The city’s Department of Metropolitan Development and the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, which has owned the Drake since 2014, issued a request for information inviting proposals from groups with an interest in redeveloping the property at 3060 N. Meridian St.
The process will give developers an opportunity to introduce ways to preserve the 91-year-old building at 3060 N. Meridian St., which the museum had planned to demolish.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis CEO Jeffrey Patchen answers IBJ’s questions about the museum’s growth and what’s ahead.
The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission voted Wednesday night to put a historic designation on the eight-story apartment building owned by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis amid concerns the structure might be torn down in coming weeks.
The city’s historic preservation commission plans to move forward Wednesday with an effort that could curtail a plan by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis to demolish an aging eight-story apartment building it has owned since 2012.
Historic preservationists and midtown neighborhood leaders don’t want to lose the Drake apartment building that its owner, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, plans to raze.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’ new Sports Legends Experience is ready for action. Are you ready to play? Here are 10 things you should know:
Called the Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience, the 7.5-acre expansion boasts 12 outdoor and three indoor exhibits that include activities from a variety of sports, giving families more reason to visit during the warmer months.
Several famous basketball players, a pair of renowned golf course architects, a hockey superstar and the man regarded as the greatest race car driver of all time are among those selected to be honored in the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’ new $38.5 million sports exhibit.
Attorneys for the two neighboring property owners told a judge Monday that they’re drafting a final document to resolve a dispute over the museum’s $35 million outdoor expansion project.
While not overloading visitors with facts, figures and history, “Dance!” does a nice job of introducing styles from around the world.
More than 900 works—in storage since the organization vacated the former University Place Conference Center—to become part of sports-focused expansion.
“Circus … Starring YOU” offers a three-ring fantasy of circus life with just enough well-integrated physics lessons.
The museum has hired the same company that handles admission strategies for the Indianapolis Zoo. Under the new plan, announced Wednesday, tickets will cost less when they are purchased well in advance.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis experienced its second-highest yearly attendance mark in 2016 as membership rose to record levels, the museum announced Tuesday.
Highlights include “Fences” at the IRT and “Beyond Spaceship Earth” at the Children’s Museum.
Peter Sterling, who led the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis through a tremendous period of growth, died Wednesday in Waynesville, North Carolina.
“Beyond Spaceship Earth” features interactives as well as a unique way to showcase artifacts.
Mayors, their staffs and policy experts from across the country—about 1,200 conference attendees in all—will attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual summer gathering that runs Friday through Monday.
The Indianapolis institution is in the beginning stages of planning its Sports Legend Experience on 10 acres to the north of the museum. The attraction would include several sports-related activities.
