Museum sights in Indiana
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Indiana Medical History Museum
A guide leads you through century-old pathology labs. The highlight, especially for zombies, is the room full of brains in jars. There's also a healing herb garden to walk through. It's a few miles west of White River park.
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Indianapolis Museum of Art
The museum has a terrific collection of European art (especially Turner and some post-Impressionists), African tribal art, South Pacific art and Chinese works. The venue is linked to Oldfields – Lilly House & Gardens, the 26-acre estate of the Lilly pharmaceutical family, and Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which features sculptures and audio installations amid 100 acres of woodlands.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 motor race, is Indy's supersight. The Hall of Fame Museum features 75 racing cars (including former winners), a 500lb Tiffany trophy and a track tour ($5 extra). OK, so you're on a bus for the latter and not even beginning to burn rubber at 37mph, but it's still fun to pretend.
The big race itself is held on Memorial Day weekend (last weekend of May) and attended by 450,000 crazed fans. Tickets can be hard to come by. Try the prerace trials and practices for easier access and cheaper prices.
Other races at the Speedway are the NASCAR Brickyard 400 in late July and the Motorcycle Grand Prix in late August. The track is about 6…
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Hall of Fame Museum
The Hall of Fame Museum features 75 racing cars (including former winners), a 500lb Tiffany trophy and a track tour ($3 extra).
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Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Author Kurt Vonnegut was born and raised in Indy, and this humble museum pays homage with displays including his typewriter, Pall Mall cigarettes and Purple Heart medal from WWII. Don't miss the painting of the Tralfamadorians (from Slaughterhouse-Five) and his raft of rejection letters from publishers. Vonnegut's children donated most of the artifacts.
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