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Fall has arrived and so has the huge choice of fun family activities to enjoy for every age group. Perhaps you want to enjoy a concert with some of Indy's youngest and brightest voices or spark your curiosity. All across the Access Pass Program network, there is something for lots of interests. Get ready for fall break and enroll for the program.
Go to our website to see if you’re eligible and sign up today!
Tinkerfest
Indiana State Museum
Sept. 21, 2024
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Join Indiana State Museum for their annual Tinkerfest: a daylong celebration of curiosity and creativity for families and children! Explore 25+ hands-on, interactive activity stations, across the museum and outdoors, hosted by the maker community designed to engage and inspire Indiana’s builders, coders, artists, designers, makers and tinkerers of all ages.
Tiny houses
Museum of Miniature Houses
For scale-model and fine art in miniature enthusiasts, the Museum of Miniature Houses and Other Collections Inc. provides a wonderful space to admire and get creative. The Museum has hosted more than 106,000 visitors since its opening in 1993, who come from all over the United States and an average of a dozen foreign countries each year. The museum’s collection contains thousands of miniatures including room boxes, miniature houses, and exquisite individual items. Also included are collections that may be tiny or full size, which rotate throughout the year.
Witch Way Road Trip
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Oct. 10–31, 2024
Pack your bags and get ready to head out on a Witch Way Road Trip—a cross-country journey along Route 60. But with so many bumps in the road, will you make it to your final destination, Boneyard Beach?
Toll fee: Access Pass tickets for Hays & Sons Friendly Hours and AAA Frightening Hours are $5 per person.
The Children's Museum Guild's 60th Annual Haunted House is the museum's largest fundraiser of the year. All proceeds support The Museum Fund, enabling The Children's Museum of Indianapolis to ignite joy, wonder, and curiosity by creating powerful learning experiences for children and adults.
Lights. Camera. Song.
Indianapolis Children’s Choir
Sept. 28, 2024
7 p.m.
$2 tickets for Access Pass holders. Discounted tickets can be purchased in advance at the ICC Office (9111 Allisonville Road) or at the door on the day of the performance.
Emerging from the silent film era comes a fresh, new take on the cinematic experience, complete with synchronized music and sound! Let the voices of the youth of Indianapolis set the scene as we travel back in time to experience some of the songs featured in classics from the big and silver screens. From the Golden Age of cinema, to the 1950’s when households began to have their own TV screens, music has played a huge part in America’s love of movies and television shows. Enjoy songs from favorites like The Wizard of Oz, Disney classics, and much more in this exciting concert that celebrates the progress of sound. This marvelous event will be taking place at STAR Bank Performing Arts Center.
Celebrate and reflect
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Fort Wayne Museum of Art is thrilled to announce the unveiling of the Amber & Waterford Crystal Chandelier by Dale Chihuly, internationally renowned glass artist. The piece is illuminated, permanently installed and available for viewing at the museum. This is the second chandelier installed in the Museum by the famous artist Dale Chihuly who has had immeasurable impact on the Studio Glass and Fine Art worlds. Chihuly is recognized for his ambitious architectural installations around the world in historic cities, public museums and gardens. He is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by elevating the medium of glass from craft to fine art and has trained a multitude of artists in the Fort Wayne Museum of Art’s collection of glass sculpture.
