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500 Festival
The city celebrates the Indy 500 throughout May with the 500 Festival. Events include a parade comprised of racecar drivers and a community shindig at the racetrack.
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Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum
At Monument Circle, the city centre is marked by the jaw-dropping 284ft (86m) Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Beneath is the Civil War Museum which neatly outlines the conflict and Indiana's abolition position.
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Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art
The adobe Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art features Native American basketry, pots and masks, as well as a fabulous realistic/romantic Western painting collection with works by Frederic Remington and Georgia O'Keeffe. It's located in the sprawling White River State Park, at the edge of downtown.
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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 (around US$3 extra). OK, so you're on a bus for the latter and not even beginning to burn rubber at 37mph; it's still fun to pretend.
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Indiana Medical History Museum
At the Indiana Medical History Museum a guide leads visitors through century-old pathology labs. The highlight, especially for zombies, is the roomful of brains in jars. There's also a healing herb garden to walk through.
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Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame Museum
The Hall of Fame Museum has, among other things, 75 sleek racing cars (including former Indy winners) and a 226kg (500lb) Tiffany trophy. You can also take a tour of the race track. OK, so it's on a bus and, at 60 kph (37 mph), you're not even beginning to burn rubber, but it's still fun to pretend as you slowly pass by the grandstand.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500 motor race, is Indy's supersight. Tickets (www.imstix.com; around US$20 -140) are hard to come by for the big event, held on Memorial Day weekend and attended by 450,000 crazed fans. Tickets for pre-race trials and practices are more likely (and cheaper). Other races at the Speedway are the MotoGP World Championship in September and NASCAR Brickyard 400 in late July.
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Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has a terrific collection of European art (especially Turner and some Post-Impressionists), African tribal art, South Pacific art and Chinese works. The museum is linked to Oldfields - Lilly House & Gardens (same as museum), the 26-acre estate of the Lilly pharmaceutical family, and Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which will feature sculptures and audio installations amid 100 acres of woodlands when it opens in 2009.
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NCAA Hall of Champions
The NCAA Hall of Champions reveals the country's fascination with college sports. You'll probably find most Hoosiers hovering around the basketball exhibits, as locals are renowned hoop-ball fanatics.
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