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  • 2024-12-27
  • 2025-01-26
Event Date Times
Magical Mornings2024/12/27 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Kwanzaa Community Festival 2024/12/29 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Family New Year’s Eve2024/12/31 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Magical Mornings2025/01/03 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Candlelight Tours (ages 8+) 2025/01/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Mechanical Engineering (Daisy K-1) 2025/01/04 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/01/04 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Mechanical Engineering (Juniors 4-5) 2025/01/04 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/01/05 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/06 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/06 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Inspired by Nature2025/01/07 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/07 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/07 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Inspired by Nature2025/01/08 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Life in an Early Indiana Home Children's Tour2025/01/08 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Candlelight Tours (ages 8+) 2025/01/10 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Small Wonders: Inspired by Nature2025/01/11 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Young Explorers: Chemistry of Slime2025/01/11 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Homeschool: Fire & Ice2025/01/13 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool Adventures: All About Pottery (ages 8-13)2025/01/15 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Writing of the Past: Calligraphy (ages 10+) 2025/01/18 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Sensory Friendly Afternoon2025/01/19 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
FREE DAY: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day2025/01/20 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom - Performance for Schools2025/01/24 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Dream Tomorrow Today Member Preview2025/01/24 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
African American History in Southern Indiana 2025/01/24 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Toddler Time: Let's Go2025/01/25 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stay and Play2025/01/25 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Special Tour: 1920s Tech 2025/01/25 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Victorian Letter Writing (ages 12+) 2025/01/25 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Special Tour: Staff Favorites in the Steele Library 2025/01/26 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Toddler Time: Let's Go2025/01/29 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Let's Go2025/01/30 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Guided Interpretive Nature Hike2025/02/01 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/02/01 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/02/02 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/03 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Minerals Rock2025/02/04 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/04 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/04 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Winter Homeschool Day (ages 5-12)2025/02/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Small Wonders: Minerals Rock2025/02/05 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Learn to be a Naturalist Homeschool Program: Winter Sowing (ages 7-13)2025/02/05 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Small Wonders: Minerals Rock2025/02/08 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Webelos Earth Rocks Adventure2025/02/08 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Young Explorers: Geology2025/02/08 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Wolf: Digging in the Past2025/02/08 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
True Crime on the Ohio River (ages 14+)2025/02/08 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Special Tour: Judging a Book by Its Cover—Fancy Bindings in the Steele Library (ages 16+)2025/02/09 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom - Public Performance2025/02/09 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Homeschool: Textile Artist2025/02/10 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool Adventures: Native American Jewelry (ages 6-10)2025/02/12 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom - Performance for Schools2025/02/14 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Lover’s Quarrels in Corydon (ages 16+)2025/02/14 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Bushcraft Survival Skills2025/02/15 12:00 am - 2:30 pm
Toddler Time: My Emotions2025/02/15 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stay and Play2025/02/15 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Special Tour: IU Arts and the Steele Connection (ages 16+)2025/02/15 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Broom Making Workshop (ages 13+)2025/02/15 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sensory Friendly Afternoon2025/02/16 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
FREE DAY! Presidents’ Day2025/02/17 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Presidents' Day with Abe Lincoln2025/02/17 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Messy Mondays2025/02/17 10:00 am - 11:00 am
President’s Puppet Show (ages 4-7)2025/02/18 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Homeschool Heritage Skills: Butter Making (ages 7-13)2025/02/19 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
GeoFest2025/02/21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
GeoFest2025/02/22 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Princess Academy Session (ages 4-9)2025/02/22 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
GeoFest2025/02/23 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Homeschool: Artistic Design2025/02/24 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Toddler Time: My Emotions2025/02/26 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: My Emotions2025/02/27 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Seeds of Freedom - Performance for Schools2025/02/28 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Standing up Against Slavery: The Story of Polly Strong2025/02/28 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Family Literacy Day2025/03/01 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Home Scientist (Brownies 2-3) 2025/03/01 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/03/01 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Digital Game Design (Cadette 6-8)2025/03/01 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Special Tour: Selma’s Textile Collection 2025/03/02 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/03 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Becoming Paleontologists2025/03/04 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/04 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/04 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Becoming Paleontologists2025/03/05 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Learn to be a Naturalist Homeschool Program: Weather (ages 7-13)2025/03/05 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Homeschool Thursday: Women in the Arts (ages 6-13)2025/03/06 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool Thursdays: Women in the Arts2025/03/06 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hoosiers Reading Frederick Douglass2025/03/06 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom - Performance for Schools2025/03/07 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Indiana 4-H STEM Showcase with Invention Convention State Competition and Robotics Competition 2025/03/08 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Birdwatching Hike2025/03/08 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
International Women’s Day Special Tour (ages 14+) 2025/03/08 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Small Wonders: Becoming Paleontologists2025/03/08 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Young Explorers: Storytelling2025/03/08 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Special Tour: IU Arts and the Steele Connection (ages 16+)2025/03/09 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool Day (ages 10-16)2025/03/11 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Remarkable Women Tour (ages 10+)2025/03/12 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool Adventures: Ice Age (ages 5-10)2025/03/12 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Springtime Scavenger Hunt (ages 10+)2025/03/14 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Inkle Loom Weaving Workshop (ages 13+)2025/03/15 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Sensory Friendly Afternoon2025/03/16 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Homeschool: Getting Around Town2025/03/17 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool Heritage Skills: Possibles Bag (ages 7-13)2025/03/19 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Women and the Underground Railroad (ages 9+)2025/03/19 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Family Discovery Day: Agriculture2025/03/22 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Astronomy at the Mounds2025/03/22 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Stories and Stars: An Astronomical Evening (ages 5+)2025/03/22 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Messy Mondays2025/03/24 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Field Day at the Mounds (grades 1-6)2025/03/25 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Pinewood Derby®2025/03/26 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Toddler Time: Bugs, Butterflies and Insects2025/03/26 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Pinewood Derby®2025/03/27 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Curious Kids: Wild About Wildflowers2025/03/27 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Bugs, Butterflies and Insects2025/03/27 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Pinewood Derby®2025/03/28 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Toddler Time: Bugs, Butterflies and Insects2025/03/29 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Pinewood Derby®2025/03/29 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Stay and Play2025/03/29 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Pinewood Derby®2025/03/30 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Pinewood Derby®2025/03/31 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Messy Mondays2025/03/31 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Pinewood Derby®2025/04/01 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Small Wonders: Simple Machines2025/04/01 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Pinewood Derby®2025/04/02 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Small Wonders: Simple Machines2025/04/02 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool Wednesday: Quill and Ink (ages 9-12) 2025/04/02 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Learn to be a Naturalist Homeschool Program: Wildflowers2025/04/02 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Pinewood Derby®2025/04/03 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Homeschool Thursday: You’re the Archaeologist (ages 6-13)2025/04/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool Thursdays: You're the Archaeologist2025/04/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Pinewood Derby®2025/04/04 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Pinewood Derby®: Best in Show Contest2025/04/05 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Small Wonders: Simple Machines2025/04/05 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Tiger, Wolf, Bear, Race Time2025/04/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/04/05 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Wild Whitewater: Canal Nature Walk2025/04/05 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Young Explorers: Crash, Bang, Boom Experiments in Motion2025/04/05 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Webelos & Arrow of Light: Race Time2025/04/05 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Pinewood Derby®2025/04/06 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2025/04/06 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/07 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/07 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/08 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/08 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Winter Homeschool Day (ages 5-12)2025/04/09 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool Day: Journey to Indiana2025/04/09 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom - Performance for Schools2025/04/11 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Guided Wildflower Walk2025/04/12 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
Eggstravaganza (ages 3-12)2025/04/12 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Historic Vincennes Walking Tour2025/04/12 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Homeschool Adventures: Spring is in the Air (ages 6-12)2025/04/16 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Homeschool Heritage Skills: Weaving (ages 7-13)2025/04/16 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Butler Community Arts School Concert2025/04/19 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Guided Wildflower Walk2025/04/19 10:00 am - 11:30 pm
Book Binding Workshop (ages 16+)2025/04/19 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Creatures of the Night2025/04/19 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Homeschool: Science of Sports2025/04/21 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Toddler Time: Mother Earth2025/04/23 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Vincennes Homeschool Day 2 (ages 6-12)2025/04/24 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Curious Kids: Sounds of Spring2025/04/24 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Mother Earth2025/04/24 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Curious Kids: Sounds of Spring (ages 3-5)2025/04/24 10:00 am - 11:00 am
40th annual Wildflower Foray2025/04/25 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
40th annual Wildflower Foray2025/04/26 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Toddler Time: Mother Earth2025/04/26 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Jr. Archeologist Day (ages 14 and younger)2025/04/26 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wildflower Walk2025/04/26 10:30 am - 11:15 am
Stay and Play2025/04/26 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Arts of the Earth Day & Teddy Bears’ Picnic (Part of Wildflower Foray Weekend)2025/04/26 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Historic Dance Workshop (ages 12+)2025/04/26 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Follow the North Star (ages 8-12)2025/04/26 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
40th annual Wildflower Foray2025/04/27 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sensory Friendly Afternoon2025/04/27 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Homeschool: Superhero Science2025/04/28 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool Thursdays: Architecture Around the World2025/05/01 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom - Performance for Schools2025/05/02 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/05 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Transportation Exploration2025/05/06 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/06 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/06 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Transportation Exploration2025/05/07 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Small Wonders: Transportation Exploration2025/05/10 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Art & Design (Daisy K-1 & Brownie 2-3)2025/05/10 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Young Explorers: Blooming Buds2025/05/10 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Art & Design (Junior 4-5)2025/05/10 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Homeschool: Medieval Science2025/05/19 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Curious Kids: Paint Like T.C.2025/05/22 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Life Under the Sea2025/05/28 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Life Under the Sea2025/05/29 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Life Under the Sea2025/05/31 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stay and Play2025/05/31 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Event Date Times