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Dinosaurs bursting out of Dinosphere at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
The Children’s Museum Extends Temporary Closure
Thursday, March 19, 2020

The temporary closure of The Children's Museum has been extended through April 10, 2020.

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis exterior
The Children’s Museum Announces Plans to Temporarily Close March 14 through March 28, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020

The Children’s Museum announces plans to close temporarily Saturday, March 14 through March 28, 2020

The Pigeon and Pals! A Mo Willems Art and Play Exhibit at The Children's Museum of Indianapois
The Pigeon and Pals! A Mo Willems Art and Play Exhibit Makes Debut at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Friday, February 7, 2020

The Pigeon and Pals! A Mo Willems Art and Play Exhibit makes its debut at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Partners with Levy to Create a Playful, Inspiring Family and Guest Experience
Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Children's museum announces it has selected Levy as official dining and hospitality partner.

USAToday/10Best has hand-selected The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to be the best children’s museum in the country but we need your help
Monday, January 20, 2020

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has been nominated for the 2020 USA Today/10Best Readers' Choice award for the Best Children's Museum category.

Announcing Malala at The Power of Children exhibit in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
“Books, Not Bullets,” Is Malala Yousafzai’s Message to World Leaders Discover More about Her Fearless Journey at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Wednesday, January 8, 2020

The story of Malala Yousafzai’s journey will soon be a permanent fixture in The Power of Children exhibit at the world’s largest children’s museum.

Popular Family Exhibits Contribute to Record-breaking Attendance at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Thursday, January 2, 2020

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis celebrates an all-time record for highest attendance. 1,318,915 visits were recorded in 2019 at the world’s largest children’s museum to set a new annual attendance record. That is the highest visitation since The Children’s Museum started tracking attendance. The previous record was set in 2009 with 1,310,576 million people visiting (due in part to the museum hosting a King Tut exhibit that year along with the opening of Take Me There:® Egypt). 

Five, four, three, two… NOON! Splash into a New Decade with a Family Party at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Thursday, December 26, 2019

Confetti will fly, and families will cheer— ring in the New Year with friends and family at North America’s largest Water Clock at the world’s largest children’s museum.

TIME for Kids’ Magazine Ranks The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis As One of The World’s 50 Coolest Places of 2019
Friday, December 6, 2019

Today, TIME For Kids (TFK) revealed the first-ever list of the World’s 50 Coolest Places of 2019, spotlighting a mix of educational, innovative, and fun destinations that are tailored to the interests of kids. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is one of them.

The 20th Annual Kid-Tested, Kid-Approved Event
The 20th Annual Kid-Tested, Kid-Approved Event Reveals Favorite Toys for this Holiday Season!
Monday, November 25, 2019

After much hard work and deliberation, child experts have done it again! Thanks to the 20th annual Kid-Tested, Kid-Approved voting event, struggling to find the perfect holiday gift is a thing of the past. Grown-ups will no longer have to spend hours scanning shelves and scrolling mindlessly online looking for the perfect gifts. Instead, the kid-experts cuddled, bounced and tinkered with thirty of this year’s greatest toys provided by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and did the hard work for shoppers! Now, the top ten results are in, and holiday shopping has never been so easy.

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