Press Releases

Your last opportunity to stand face to face with authentic and rare Terra Cotta Warriors is just around the corner.

While Rudolph and his crew are training for the long flight around the world, Santa Claus is turning to one of the world’s fastest drivers to lead the way to the world’s largest children’s museum this holiday season.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up for the scream of your life at Creepy Carnival - The Children’s Museum Guild’s 51st Annual Haunted House!

If you’ve ever wondered what to get that special little girl or boy on your list and wished an expert could guide you – today is your lucky day!

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is proud to be working with Dr. Charlie Beeker (the museum’s Extraordinary Underwater Archaeologist-in-Residence and professor at Indiana University) to display brand new artifacts and help families understand why they are so valuable on Columbus Day 2014.

Imagine a whimsical mannequin with style and sass, a chair featuring a moon surrounded by astronauts, or a ukulele covered with musicians.

Calling all Indiana college students….are you looking for a relaxing study break? How about a unique place to visit for a date? And it is FREE!

The popularity of a sold-out “over 21” summer series of special evenings called Terra Cotta Warriors After Dark prompted The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to add a fourth “grown-ups only” evening.

We’ve always known it and now NUVO readers confirm for the fifth year in a row, (2010-2014) that the world’s biggest children’s museum is indeed beloved by our visitors! The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has been voted the best local museum in the NUVO 2014 Best of Indy Readers Choice Poll.

What boy or girl is not excited and inspired by the 2,000 year old Chinese legend of the brave and smart, young girl named Mulan? She disguised herself as a boy to join the army in a selfless act to spare her aging father from being forced to become a soldier again.