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Outside View of the Indiana Historical Society Building

Plan your visit

Tuesday through Saturday10 a.m. - 5 p.m

Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202

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Indiana Experience Admission $15 Adults$14 Seniors (60 and over)$5 Youth (ages 5 through 17)$2 Access Pass HoldersFree Children under 5Free IHS MembersFree Educators and Military Holiday, Festival of Trees Pricing will Vary.

Our (FREE) parking lot is located on New York Street a ½ block east of West Street. Free parking with admission.

Shopping and dining

Basile History Market

Stardust Terrace Café

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Chuck Taylor All Star

Eva Kor from Auschwitz to Indiana

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Happy Movember!

November 5, 2018

In honor of this month, here is a selection of some of Indiana history’s most spectacular mustaches. Enjoy!

Portrait of Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside.

G.P. Putnam, publisher. Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside, c. 1865. Collection P 0455

Hickox. Benne Watkins, 1883. Collection M 0237.

E.M. White. George Cole, c. 1870s. Collection M 0237.

Unknown photographer. George P. Stewart, not dated. Collection P 0303.

William Forsyth in doorway with paintbrush and palette.

Unknown photographer. William Forsyth, c. 1930.

Unknown photographer. Dr. Harvey Middleton, c. 1930.

Roscoe Turner walking down steps from airplane.

Larry Foster. Colonel Roscoe Turner, 1941. Collection P 0569.

Kate Scott works in Reference Services, answering your questions about everything in Indiana history from Civil War uniforms to tenderloins the size of your head.

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