The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Take a break this fall and visit the world's largest children's museum for indoor and outdoor fun for everyone! Practice your skills and drills or try your hand at one of 12 different outdoor sports. Race an Indycar, challenge your family at the shot-clock hoop, and putt a hole-in-one!
Indoors, imagine yourself as a pilot, a fearless surfer, or a robotics engineer in Barbie™: You Can Be Anything™ The Experience or, map out lightning strikes and fly through the eye of a hurricane in Wild Weather. In Dinosphere, come face-to-face with full-size dinosaur skeletons, plus enjoy a variety of live performances daily. Discover why USA Today and Trip Advisor have consistently ranked the Children's Museum one of the best places for family fun and learning!
Visit Tips and COVID-19 Safety Measures
Reservations and masks are required for those ages, 2 and up. When planning your visit to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, please remember that we have limited daily ticket reservations to less than 25% of maximum building capacity to allow for social distancing for you and your family throughout the museum. We have made many exhibit changes to help keep you safe. Click here for tips to help you plan your Children's Museum visit.
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The Indianapolis Zoo
Wild adventures await your flock all year long! Located downtown in beautiful White River State Park, the Indianapolis Zoo offers daily opportunities for visitors to connect with incredible animals and plants.Immerse yourself in 64 acres of animal exhibits plus 3 acres of gardens, and you can see it all for just one price! Stand just inches away from some of the planet's most awe-inspiring species — elephants from Africa's savannahs, walrus from the Pacific Northwest, orangutans from Indonesia's tropical forests, snakes from the arid Southwest, tigers from northern Russia and many more.
Plus, enjoy even more personal interactions like touching sharks, feeding flamingos and giraffes, and racing cheetahs. Or plan ahead to reserve your Dolphin In-Water Adventure — the only experience of its kind in the Midwest.
See why more than one million people come to the Zoo each year to connect with the wild world right in the heart of downtown Indianapolis!
Participating Hotels - Package Rates From $199*
West
Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Airport
2501 South High School Road
Indianapolis, IN 46241
(317) 244-6861
Family Fun Package Includes:
- Accommodations for one night
- Two adult and two children's tickets to The Children's Museum and The Indianapolis Zoo
- From $209 plus tax, based on two adults and two children
North
Homewood Suites Indianapolis - Keystone Crossing
2501 East 86th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46249
(317) 253-1919
Family Fun Package Includes:
- Suite accommodations for one night
- Two adult and two children's tickets to The Children's Museum and The Indianapolis Zoo
- Complimentary breakfast
- From $199 plus tax, based on two adults and two children
Downtown
Crowne Plaza Indianapolis Downtown Union Station
123 West Louisiana Street
Indianapolis, IN 462225
(317) 631-2221
Family Fun Package Includes:
- Accommodations for one night
- Two adult and two children's tickets to The Children's Museum and The Indianapolis Zoo
- From $249 plus tax, based on two adults and two children