Jun 17, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Multiple Locations
FREE DAY! Juneteenth
Visit and celebrate for free
All 12 locations are offering free admission in honor of Juneteenth. Celebrate with live performances and hands-on activities at the Indiana State Museum, enjoy a live jazz band at Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site, or take a tour through another historic site.
AT THE INDIANA STATE MUSEUM
Performances
Great Hall on level one
Rhythms of Freedom: Juneteenth Drum Circle Celebration, performances beginning every 30 minutes 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Epiphany Dance Collective, 3:30 p.m.
Chat with a curator
Influencing Lincoln exhibition on level three
Learn about Bethel AME, with Kisha Tandy, curator of social history, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Discuss the Emancipation Proclamation, with Susannah Koerber, chief curator and research officer, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Outdoors
Create a community chalk mural
Add your mark to a Juneteenth freedom poster
Jump around in the bounce house obstacle course
Try woodworking activities with Deeply Ingrained
Ride a bike with Nine13 Sports
Enjoy Garnacha Spot food truck and free treats courtesy of BRICS, Nicey Treat and CLIF bar
Indoors
Make an activist sticker
Get hands on with kinetic sand sensory play
Thanks to our partner
at the state historic sites
Take a tour at any of our other 11 locations for free! Find details about how to visit each site below.
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Angel Mounds
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
8215 Pollack Ave, Evansville, IN 47715
812.853.3956Immerse yourself in a 1,000-year-old Native American culture at this incredibly well-preserved, 600-acre site featuring earthen mounds built by a Mississippian society. Enjoy a free self-guided tour of this historic location and its hiking trails from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Corydon Capitol
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
202 E. Walnut St., Corydon, IN 47112
812.738.4890Explore Corydon’s colorful beginnings where Hoosier statesmen carefully built the foundations for the state we know today. Timed, indoor tours are available at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Call the site at 812.738.4890 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Culbertson Mansion
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
914 E. Main St., New Albany, IN 47150
812.944.9600William Culbertson’s mansion stands as an example of the tastes, ideals and lifestyles of the late 1800s. With its hand-painted ceilings, carved staircase, marble fireplaces and elaborate plasterwork, the Culbertson Mansion reflects the affluence of a man once considered to be the wealthiest in Indiana. Timed, indoor tours are available at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Call the site at 812.944.9600 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Gene Stratton-Porter
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
1205 Pleasant Point, Rome City, IN 46784
260.854.3790Gene Stratton-Porter’s Cabin at Wildflower Woods is nestled on the shores of Sylvan Lake amongst 148 acres of fields, woods and beautiful formal gardens. Stratton-Porter is Indiana’s most widely-read female author, as well as a gifted nature photographer and entrepreneur. Guided cabin tours are available at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Grounds tours are available at 12 p.m. Call the site at 260.854.3790 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Lanier Mansion
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
601 W. 1st St., Madison, IN 47250
812.265.3526Lanier Mansion is one of the best examples of Greek Revival architecture in the country and is considered to be the “Crown Jewel” of Madison’s Historic District. Here you’ll have the opportunity to encounter, explore and experience history as it was in the 1840s–when America was still young and the Ohio River was the gateway to the West. Timed, indoor tours are available at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Call the site at 812.265.3526 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Levi and Catharine Coffin
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
201 U.S. 27 North, Fountain City, IN 47341
765.847.1691Levi and Catharine Coffin’s eight-room home served as a safe haven for more than 1,000 freedom-seekers on their journey to Canada and eventually became known as “The Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad.” Timed, indoor tours are available at 10:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 and 4 p.m. Call the site at 765.847.1691 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Limberlost
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
200 6th St., Geneva, IN 46740
260.368.7428To famed Indiana author Gene Stratton-Porter, the Limberlost Swamp was the perfect playground, laboratory and inspiration for her acclaimed articles, fiction and photographs. Step inside the actual cabin where Gene lived — a 13-room Queen Anne rustic log cabin furnished in Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles. You can also tour her greenhouse. Timed, indoor tours are available at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 pm. Call the site at 260.368.7428 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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New Harmony
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
410 Main St. New Harmony, Indiana 47631
812.682.3702Tour the historic properties of two Utopian communities – the Harmonists and the Owenites – and discover the renaissance of science, spirituality, and the arts in this small Hoosier town. Timed tours available at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. CST. Call the site at 812.682.3702 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
Sixty-minute tours begin at Community House No. 2 (410 Main St.) and include stops at:
- Thrall’s Opera House, 612 Church St.
- Fauntleroy House, 411 West St.
- Harmonist Cemetery, behind 411 West St.
- Rapp-Owen Granary, 413 Granary St. Thanks to the Rapp Granary-Owen Foundation for adding this stop to the tour.
- Scholle House, 604 Tavern St. (during special exhibits)
The Harmonist Labyrinth (1239 Main St.) can be explored on your own.
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T.C. Steele
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
4220 T.C. Steele Rd., Nashville, IN 47448
812.988.2785Hoosier painter T.C. Steele and his wife Selma built their home in 1907 amongst rolling hills, scenic vistas and majestic trees in Brown County, Indiana. Tour the house and grounds that inspired the noted Indiana artist’s beautiful impressionist paintings. Timed, indoor tours are available at 10:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Call the site at 812.988.2785 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Vincennes
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
1 W. Harrison St., Vincennes, IN 47591
812.882.7422Walk through Indiana’s oldest city, where territory officials made decisions that changed the future of the entire Midwest. Tour different buildings including the original Territory Capitol building, which was built in 1805, the Jefferson Academy – the first school of higher learning in the state – the Elihu Stout Print Shop, Fort Knox II, the Old French House and more. Timed, indoor tours of the buildings are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Timed, outdoor tours of Fort Knox are available at 11:15 a.m. starting at the visitor center. Call the site at 812.882.7422 to reserve your free tour. Walk-ups are subject to availability.
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Whitewater Canal
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
19073 Main Street, Metamora, IN 47030
765.647.6512Discover the mill’s history and see for yourself how the mill grinds corn into flour, meal and grits – just as it has since the 1800s! Mill demonstrations take place at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Step outside to explore the hiking trails and see the nation’s only wooden aqueduct!
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Coming up at the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
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Dec 27, 2024 9:00 am - 10:00 amIndiana State Museum
Magical Mornings
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Dec 29, 2024 10:00 am - 4:00 pmIndiana State Museum
Kwanzaa Community Festival
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Dec 31, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmIndiana State Museum
Family New Year’s Eve
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Jan 3, 2025 9:00 am - 10:00 amIndiana State Museum
Magical Mornings
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Jan 3, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmLevi & Catharine Coffin
Candlelight Tours (ages 8+)
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Jan 4, 2025 11:15 am - 12:00 pmT.C. Steele
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14)