The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Interactive children's museum in Indianapolis, United States.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis occupies a 472,900-square-foot building at 3000 North Meridian Street, with five floors of exhibit halls. Its glass curtain wall is topped by a wavy green roof edge, and a giant brown long-necked dinosaur sculpture rises at the left corner, its head reaching the roof. Inside, the Sunburst Atrium has a wide staircase with purple treads and yellow railings, three stacked balcony levels on purple, orange and blue columns, and a blue steel roof truss with skylights.
Mary Stewart Carey founded the institution in 1925 after visiting the Brooklyn Children's Museum and becoming inspired. The initial collection was housed in a carriage house and grew over the decades into a large educational complex.
The museum name reflects its mission to share knowledge through play and exploration. Families often spend several hours here, moving between hands-on areas that range from natural science to recreated historical settings.
Visitors can buy admission tickets in advance through the official website and use public transport to reach the facility. An on-site food court offers meals, allowing families to stay for the full day.
The Dinosphere exhibit displays actual dinosaur fossils, and the facility partners with paleontological research teams. Visitors can watch scientists working on specimens and examining new discoveries.
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