Children’s Museum Expands With National Geographic

One of the truly positive features of Indianapolis is the award winning and nationally acclaimed The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. News was announced recently that a new partnership with National Geographic will bring a new, permanent exhibit to The Children’s Museum that will help children live and explore archaeology at a new level.

The exhibit “will transport families to world-renowned archeological excavation sites filled with amazing treasures for a hands-on adventure,” Jeffrey Patchen, president and CEO of the museum, said in a prepared statement. The exhibit is intended to give visitors a taste of discovering, investigating and interpreting an archeological site.

I’ve been to The Children’s Museum a number of times in my life as a child and now as a dad taking my own children to enjoy the museum. Every time I’ve been there I’ve learned something new and my kids have had a great time learning as well.

Source: Children’s Museum planning $4.2 million exhibit | Indianapolis Business Journal

Great Indianapolis Photos on flickr

Isn’t that a great photo? I love photography with unique perspectives or viewpoints that make you see things in a completely different way than you normally would otherwise.

Are you looking for some great photos of Indianapolis? Are you a photographer and would like to share your photos of Indianapolis with others?

There’s an I Choose Indy flickr group where you can both find and share great photos of Indianapolis with others. There’s even a great city street map with locations highlighted where photos exist.

A quick scan of the group gives you photos of the Indy skyline, local professional sports,  and many other great photos of local events and attractions.

Spirit & Place Festival

Have you heard of the Spirit & Place Festival? I haven’t until recently, but it really sounds like an interesting event and there are loads of different things going on that you can participate in around the city.

Spirit & Place is a national model for engaging arts, humanities, and religion in collaborative action to promote civic engagement, respect for diversity, thoughtful reflection, public imagination, and enduring change in the communities where we live. It honors the places we call home and uses the traditions and creative capacities of individuals and organizations to help all citizens develop richer lives in community with each other.

Our mission is to serve as a catalyst for civic engagement and enduring change through creative collaborations among the arts, humanities, and religion.

See if any of these spark a bit of interest or curiosity for you, Imagining Creation, Bountiful Bowls, IMAGINE-nation, Re-used threads, Exploring Imagination, Imagine there’s no heaven, Sexuality & Imagination.

If by chance none of those really spoke to you, you can check-out a complete list of events on the Spirit & Place website.