa Claus Museum & Village Santa Claus SpencerSouthLocal website, town history, tourism, history of Santa Claus Land, letters to Santa, President Abraham Lincoln and his childhood in southern Indiana, antique toys and dolls, Coca-Cola memorabilia
Schimpff's Confectionery JeffersonvilleClarkSouth Food Historic candy store and museum
Schofield House MadisonJeffersonSouthHistoric house1817 house where in 1818, the Grand Lodge of Indiana, the organization of Freemasons in Indiana, was founded
Schroeder Saddletree Factory MuseumMadisonJeffersonSouthIndustryOperated by Historic Madison, factory that made wooden frames for saddle makers. Tour information is available on the HMI website
Science Central Fort WayneAllenNorth Science website
Scott County Heritage Center and Museum Scottsburg ScottSouthLocalVictorian house museum
Scribner House New AlbanyFloydSouthHistoric houseOpen twice a year
Sheridan Historical Society Museum Sheridan HamiltonCentralLocal website
Shipshewana Area Historical Society MuseumShipshewanaLaGrangeNorthLocal [30]
Shirley Historical Society Museum Shirley HenryCentralLocalLocated in the former depot [13]
Shrewsbury-Windle House MadisonJeffersonSouthHistoric houseMeticulously restored 1840s house. Tour information is available on the HMI website.
Shrine of Saint Mother Théodore Guérin Saint Mary-of-the-Woods VigoCentralReligiousExhibits about Saint Théodore Guérin and the ministries of the Sisters of Providence
Skinner Farm Village Perrysville VermillionCentralOpen-air website, log cabins, buildings, round barn and artifacts which represent over 150 years of local Indiana history
Snite Museum of Art Notre DameSt. JosephNorthArtPart of University of Notre Dame, world cultures and periods with a focus on Western art history, known for its Italian Renaissance paintings and Mesoamerican galleries
South Bend Museum of Art South BendSt. JosephNorthArtCollection includes historical Indiana artists and significant contemporary regional artists
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts SeymourJacksonSouthArt website, includes art gallery exhibits and the Conner Museum of Antique Printing, which features a working print shop of period presses of the 1800s
Spring Mill State Park MitchellLawrenceSouthOpen-air website, open daily from May thru mid-October, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The restored 1814 Pioneer Village contains 20 historic buildings including a gristmill built in 1817. Heritage interpreters portray the year 1863 and demonstrate period crafts. The park also features a small memorial museum to astronaut Gus Grissom.
Starke County Historical Society Museum Knox StarkeNorthLocal [31]
Stockdale Mill Roann WabashNorthMillWater-powered flour mill and dam
Stone's Tavern Sparta Township NobleNorthLocal19th-century tavern, operated by the Stone's Trace Historical Society
Studebaker National Museum South BendSt. JosephNorthAutomotive
Sullivan County History Museum Sullivan SullivanCentralLocalOperated by the Sullivan County Public Library [32]
Sullivan HouseMadisonJeffersonSouthHistoric houseOperated by Historic Madison, 1818 home of Judge Jeremiah Sullivan. Tour information is available on the HMI website.
St. Michael the Archangel Church MadisonJeffersonSouthReligiousOperated by Historic Madison, 1839 former Catholic Church. Tour information is available on the HMI website.
SullivanMunce Cultural CenterZionsvilleBooneCentralMultipleContains the P.H. Sullivan Museum, Munce Art Center, a genealogy library, and welcome center. American Alliance of Museums member institution. [33]
Sunman Historical Museum Sunman RipleySouthLocal [34]
The Stutz Car MuseumIndianapolisMarionCentralAutomotive website
Swiss Heritage Village & Museum Berne AdamsNorthOpen-air website
Switzerland County Agriculture Museum CenterVevaySwitzerlandSouthAgriculture website, operated by the Switzerland County Historical Society in the 19th-century Thiebaud Farmstead
Switzerland County History MuseumVevaySwitzerlandSouthLocal website, operated by the Switzerland County Historical Society
Swope Art Museum Terre HauteVigoCentralArtFeatures American art with special emphasis on painting and sculpture of the twentieth century and on Wabash Valley artists
Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum Syracuse KosciuskoNorthLocal website
Task Force Tips Fire MuseumValparaisoPorterNorthFireIncludes historic firefighting vehicles, equipment and uniforms
T. C. Steele State Historic Site NashvilleBrownSouthBiographicalHome of artist T. C. Steele
Terre Haute Children's MuseumTerre HauteVigoCentralChildren's website
Terre Haute Fire-Police Museum Terre HauteVigoCentralFire website, historic fire-fighting and police equipment, housed in a historic fire station
Thorntown Heritage Museum Thorntown BooneCentralLocal website, operated by the Sugar Creek Historical Society and owned by the Thorntown Public Library
Time Was MuseumElkhartElkhartNorthLocalElkhart's community life, open by appointment [35]
Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum Battle GroundTippecanoeNorthMilitaryOperated by the Tippecanoe County Historical Association in the 16-acre Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, history and events of the Battle of Tippecanoe, a nature center and artifacts of European and Native American cultures
Tipton County Historical Society Tipton TiptonCentralLocal website, operated by the Tipton County Historical Society
Union County Depot Museum Liberty UnionSouthLocal [36]
University Art GalleryTerre HauteVigoCentralArt website, part of Indiana State University
University of Indianapolis Art GalleryIndianapolisMarionCentralArt website, located in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, hosts six to seven exhibitions annually
USS LST Ship Memorial EvansvilleVanderburghSouthMaritime Museum ship
Vera's Little Red Dollhouse MuseumMiddletownHenryCentralToyOpen by appointment [13]
Vigo County Historical MuseumTerre HauteVigoCentralLocal website, period rooms, local history displays, Coca-Cola artifacts
Vincennes State Historic Sites VincennesKnoxSouthHistoric site website, includes the Indiana Territorial Capitol, Jefferson Academy, Elihu Stout Print Shop, Old State Bank
Vintage Fire MuseumJeffersonvilleClarkSouthFire website, restored fire engines (hand pumpers, chemical engines, horse-drawn steamers, early motorized engines) and other equipment dating back to 1756
W. Paul Wolf War History MuseumFort WayneAllenNorthMilitary website, perated by the Veterans National Memorial Shrine & Museum
Wabash County MuseumWabashWabashNorthLocal website
Wabash Valley Railroad MuseumTerre HauteVigoCentralRailroad website, operated by the Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society
Wakarusa Historical Museum Wakarusa ElkhartNorthOpen-air website, local history displays in seven buildings, includes the Birds Eye View Museum of Miniatures
Warrick County Museum Boonville WarrickSouthLocal website
Wayne County Historical MuseumRichmondWayneCentralOpen-air website, complex includes period clothing, furniture, portraits, dolls, two log cabins, a Conestoga wagon, blacksmith shop, print shop, bakery, loom house, automobiles, steam powered tractors, locally-made artifacts, Native American and Civil War artifacts, and a mummy
Wells County Historical Society Museum Bluffton WellsNorthLocal website, operated by the Wells County Historical Society and located in the Stewart-Studebaker House, listed on the National Register.
Westchester Township History MuseumChestertonPorterNorthLocalOperated by the Westchester Historical Society, the museum is housed in the George Brown Mansion, listed on the National Register.
Westfield Washington Historical Museum Westfield HamiltonCentralLocal website, operated by the Westfield Washington Historical Society
White County Museum Monticello WhiteNorthLocal website, operated by the White County Historical Society, the museum is housed in the Monticello Carnegie Library, listed on the National Register.
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site Metamora FranklinSouthHistoric site website, preserved 14-mile section of the Whitewater Canal, features a horse-drawn canal boat and Metamora Grist Mill
Whitley County Agricultural Museum Columbia City WhitleyNorthAgriculture website
Whitley County Historical MuseumColumbia CityWhitleyNorthLocal website, operated by the Whitley County Historical Society, the museum is located in the Thomas R. Marshall House, listed on the National Register.
Wilbur Wright Birthplace and Museum Millville HenryCentralBiographical website, birthplace of aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright
Winona History CenterWinona LakeKosciuskoNorthLocal website [usurped] , located in the historic Westminster Hotel, now on the campus of Grace College, formerly the Reneker Museum of Winona History
WonderLab BloomingtonMonroeSouthScience website
Working Men's Institute MuseumNew HarmonyPoseySouthMultiple website, located on the second floor of Indiana's oldest operating public library, the museum includes the Murphy Gallery and exhibits on local history
World of Motorcycles MuseumWinamacPulaskiNorthAutomotive website, part of Kersting's Cycle Center, over 100 motorcycles from around the world
Wylie House BloomingtonMonroeSouthHistoric houseOperated by Indiana University, recreated as the Wylie home prior to 1860
Yellow Trail Museum Hope BartholomewSouthLocal website, period displays include soda fountain, grocery store, doctor's office, barber shop
ZaharakosColumbusBartholomewSouthMusic website, mechanical music instrument and soda fountain museum

Defunct museums

Tourism regions

As of June 2024, the Indiana Destination Development Corporation defines three main tourism regions within the state: [54]

North

The North region generally covers the northern third of Indiana, including 30 counties divided among four sub-regions: Northwest, North Central, Northeast, and Wabash Valley. Among the state's 20 largest cities in 2020, seven are located in the North region: Fort Wayne, South Bend, Hammond, Lafayette, Gary, Elkhart, and Mishawaka. Collectively, the cities are home to approximately 45 museums or galleries. Other cities in the region hosting four or more museums or galleries include Auburn, Michigan City, and Peru.

Central

The Central region generally covers the middle third of Indiana, including 28 counties divided among three sub-regions: Central, East Central, and West Central. Among the state's 20 largest cities in 2020, nine are located in the Central region: Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Muncie, Greenwood, Kokomo, Terre Haute, and Anderson. Collectively, the cities are home to approximately 60 museums or galleries; Indianapolis-based institutions account for about half (30). Other cities in the region hosting four or more museums or galleries include Crawfordsville and Richmond.

South

The South region generally covers the southern third of Indiana, including 34 counties divided among four sub-regions: South Central, Southeast, Southwest, and Uplands. Among the state's 20 largest cities in 2020, four are located in the South region: Evansville, Bloomington, Columbus, and Jeffersonville. Collectively, the cities are home to approximately 25 museums or galleries. Other municipalities in the region hosting four or more museums or galleries include Madison, New Albany, Vevay, and Vincennes.

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