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LOCAL

Levi Coffin House - "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad.  The History Channel calls the Levi Coffin House one of the top 25 historic sites in the nation!

Gaar Mansion - Tour a Victorian mansion with much of the original furnishings still intact.

Gennett and the Starr Piano Company - learn why Richmond, Indiana is referred to as "the cradle of recorded jazz"!

Hayes Arboretum - a "living history" museum. Nature center, hiking, gift shop

Huddleston Farmhouse Inn Museum 

Indiana Football Hall of Fame 

Leeds Gallery - art at Earlham College

Madonna of the Trail

"Millionaires Row" - East Main Street/Glen Miller Park Historic District

Joseph Moore Museum - Earlham College - natural history museum, dinosaur and ancient mammal fossils, Egyptian mummy

Model T Ford Museum - celebrate 100 years of the Ford Model T in Richmond, Indiana during July 2008! 
The museum is located just south of the Interstate 70/Centerville Road interchange, next to the Warm Glow Candle Outlet.

Museum of Overbeck Art Pottery

Nettle Creek Museum

Old Richmond Historic District

Railroad Depot Historic District

Richmond Art Museum - the only public art museum in the U.S. to be housed in an operating high school.

Salisbury Courthouse - the original log courthouse for Wayne County has been moved to Centerville and restored.  Tours by appointment only, (765) 855-5515.

Scott House

Starr Historic District

Wayne County Courthouse

Wayne County Historical Museum - Pioneer history, locally manufactured cars, Egyptian mummy.  Cruise-in the 3rd Sunday of each summer month.

Wilbur Wright's Birthplace - in nearby Millville, IN

Whitewater Gorge Park

STATE

Auburn Cord Duesenburg Museum - Auburn, Indiana 

Ball State University Museum of Art - Muncie, Indiana 

Barker Mansion - Michigan City, Indiana

C.A.N.D.L.E.S. - Holocaust museum in Terre Haute, Indiana

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis - Indianapolis, Indiana

Connor Prairie - Fishers, just north of Indianapolis, Indiana

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art - in White River Park in Indianapolis

Fort Wayne Museum of Art - Fort Wayne, Indiana 

The President Benjamin Harrison's Home - Indianapolis, Indiana

Henry County Historical Society Museum - New Castle, Indiana, offering info on Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets, Genealogy library, and coverlet collection, and other artifacts.

Heston Steam Museum - rural LaPorte County, Indiana

Historical Marker Searchable Database

Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame - New Castle, Indiana

Indiana Historical Museums List

Indiana Historical Society

Indiana Medical History Museum - 3045 West Vermont Street in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana National Road Association

Indiana State Historic Sites

Indiana State Museum - Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana State Police Historical Center - Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis Museum of Art - Indianapolis, Indiana

Indiana Railway Museum - French Lick, Indiana 

Indiana Transportation Museum - Noblesville, Indiana

Indiana University Art Museum - Bloomington, Indiana

Kokomo Automotive Heritage Museum - Kokomo, Indiana

Official Limberlost Historic SiteLimberlost - home of Gene Stratton Porter

The Lincoln Museum - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Muncie Children's Museum - Muncie, Indiana 

National Model Aviation Museum - Muncie, Indiana 

Studebaker National Museum - South Bend, Indiana 

Whitewater Canal - just south of Wayne County, in Metamora.  Includes a working grist mill, a 14 mile section of restored canal and the unique Duck Creek Aqueduct, a covered bridge that carries the canal 16 feet over Duck Creek.

William Hammond Mathers Museum - a museum of world cultures. Bloomington, Indiana, 

 

MIDWEST

The Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois

The Bicycle Museum of America - New Bremen, Ohio

Cincinnati Museum Center - Cincinnati, Ohio

Clifton Mill - one of the largest water powered grist mills still in existence, Clifton, Ohio.

COSI - Center of Science and Industry - Columbus, Ohio - a children's hands-on museum

Dayton Art Institute - Dayton, Ohio

Dayton Aviation Heritage Historic Park - Dayton, Ohio

The Field Museum of Natural History - Chicago, Illinois

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village - Dearborn, MI

Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, Illinois

Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum - Wapakoneta, Ohio 

Ohio Historical Society - Columbus, Ohio

Pro Football Hall of Fame - Canton, Ohio

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Cleveland, Ohio

Daniel Gebhart Tavern Museum - an 1811 Restored Log Tavern in Miamisburg, Ohio

Toledo Museum of Art - Toledo, Ohio

U.S. Air Force Museum - Dayton, Ohio - Excellent museum on the history of flight, FREE admission.

NATIONAL

Smithsonian Institution

ArtCylopedia - a search engine for fine art.

Museum.com - a global museum project, information directly from the museums. 

Museums in the USA - Alphabetical listing

Museum Links by State

Museum Spot - info on museums around the world

Museum Stuff - locate museums of all types and in all locations.

Search for a Museum - Links and a search engine for museums all over the world, a part of the Oxford University Computing Laboratory.

 


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