Children's Museum
Children's Museum selects developer for Winona site
May 23, 2012
Local affordable housing developer The Whitsett Group has been chosen to redevelop the site on North Meridian Street. Its
other major development is a $22 million project set for the former Keystone Towers site.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: This spud's for you
February 4, 2012
Lou HarryThe guy with the detachable eyes and a rear end built for storage is the subject of an interactive exhibition at The Children’s Museum
Children's Museum attendance hits another record
January 3, 2012
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis set an attendance record in 2011 with 1.27 million visitors, topping the high mark it
set the previous year by 9.4 percent.
MoreHousing will be initial focus of redevelopment at Winona site
October 10, 2011
Scott OlsonThe city, along with the nearby Children's Museum of Indianapolis, is spearheading redevelopment of the abandoned property
where demolition began Monday. Bids to build mixed-income housing will be sought in the coming months.
MoreIndianapolis outpaces Atlanta pound-for-pound on tourism
July 23, 2011
IBJ StaffWith 1.8 million people, the Indianapolis area is only one-third the size of Atlanta, yet the area holds its own in conventions
and tourism. Indianapolis, for example, has about half the convention space of Atlanta.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Exploring museum's new discovery channels
June 18, 2011
Lou HarryIt’s impossible for those of us who have raised kids with the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to imagine what
it’s like to enter it, as a child, for the first time.
MoreMuseums prepare to open permanent exhibits
May 25, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinConner Prairie and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis each plan to open new permanent exhibits in June at a combined
cost of $8.5 million.
MoreChildren's Museum holds key to Winona redevelopment
May 24, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is playing the role of lead developer for the abandoned Winona Hospital site.
MoreCaptain Kidd's cannon to land at Children's Museum
April 2, 2011
IBJ StaffThe Children’s Museum of Indianapolis received a $1 million grant from the Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation to support expeditions by an Indiana University team to Captain Kidd’s ship in the Dominican Republic.
Palladium draws staff from Indy arts organizations, venues
November 27, 2010
IBJ StaffIndianapolis Symphony, Clowes Hall are among those that have experienced defections.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Old favorites still satisfy
October 30, 2010
Lou HarryThis week, some top picks from Indianapolis museums' and attractions' permanent collections
MoreChildren's Museum to revamp area for preschoolers
September 30, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis has received a three-year, $700,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to renovate its
early childhood exhibit, Playscape. It is the first major gift the foundation has made in Indianapolis.
MoreChildren's Museum plans neighborhoods' revitalization
July 17, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis is about to expand its role in urban redevelopment. It has already invested more than
$1 million in the half-dozen blocks around its campus on North Meridian Street, and now plans to help create a comprehensive
plan for an area that encompasses six nearby neighborhoods.
MoreChildren's Museum, Eiteljorg refresh images
June 26, 2010
IBJ StaffThe Children’s Museum of Indianapolis launched a new logo and rebranding initiative this summer. And the Eiteljorg Museum
of American Indians and Western Art wants to polish its image.
MoreCity visitors group launches $1.3M ad campaign
May 12, 2010
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association is spending $1.3 million to promote the city to eight Midwestern markets,
in
hopes of attracting more travelers.
MoreChildren's Museum planning $4.2 million exhibit
March 9, 2010
Chris O'MalleyThe Children's Museum of Indianapolis is teaming with National Geographic on a permanent exhibit, "National Geographic
Treasures of the Earth," intended to provide immersive learning in archeological excavation.
MoreKing Tut boosts attendance at Children's Museum
January 8, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe museum counted 1.3 million visits last year, an increase of 270,000, or 26 percent,
over 2008.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Merits of Barbie exhibit debatable
December 19, 2009
Lou HarryIBJ Style columnist Gabrielle Poshadlo joins in to discuss the latest Children's Museum show.
MoreICVA: Ad campaign helps draw more visitors to region
November 12, 2009
Scott OlsonA summer advertising campaign launched by the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association helped produce more visitors
and dollars for central Indiana, even though the organization spent less this year marketing the region.
MorePlans emerge for Winona Hospital redevelopment
August 3, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Children’s Museum of Indianapolis wants the city to tear down the old Winona Memorial Hospital so it can build a
community park and outdoor learning center. A private firm that specializes in environmentally
impaired properties wants to turn the building into senior apartments.
MoreKATTERJOHN: Tut-tut, looks like parochialism
July 6, 2009
Chris KatterjohnWhen prominent Egyptologist Zahi Hawass shared stories at a recent event about his personal meeting with President Obama,
my pride was momentarily dashed by the behavior of the people sitting at the next table.
When Hawass noted how impressed he was with our new president, these people became incredulous. They started snickering like
schoolchildren.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Breaking with the past at Tut show
July 6, 2009
Lou HarryI entered "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs" (at the Children's Museum of
Indianapolis through Oct. 25) with a limited knowledge of Egyptian history—and by limited, I mean
loose threads picked up from a handful of Mummy movies, the Bible, and a few too many productions of "Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
MoreKing Tut crowds not necessarily bonanza for Children's Museum
June 29, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe gilded exhibit, a happy byproduct of the museum's close relationship with an Egyptian institution, is more of a gift than
a major moneymaker.
MoreLOU'S VIEWS: Block party at the Children's Museum
March 30, 2009
Lou HarryAt the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, I spent quality time at "Lego Castle Adventure," which features impressively
massive Lego sculptures, a dress-up area, some instructional sessions on castle construction and lots of tables and lego pieces
for building.
MoreKresge Foundation grants $1.5M to Children's Museum
March 2, 2009
A $1.5 million Kresge Foundation grant will help The Children's Museum of Indianapolis close in on its $74 million fund-raising
goal.
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graham. they are even better w/ roasted marshmallows and melted chocolate
Apparently ticket sales are slow too...mas emails have been sent by the speedway in a last ditch attempt to get place fans to come.
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Doc, a few important errors in your statements:
(1) The developer is spending the CITY'S money (the city is paying for the cost of the garage), so the city can damn well insist on a quality design.
(2) The LAW requires the proposed building to comply with design standards, and insisting that people follow the law is not giving anyone the "run-around."
(3) A two-week delay to make some minimal aesthetic improvements is hardly a great imposition being imposed on the developer.
(4) If the developer would rather build a crappy building elsewhere with their own money, then they are welcome to pick up and do so.
(4) Indianapolis is a major city, not some podunk town that needs to spread its legs for any developer that throws the place a sideways glance. Indianapolis should insist on the best, not settle for junk. Accepting anything is not going to make Indianapolis grow any faster (not sure where you got that silly notion from), nor is Indianapolis a slow-growth city compared to similarly sized city's in the Midwest.
Alone. Or with cheese.