City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 4790 W. 16th St.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 4000 N. Michigan Rd.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 1204 N. Park Ave.
34. National Art Museum of Sport
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 274-3627
Address: 850 W. Michigan St.
Description: Housed in University Place on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), the National Art Museum of Sport (NAMOS) is the nation’s largest collection of sports art, with more than 1,000 paintings, prints, sculptures, and photographs of 44 sports, including ice yachting, auto racing, tennis, and archery. Among the artists represented in the collection are Winslow Homer, Fletcher Martin, George Bellows, and Alfred Boucher. Founded in 1959 by Connecticut artist-sportsman Germain G. Glidden, NAMOS moved to Indianapolis in 1990. The museum’s first home was Madison Square Garden in New York City. In 1979 it moved to the University of New Haven. Since being in Indianapolis, the collection has nearly tripled its size. Free admission.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 700 W. Washington St.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 401 E. Michigan St.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
38. Christ Church Cathedral
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 636-4577
Address: 125 Monument Circle
Description: Built in 1857 on Monument Circle, this Episcopalian house of worship is the oldest church building in Indianapolis. An excellent example of the English Gothic “country church” style of architecture, it has steep gables, tall windows with pointed arches, a spire, bell tower, and in the interior, wooden trusses and stained glass by Tiffany. Public tours are available, free of charge, on Saturday afternoons and Sundays following the last morning service.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 700 W. 38th St.
40. Hilbert Circle Theatre
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 231-6798
Address: 45 Monument Circle
Description: Built in 1916, the Hilbert Circle Theatre was known as the Midwest’s best performance house for traveling entertainers, silent movies, world premiere features, classical concerts, and talking motion pictures. After a restoration and preservation of the theater’s ornate Greco-Roman architecture in 1982, it became the home of the internationally acclaimed Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. The theater seats 1,786 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
41. Indiana Statehouse
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 233-5293
Description: Completed in 1888 and built of Indiana limestone, this Renaissance Revival–style structure has been the center of Indiana government for more than 100 years. Focal points are the stained-glass rotunda, Supreme Court, House and Senate chambers, and the governor’s office. The 9-acre Capitol complex is home to all three branches of government. The statehouse is bounded by West Washington Street, Capitol Avenue, Senate Avenue, and Ohio Street. Self-guided tour brochures are available at the information desk or tour office. Guided tours also are offered. Free.
42. Indiana State Library
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 232-3675
Address: 140 N. Senate Ave.
Description: Founded in 1825 and housed in an art deco building, the Indiana State Library has extensive research collections in genealogy and Indiana history, including the most complete collection of Indiana newspapers in the world. The library serves as a depository for state and federal documents and maintains several special programs, including the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library, the Indiana State Data Center, and the Indiana Center for the Book. Exhibits and public programs are presented regularly. Free.
43. Indiana Theater Building and Indiana Roof Ballroom
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 635-5277
Address: 140 W. Washington St.
Description: Built in 1927, this luxurious one-time movie palace features a terra-cotta auditorium and facade based on 17th-century Spanish architecture. The historic downtown gem was saved from the wrecking ball when the 3,000-seat theater was separated into three stages in 1984 to become the permanent home of the Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT), the state’s premier resident professional not-for-profit theater. Visitors can see the grand lobby, the main stage (where the IRT performs its season), the upper stage, and the Cabaret Theatre, displaying a collection of costumes and theater props. Housed in the same building, the Indiana Roof Ballroom is a beautifully restored ballroom designed to resemble the plaza of a Spanish village, featuring a 40-foot domed ceiling of stars and clouds.
44. Lockerbie Square
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (317) 638-9368
Description: Lockerbie Square, where the James Whitcomb Riley home is located, is a restored 19th-century downtown residential area. The oldest Indianapolis neighborhood to be included in the National Register of Historic Places, Lockerbie is characterized by old-fashioned streetlights, a cobblestone street, and many restored homes, condominiums, and apartment buildings. The neighborhood was described over a century ago by James Whitcomb Riley as being “nestled away from the noise of the city and heat of the day.” A free walking tour map can be downloaded from the Lockerbie Square Web site.
City: Indianapolis, IN
Category: Tours & Attractions