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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NameLocationCountyRegionArea of studySummary
Academy of Hoosier Heritage Mooresville Morgan Central Local history website
Adams Mill Cutler CarrollCentralMill1845 grist mill, displays of agriculture and household tools and equipment, historic 1860s Masonic lodge room
Alexandria Monroe Township Historical Society Museum Alexandria Madison Southern Local history website
Amish Acres Nappanee Elkhart Northern Open air
Anderson Center for the Arts Anderson Madison Indianapolis metro ArtIndiana and contemporary art
Angel Mounds State Historic Site Evansville Vanderburgh Southwest Native American
Antique Hair Museum French Lick OrangeSouthernFashion website, vintage razors, shears, combs, hairbrushes, hair tonics, permanent-wave machines and hair, part of Tony Kendall's salon, Body Reflections
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette Lafayette Tippecanoe Central Art website, collection includes 19th- and 20th-century American art with a special focus on art of Indiana
Arts Council of Southwestern IndianaEvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestArt website,
Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum Columbus BartholomewSouthernAviation website, military aviation history
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum Auburn DeKalbNorthernAutomotiveDedicated to preserving cars built by the Auburn Automobile, Cord Automobile and Duesenberg
Barker Mansion Michigan City LaPorte Northwest Historic houseTurn-of-the-century mansion
Bartholomew County History Center ColumbusBartholomewSouthernLocal historyLocated in the McEwen-Samuels-Marr House, operated by the Bartholomew County Historical Society
Beck's Mill Salem WashingtonSouthernMillRestored 19th-century grist mill
Bell Aircraft Museum Mentone KosciuskoNorthernAviation website, life of aviation industrialist Lawrence Dale Bell, historic Bell Aircraft vehicles, history of aviation
Benjamin Harrison Home Indianapolis MarionIndianapolis metroHistoric houseVictorian home of President Benjamin Harrison
Benton House IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroHistoric 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 KosciuskoNorthernHistoric house1911 Arts & Crafts bungalow, visitor center exhibits about preacher Billy Sunday
Blackford County Historical Society Museum Hartford City BlackfordCentralLocal history website
Brauer Museum of Art Valparaiso PorterNorthwestArtPart of Valparaiso University
Brown County Art Gallery Nashville BrownSouthernArt website, exhibits of local art
Brown County Pioneer VillageNashvilleBrownSouthernOpen 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 LakeNorthwestLivingIncludes agriculture museum, pioneer farm, historic farm house, school
Camp Atterbury Museum Edinburgh JohnsonIndianapolis metroMilitary website, history of Camp Atterbury
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center Terre Haute VigoCentralHistoryThe Holocaust and the power of forgiveness
Carnegie Center for Art & History New Albany FloydSouthernMultipleArt, local history
Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County Crawfordsville MontgomeryCentralLocal historyThemes in include history, art, science and culture of Montgomery County
Carroll County Historical Museum Delphi CarrollCentralLocal history website, operated by the Carroll County Historical Society in the Carroll County Courthouse
Cass County Historical Society Museum Logansport CassNorthernLocal historyLocated in the Jerolaman-Long Home
Chellberg Farmhouse Chesterton PorterNorthwestHistoric houseLocated in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, turn-of-the-20th century Swedish farmhouse, open to the public during festivals, demonstrations and ranger-guided tours
Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville House Fort Wayne AllenNorthernHistoric houseOperated by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
Children's Museum of Evansville EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestChildren'sExhibits include deconstructing objects, waterthe human body and its senses, freedom of expression
Children's Museum of Indianapolis IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroChildren'sInteractive hands-on exhibits about science, natural history, archaeology, dinosaurs
Circus City Museum Peru MiamiNorthernCircus website, Peru's circus history
Clabber Girl MuseumTerre HauteVigoCentralHistory website, history of Hulman & Company, manufacturer of Clabber Girl baking powder
Clay County Historical Society Museum Brazil ClayCentralLocal history
Cline Museum Angola SteubenNorthernHistoric house information, operated by the Steuben County Historical Society, late Victorian Queen Anne house
Clinton County Historical Museum Frankfort ClintonCentralLocal historyOperated by the Clinton County Historical Society
Coal Town and Railroad Museum Clinton VermillionCentralLocal history website, open daily only during the Labor Day weekend during the Little Italy Festival
Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroMilitaryCivil War museum located in the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, open Friday - Sunday
Colonel William Jones State Historic Site Gentryville SpencerSouthwestHistoric housePart of Lincoln State Park, early 19th century period house
Columbus Museum of Art & DesignColumbusBartholomewCentralArt website, exhibits of art, design and performing art
Conner Prairie Fishers HamiltonIndianapolis metroLiving19th-century Indiana life
Corydon Capitol State Historic Site Corydon HarrisonSouthernHistoric siteIndiana’s first state capitol
Costigan House Madison JeffersonSouthernHistoric house website, operated by Historic Madison, mid-19th century period home of architect Francis Costigan
Cragun House Lebanon BooneIndianapolis metroHistoric houseVictorian period home operated by the Boone County Historical Society
Crispus Attucks MuseumIndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroLocal historyOperated by the Indianapolis Public Schools, school and local African American history [1]
Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site New AlbanyFloydSouthernHistoric 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 DaviessSouthernLocal history website
Decatur County Museum Greensburg DecaturSouthernHistoric house website, operated by the Decatur County Historical Society, Victorian-period Lathrop/Shannon House
DeKalb County History Museum Butler DeKalbNorthernLocal historyLocated in a former Carnegie library [2]
The Depot History Museum & Art Gallery Beverly Shores PorterNorthwestLocal historyLocated in a historic depot
Dr. Hutchings Office & HospitalMadisonJeffersonSouthernHistoric house website, operated by Historic Madison, original late 19th century equipment and furnishings
Dr. James Ford Historic Home Wabash WabashNorthernHistoric house website, restored 19th-century physician's home and surgery
Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels Huntingburg DuboisSouthernCommodity website, restored mechanical musical instruments from around the world
Draft Animal MuseumAuburnDeKalbNorthernAgriculture website, operated by the DeKalb County Horsemen's Association, horse-drawn agriculture equipment and vehicles
Dream Car Museum EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestAutomobile website, over 60 exotic and vintage cars, automotive memorabilia
Dubois County Museum Jasper DuboisSouthwestHistory website, county history, agriculture, military, manufacturing, German heritage, sports
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 CollectionRichmondWayneCentralArt website, includes Ronald Gallery, Thorp Collection of Chinese Art in the Lilly Library, themed displays in the Landrum Bolling Center
Early Ford V-8 Museum Butler DeKalbNorthernAutomotive 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
Eleutherian College Lancaster JeffersonSouthernHistoric siteFirst college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or sex
Elkhart County Historical Museum Bristol ElkhartNorthernLocal historyPeriod and local history exhibits, located in a former school building
Elwood Haynes Museum Kokomo HowardNorthernBiographicalLife of inventor Elwood Haynes
Emil A. Blackmore Museum of The American LegionIndianapolis Marion Indianapolis metroMilitary website, part of the American Legion, military and Legion related items, art
Emanuel Hatfield Museum Owensburg GreeneSouthernLocal historyHistory 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
Eugene V. Debs Home Terre HauteVigoCentralHistoric houseHome of union leader Eugene V. Debs
Evansville African American Museum EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestAfrican American website
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestMultipleArt, history, science
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtNative American art, Western American paintings and sculpture
Fairmount Historical Museum Fairmount GrantCentralLocal history website, features James Dean exhibits
Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center Clarksville ClarkSouthernNatural history
Farmer House Museum Bloomington MonroeSouthernHistoric house website, early to mid 20th-century period house
Fayette County Historical Museum Connersville FayetteCentralLocal historyOperated by Historic Connersville [4]
Forks of the Wabash Huntington HuntingtonNorthernOpen air1840s Native American, pioneer and settler life
Fort Ouiatenon West Lafayette TippecanoeCentralLivingReplica 18th-century early French trading post blockhouse, open on weekends in summer for living history demonstrations
Fort Vallonia Museum Vallonia JacksonSouthernLocal history website
Fort Wayne Firefighters Museum Fort WayneAllenNorthernFirefighting
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Fort WayneAllenNorthernArtContemporary art
Fountain County War Museum Veedersburg FountainCentralMilitaryLocated in a former depot [5] [6]
Freeman Field Army Airfield Museum Seymour JacksonSouthernMilitary website, history of Freeman Army Airfield in World War II
Freedom Heritage Museum EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestMilitary website, planned museum about WWII military and home front history
Fulton County Museum Rochester FultonNorthernMultiple 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 Richmond WayneCentralHistoric houseLate 19th century Second Empire-style mansion
Gallery 924IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArt website, operated by the Arts Council of Indianapolis
Galleries at Peeler Greencastle PutnamCentralArt website, part of the Richard E. Peeler Art Center at DePauw University
Garfield Park Arts Center IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtIncludes exhibitions of local and regional art
Garrett Museum of Art Garrett DeKalbNorthernArt website, local art
Garrett Historical Railroad Museum Garrett DeKalbNorthernRailroadLocated in a historic depot, includes a mail and baggage car, watchman’s shanty and a C&O caboose [7] [8]
Gary Historical & Cultural Society Gary LakeNorthwestLocal history website
Gas City Museum Gas City GrantCentralLocal history website, operated by the Gas City Historical Society
General Lew Wallace Study CrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralBiographicalHome of author Lew Wallace
Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site Rome City NobleNorthernBiographicalHome of author Gene Stratton-Porter
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Vincennes KnoxSouthwestHistorySite of important campaign during the American Revolution
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology BloomingtonMonroeSouthernArchaeologyLocal artifacts of prehistoric Native American cultures
Greater Evansville Ball Halls of FameEvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestMuseum website
Great Lakes Museum of Military History Michigan CityLaPorteNorthwestMilitary website
Greentown Glass Museum Greentown HowardCentralGlass website, glass items produced by the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company
Greentown History CenterGreentownHowardCentralLocal history website, history and culture of eastern Howard County, operated by the Greentown Historical Society
Griffith Historical Park & Museum Griffith LakeNorthwestRailroad website, operated by the Griffith Historical Society, depot museum, railroad cars, structures
Grissom Air Museum PeruMiamiNorthernAviation website
Grouseland VincennesKnoxSouthwestHistoric houseHome of William Henry Harrison when he was governor of Indiana
Grover Museum Shelbyville ShelbySoutheastLocal historyOperated 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
Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art LafayetteTippecanoeCentralArtIndiana art, antique furniture and decorative items
Hagerstown Museum & Arts Place Hagerstown WayneCentralLocal history website
Hallmark Ornament Museum Warsaw KosciuskoNorthernCommodity 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 HamiltonIndianapolis metroHistoric house website, Victorian=period former sheriff's residence and jail, operated by the Hamilton County Historical Society [9] [10]
Hancock County Historical Society Greenfield HancockIndianapolis metroLocal history website, operates the Chapel in the Park Museum and the Old Log Jail Museum
Hannah Lindahl Children’s Museum Mishawaka St. JosephNorthernChildren's website
Hayden Historical Museum Hayden JenningsSouthernLocal history 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. JosephNorthernChildren's website, affiliated with the Memorial Hospital of South Bend
Henager Memories and Nostalgia Museum Buckskin GibsonSouthwestCommodity 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 HendricksIndianapolis metroLocal history website
Heritage House Museum Walkerton St. JosephNorthernLocal history website, operated by the Walkerton Area Historical Society
Henry County Historical Society Museum New Castle HenryCentralLocal historyVictorian period rooms in the Gen. William Grose House [11]
Herron GalleriesIndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArt 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 LaPorteNorthwestRailroadCollections of railroad and steam equipment
Hillforest Aurora DearbornSouthernHistoric houseVictorian period mansion
Historic New Harmony New Harmony PoseySouthernOpen airSite of two utopian communities, includes several historic houses and museums, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art [12]
The History Center Fort WayneAllenNorthernLocal historyOperated by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
The History Museum South BendSt. JosephNorthernLocal history 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 Air MuseumAuburnDeKalbNorthernAviation website, historic aircraft, radial, in-line, and jet engines, aviation memorabilia, models and photographs
Hoosier Gym Knightstown HenryCentralSportsFamous for being the central location for the 1986 basketball movie Hoosiers
Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum North Judson StarkeNorthernRailroad
Hoosier Salon Carmel HamiltonIndianapolis metroArtArt gallery of Indiana artists
Hoosier Salon New Harmony PoseySouthernArtArt gallery of Indiana artists
Howard County Historical Society Museum KokomoHowardCentralLocal historyLocated in the Seiberling Mansion in the Old Silk Stocking Neighborhood
Howard L. Schrott Center for the ArtsIndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArt website, part of Butler University, performing arts center with an art gallery
Howard Steamboat Museum Jeffersonville ClarkSouthernMaritimeSteamboat and local history
Huddleston Farmhouse Mount Auburn WayneCentralHistoric house1841 inn and farmhouse
Huntingburg MuseumHuntingburgDuboisSouthernLocal history website
Indiana Baseball Hall of FameJasperDuboisSouthwestSports website, located on the campus of Vincennes University
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame New Castle HenryCentralHall of fame
Indiana Football Hall of Fame RichmondWayneCentralHall of fame
Indiana Geological and Water Survey BloomingtonMonroeSouthernNatural historyRocks, minerals, and fossils from Indiana and beyond
Indiana Experience IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroHistoryOperated by the Indiana Historical Society at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
Indiana Medical History Museum IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroMedicalFocus is beginning of scientific psychiatry and modern medicine
Indiana Military Museum VincennesKnoxSouthwestMilitary website, America’s military history from the American Revolution to the present day
Indiana Railway Museum French Lick OrangeSouthernRailroadHeritage railroad and museum
Indiana State Museum IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroMultipleExhibits on the science, art, culture, and history of Indiana from prehistoric times up to the present day.
Indiana State Police Museum IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroLaw enforcement website, museum dedicated to the Indiana State Police
Indiana Transportation Museum Noblesville HamiltonIndianapolis metroRailroadHeritage railroad and museum
Indiana University Art Museum BloomingtonMonroeSouthernArtFeatures collection of ancient jewelry and paintings by Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock
Indiana University East Art GalleryRichmondWayneCentralArt website, located in Whitewater Hall
Indiana University Kokomo Art GalleryKokomoHowardCentralArt website
Indiana University Kokomo Downtown Art GalleryKokomoHowardCentralArt website
Indiana War Memorial Military Museum IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroMilitaryShrine Room and Military Museum, open Wednesday - Sunday 0900-1700, free admission
Indianapolis Art Center IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArt
Indianapolis Artsgarden IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtArt park and performance venue, operated by the Arts Council of Indianapolis
Indianapolis Contemporary IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtAlso known as iMOCA, contemporary art
Indianapolis Firefighters MuseumIndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroFirefighting website, antique fire wagons [13]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroAutomotive
Indianapolis Museum of Art IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtCollections 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 PeruMiamiNorthernCircusHall of fame and museum about circuses and important circus figures
Indiana Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame and MuseumTerre HauteVigoSouthernSports website, located in the Terre Haute Convention and Visitors Center
Jackson County History Center Brownstown JacksonSouthernLocal history [14] [15]
Jackson County Visitor's Center Exhibit Freetown JacksonSouthernLocal historyLocated in the Southern Indiana Railroad Freighthouse
James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home & Museum Greenfield HancockIndianapolis metroHistoric houseMid-19th-century period birthplace home of poet James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroHistoric houseHome of poet James Whitcomb Riley
Jasonville History Museum Jasonville GreeneSouthernLocal history [16]
Jasper Arts CenterJasperDuboisSouthwestArt website, Krempp Gallery features changing exhibits of regional artists and groups
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 Center MadisonJeffersonSouthernLocal history website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, includes exhibits on pioneers, transportation, Victorian life, Civil War
John Hay Center Salem WashingtonSouthernMultipleIncludes Stevens Memorial Museum of local history, Depot Railroad Museum, birthplace of John Milton Hay, and a pioneer village
Jennings County Historical Society Museum Vernon JenningsSouthernLocal history website
Johnson County Museum of History Franklin JohnsonIndianapolis metroLocal historyOperated by the Johnson County Historical Society, former Masonic Temple containing local history displays and a genealogy library
Jonesboro Historical Museum Jonesboro GrantCentralLocal history [17]
Joseph Moore Museum RichmondWayneCentralNatural 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
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum Fort WayneAllenNorthernHistoryExhibits from its collection of manuscripts and documents, housed in the old Church of Christ Scientist building
KidscommonsColumbusBartholomewSouthernChildren's website
Knightstown Historic MuseumKnightstownHenryCentralLocal history website
Kokomo Automotive Museum KokomoHowardCentralAutomotive website, cars, gas station, diner, automotive history, located at the Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Event & Conference Center
Kosciusko County Jail Museum Warsaw KosciuskoNorthernPrisonOperated by the Kosciusko County Historical Society, former prison and sheriff's house, local history displays
Kruse Automotive & Carriage MuseumAuburnDeKalbNorthernTransportation 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 [18]
Lake County Historical Museum Crown Point LakeNorthwestLocal history website, located in the Lake County Courthouse
Lake of the Red Cedars Museum Cedar Lake LakeNorthwestLocal history website, operated by the Cedar Lake Historical Association
Lane Place CrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralHistoric houseOperated by the Montgomery County Historical Society
Lanier Mansion State Historic Site MadisonJeffersonSouthernHistoric house1840s mansion
LaPorte County Historical Society Museum LaPorte LaPorteNorthwestLocal history website, includes pioneer items, period display rooms
Lawrence County Museum of History Bedford LawrenceSouthernLocal history website
Levi Coffin House 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 SwitzerlandSouthernMaritime website, operated by the Switzerland County Historical Society, transportation on the Ohio River including flatboats, steamboats, showboats, keelboats
Ligonier Historical Museum Ligonier NobleNorthernLocal history
Limberlost State Historic Site Geneva AdamsSouthernHistoric house1895 log home of author Gene Stratton Porter
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Lincoln City SpencerSouthernBiographicalIncludes visitor center with museum about Lincoln and the Lincoln Living Historical Farm, an 1820 pioneer homestead
Lincoln Pioneer Village Rockport SpencerSouthwestOpen airFeatures log cabins, public buildings, schools, and churches as they stood in Lincoln’s days in Spencer County
Lincoln State Park Lincoln City SpencerSouthernHistoric houseIncludes visitor center with museum about Lincoln and the Lincoln Living Historical Farm, an 1820 pioneer homestead
Linden Depot Museum Linden MontgomeryCentralRailroadOperated by the Linden-Madison Township Historical Society
Lindley House Paoli OrangeSouthernHistoric house1850-1869 period house, operated by the Orange County Historical Society
Lubeznik Center for the Arts Michigan CityLaPorteNorthwestArt website
Luckey Hospital Museum Wolf Lake NobleNorthernMedical website, rural hospital displays from the 1930s to 1950s
Lusk Home and Mill Site Marshall ParkeCentralHistoric houseLocated in Turkey Run State Park, early pioneer home and grist mill
Madison County History CenterAndersonMadisonCentralLocal history website, operated by the Madison County Historical Society
Madison Railroad Station MuseumMadisonJeffersonSouthernRailroad website, operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society
Mansfield Roller Mill Mansfield ParkeCentralMillEarly 19th-century grist mill
Marion City Museum Marion GrantCentralLocal history website, part of the Marion Public Library
Marshall County Historical Museum Plymouth MarshallNorthernLocal history website, operated Marshall County Historical Society
Martin County Historical Museum Shoals MartinSouthernLocal historyOperated by the Martin County Historical Society
Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana IndianapolisMarionCentralCultural website, operated by the Grand Lodge of Indiana, Cultural history of Indiana's Freemasons
Mathers Museum of World Cultures BloomingtonMonroeSouthernCultural website, part of Indiana University, ethnology, ethnography, cultural history
McCutchan Art Center/Pace GalleriesEvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestArt website, part of University of Southern Indiana
Menno-Hof Shipshewana LaGrangeNorthernReligious website, faith and life of Amish and Mennonites
Merrillville History Museum Merrillville LakeNorthwestLocal history website, operated by the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society
Miami County Museum PeruMiamiNorthernLocal history website, operated by the Miami County Historical Society, includes Cole Porter exhibit
Mid-America Windmill Museum Kendallville NobleNorthernScience website, story of wind power from its origination through the American windmill to the present day
Middlebury Community Museum Middlebury ElkhartNorthernLocal history website
Middletown Historical Society Museum Middletown HenryCentralLocal history [11]
Midtown Museum of Native Cultures Waynetown MontgomeryCentralNative AmericanPrivate collection of Native American artifacts
Midwest Museum of American Art Elkhart ElkhartNorthernArtFocuses on 19th- and 20th-century American Art, with original paintings by Grandma Moses and Norman Rockwell
Milan '54 Hoosiers Museum Milan RipleySouthernSports website, history of the 1954 Milan High School basketball team
Military Honor Park and MuseumSouth BendSt. JosephNorthernMilitary website
Miller House and Garden ColumbusBartholomewSouthernHistoric houseMid-Century modern home designed by Eero Saarinen
Minnetrista MuncieDelawareCentralMultipleIncludes a museum with exhibits of nature, local history and art, a historic home, and many themed gardens and outdoor sculptures
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 WhiteCentralRailroad website
Monon Depot Museum Carmel HamiltonIndianapolis metroRailroad website, operated by the Carmel Clay Historical Society, includes local history and railroad exhibits
Monroe County History Center BloomingtonMonroeSouthernLocal history 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. JosephNorthernArt 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
Moses Fowler House LafayetteTippecanoeCentralHistoric house
Muncie Children's MuseumMuncieDelawareCentralChildren's website
Munster History Museum Munster LakeNorthwestHistoric house website, operated by the Munster Historical Society in the Kaske House
Murphy Art Center IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtIncludes five galleries
Musee de VenogeVevaySwitzerlandSouthernHistoric house website, early 19th-century French Colonial house
Museum of Culver & Lake Maxinkuckee History Culver MarshallNorth CentralLocal history website operated by the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver
Museum of Miniature Houses Carmel HamiltonIndianapolis metroToy website, dollhouses and miniatures
Museum of Overbeck Art Pottery Cambridge City WayneCentralArt website, pottery created by the Overbeck Sisters, located in the town library
Museum of 20th Century Warfare Lawrence MarionIndianapolis metroMilitaryLocated 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 Art Museum of Sport IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArtSport art, currently closed to the public
National Auto and Truck Museum AuburnDeKalbNorthernAutomotive website, emphasis on post World War II cars and trucks
National Military History CenterAuburnDeKalbNorthernMilitary website, includes Revolutionary War through Vietnam, with a main focus on WWII
National Model Aviation MuseumMuncieDelawareCentralAviation website, model aircraft and aeromodeling, operated by the Academy of Model Aeronautics
National New York Central Railroad Museum ElkhartElkhartNorthernRailroadHistory and equipment of the New York Central Railroad
National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association Friendship RipleySouthernSportsSport of muzzle loading
NCAA Hall of Champions IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroSportsTrials and triumphs of the student-athlete
Oak Grove Heritage House Oxford,BentonNorthernLocal historyLocated in a former Presbyterian church
Ohio County Historical Museum Rising Sun OhioSouthernLocal history 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 NobleNorthernLocal historyOperated by the Noble County Historical Society in the former sheriff's house and county jail
Old Cathedral Library & Museum VincennesKnoxSouthwestReligiousOldest library in the state of Indiana, display of historic and church artifacts
Old French House & Indian MuseumVincennesKnoxSouthwestHistoric house1809-period French Creole house [19]
Old Hotel Museum & Railroad Learning Center Union City RandolphCentralLocal historyAlso area railroad artifacts [20]
Old Lighthouse Museum Michigan CityLaPorteNorthwestMaritimeOperated by the Michigan City Historical Society, only lighthouse in Indiana
Oldfields–Lilly House & Gardens IndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroHistoric house1930s-period mansion, located on the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Osgood Historical Museum Osgood RipleySouthernLocal history [21]
Orange County Museum Paoli OrangeSouthernLocal history website, operated by the Orange County Historical Society
Owen County Heritage & Culture Center Spencer OwenCentralLocal history website
Padgett MuseumNew AlbanyFloydSouthernLocal historyOperated by the Floyd County Historical Society [22]
Paul Dresser Birthplace Terre HauteVigoSouthernBiographicalHome of composer Paul Dresser, operated seasonally by the Vigo County Historical Society
Pendleton Historical Museum Pendleton MadisonIndianapolis metroLocal historyLocated in Falls Park [23] [24] [25]
Pershing Township Museum Freetown JacksonSouthernLocal history [14]
Perry County Museum Cannelton PerrySouthernLocal history website, located at the old Perry County Courthouse
Piper Flight MuseumSalemWashingtonSouthernAviation website, located at the Salem Municipal Airport, features three vintage Piper air craft, a flight simulator, exhibits on Piper Aircraft
Porter County Museum of History ValparaisoPorterNorthwestLocal historyFormerly the Old Jail Museum
Pound Store Museum Leesburg KosciuskoNorthernLocal historyOperated by the Kosciusko County Historical Society, historic general store and post office
Prill School Museum Henry Township FultonNorthernSchoolLate 19th-century one-room schoolhouse
Prophetstown State Park Battle Ground TippecanoeCentralLiving1920s living farmstead and Native American village buildings
Purdue University Galleries West Lafayette TippecanoeCentralArt 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 Museum Greencastle PutnamCentralLocal history website
Quilters Hall of Fame Fairmount GrantCentralTextileLocated in the Marie Webster House, exhibits of quilts
Randolph County Historical Museum Winchester RandolphCentralLocal history website, operated by the Randolph County Historical Society
Reitz Home Museum EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestHistoric houseVictorian house museum
Red Skelton MuseumVincennesKnoxSouthwestBiographical website, life of comedian Red Skelton
Rhythm! Discovery Center Indianapolis MarionIndianapolis metroMusic 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 PerrySouthernHistoric houseLocated in Hoosier National Forest, mid 19th-century house
Ridgeville-Kitselman Museum Ridgeville RandolphCentralLocal historyLocated in the Ridgeville Library [26]
Riley Birthplace and Museum Greenfield HancockIndianapolis metroHistoric houseBoyhood home of poet James Whitcomb Riley
Ripley County Museum Versailles RipleySouthernLocal history website, operated by the Ripley County Historical Society
Ropkey Armor Museum CrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralMilitaryMilitary vehicles, weapons, memorabilia
Rotary Jail Museum and Tannenbaum Cultural CenterCrawfordsvilleMontgomeryCentralJail website, rotary-design jail, also local history exhibits
Rush County Historical Society Museum Rushville RushCentralLocal history website
Ruthmere ElkhartElkhartNorthernArtBeaux Arts mansion with collection of fine and decorative arts, classic automobiles
RV/MH Hall of Fame ElkhartElkhartNorthernTransportationHistory, technology and pioneers in the development of recreational vehicles and motor homes
Samara House West LafayetteTippecanoeCentralHistoric house1950s house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Santa Claus Museum & Village Santa Claus SpencerSouthernLocal history 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 Jeffersonville ClarkSouthernFoodHistoric candy store and museum
Schofield House MadisonJeffersonSouthernHistoric house1817 house where in 1818, the Grand Lodge of Indiana, the organization of Freemasons in Indiana, was founded
Schroeder Saddletree Factory MuseumMadisonJeffersonSouthernIndustry website, operated by Historic Madison, factory that made wooden frames for saddle makers
Science Central Fort WayneAllenNorthernScience website
Scott County Heritage Center and Museum Scottsburg ScottSouthernLocal historyVictorian house museum
Scribner House New AlbanyFloydSouthernHistoric houseOpen twice a year
Sheridan Historical Society Museum Sheridan HamiltonIndianapolis metroLocal history website
Shipshewana Area Historical Society MuseumShipshewanaLaGrangeNorthernLocal history[ [27]
Shirley Historical Society Museum Shirley HenryCentralLocal historyLocated in the former depot [11]
Shrewsbury-Windle House MadisonJeffersonSouthernHistoric houseOpen by appointment with Historic Madison, 1840s house
Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods 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 Dame St. JosephNorthernArtPart 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. JosephNorthernArtCollection includes historical Indiana artists and significant contemporary regional artists
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts SeymourJacksonSouthernArt 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 Mitchell LawrenceSouthernOpen airIncludes pioneer village with a historic grist mill, blacksmith shop, tavern, and distillery, and a memorial to astronaut Gus Grissom
Starke County Historical Society Museum Knox StarkeNorthernLocal history [28]
Stockdale Mill Roann WabashNorthernMillWater-powered flour mill and dam
Stone's Tavern Sparta Township NobleNorthernHistoric site19th-century tavern, operated by the Stone's Trace Historical Society
Studebaker National Museum South BendSt. JosephNorthernAutomotive
Sullivan County History Museum Sullivan SullivanCentralLocal historyOperated by the Sullivan County Public Library [29]
Sullivan House Madison JeffersonSouthernHistoric houseOperated by Historic Madison, 1818 home of Judge Jeremiah Sullivan
Sullivan Munce Cultural Center Zionsville BooneCentralMultiple website, local history and art
Sunman Historical Museum Sunman RipleySouthernLocal history [30]
Swiss Heritage Village & Museum Berne AdamsSouthernOpen air website
Switzerland County Agriculture Museum CenterVevaySwitzerlandSouthernAgriculture website, operated by the Switzerland County Historical Society in the 19th-century Thiebaud Farmstead
Switzerland County History MuseumVevaySwitzerlandSouthernLocal history website, operated by the Switzerland County Historical Society
Swope Art Museum Terre HauteVigoSouthernArtFeatures American art with special emphasis on painting and sculpture of the twentieth century and on Wabash Valley artists
Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum Syracuse KosciuskoNorthernLocal history website
Task Force Tips Fire MuseumValparaisoPorterNorthwestFirefightingIncludes historic firefighting vehicles, equipment and uniforms
T. C. Steele State Historic Site NashvilleBrownSouthernBiographicalHome of artist T. C. Steele
Terre Haute Children's Museum Terre HauteVigoSouthernChildren's website
Terre Haute Fire-Police Museum Terre HauteVigoSouthernFirefighting website, historic fire-fighting and police equipment, housed in a historic fire station
Thorntown Heritage Museum Thorntown BooneIndianapolis metroLocal history website, operated by the Sugar Creek Historical Society and owned by the Thorntown Public Library
Time Was MuseumElkhartElkhartNorthernLocal historyElkhart's community life, open by appointment [31]
Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum Battle Ground TippecanoeCentralMilitaryOperated 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 Heritage Center Tipton TiptonCentralLocal history website, operated by the Tipton County Historical Society
Trumps' Texaco Museum Knightstown HenryCentralAutomobileOpen by appointment, Texaco memorabilia [11]
Union County Depot Museum Liberty UnionCentralLocal history [32]
United States Vice Presidential Museum Huntington HuntingtonNorthernHistoryHistory of all the Vice Presidents
University Art GalleryTerre HauteVigoSouthernArt website, part of Indiana State University
University of Indianapolis Art GalleryIndianapolisMarionIndianapolis metroArt website, located in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, hosts six to seven exhibitions annually
USS LST Ship Memorial EvansvilleVanderburghSouthwestMaritimeMuseum landing ship
Vera's Little Red Dollhouse Museum Middletown HenryCentralDollOpen by appointment [11]
Vigo County Historical Society MuseumTerre HauteVigoSouthernLocal history website, period rooms, local history displays, Coca-Cola artifacts
Vincennes State Historic Sites VincennesKnoxSouthwestOpen air website, includes the Indiana Territorial Capitol, Jefferson Academy, Elihu Stout Print Shop, Old State Bank
Vintage Fire Museum Jeffersonville ClarkSouthernFirefighting website, restored fire engines (hand pumpers, chemical engines, horse-drawn steamers, early motorized engines) and other equipment dating back to 1756
Wabash County Historical Museum WabashWabashNorthernLocal history website
Wabash Valley Railroader's MuseumTerre HauteVigoSouthernRailroad website, operated by the Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society
Wakarusa Historical Society Wakarusa ElkhartNorthernOpen air website, local history displays in seven buildings, includes the Birds Eye View Museum of Miniatures
Warrrick County Museum Boonville WarrickSouthwestLocal history website
Wayne County Historical Museum RichmondWayneCentralOpen 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
Westchester Township History Museum Chesterton PorterNorthwestLocal historyLocated in the 1885 George Brown Mansion
Westfield-Washington Historical Museum Westfield HamiltonIndianapolis metroLocal history website, operated by the Westfield-Washington Historical Society
White County Historical Museum Monticello WhiteCentralLocal history website, operated by the White County Historical Society
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site Metamora FranklinIndianapolis metroTransportation website, preserved 14-mile section of the Whitewater Canal, features a horse-drawn canal boat and Metamora Grist Mill
Whitley County Historical Museum Columbia City WhitleyNorthernLocal historyOperated by the Whitley Historical Society, located in the home of Thomas R. Marshall, Indiana Governor and 28th Vice President of the United States
Wilbur Wright Birthplace and Museum Millville HenryCentralBiographical website, birthplace of aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright
Winona History Center Winona Lake KosciuskoNorthernLocal history website, located in the historic Westminster Hotel, now on the campus of Grace College, formerly the Reneker Museum of Winona History
WonderLab BloomingtonMonroeSouthernScienceTopics include nature
World of Motorcycles Museum Winamac StarkeNorthernTransportation website, part of Kersting's Cycle Center, over 100 motorcycles from around the world
Wylie House BloomingtonMonroeSouthernHistoric houseOperated by Indiana University, recreated as the Wylie home prior to 1860
Yellow Trail Museum Hope BartholomewSouthernLocal history website, period displays include soda fountain, grocery store, doctor's office, barber shop
Zaharakos ColumbusBartholomewSouthernCommodity website, mechanical music instrument and soda fountain museum

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