Conner Prairie Founded in 1964, Conner Prairie’s mission was to study and interpret the world of the early 19th-century settler in the Old Northwest by focusing on the Indiana experience. The mission… Read More »Conner Prairie
Contemporary Club of Indianapolis Organized at the home of Theodore and May Wright Sewall on June 27, 1890, the Contemporary Club’s objective was to cultivate sociability and intellectual activity among a membership open to… Read More »Contemporary Club of Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks Museum The Crispus Attucks Museum opened at Crispus Attucks Middle School in 1998. The founding curator, Gilbert Taylor, spent eight years developing it. Attucks, which opened in 1927, was historically significant… Read More »Crispus Attucks Museum
Crown Hill Cemetery Crown Hill Cemetery was officially incorporated as a nonprofit, nondenominational cemetery on September 25, 1863. Prior to Crown Hill, Greenlawn Cemetery on the southside of Indianapolis was the principal burial… Read More »Crown Hill Cemetery
Cyclorama Located on the northside of Market Street just west of Illinois Street, the Cyclorama building exhibited life-size Civil War murals and served as a menagerie during its 15-year existence. The… Read More »Cyclorama
Jacob Piatt Dunn Jr. (Apr. 12, 1855-June 6, 1924). Born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Dunn came with his parents to Indianapolis in 1861 and attended the city’s public schools. A precocious student, he graduated from… Read More »Jacob Piatt Dunn Jr.
Pete Dye (Dec. 29, 1925-Jan. 9, 2020). Pete Dye is recognized as one of the most influential golf course designers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Referred to as the… Read More »Pete Dye
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Showcasing Native American art from across North America and Western American art, the Eiteljorg is the only museum of its kind in the Midwest. Its mission is to inspire an… Read More »Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art
Harrison Eiteljorg (Oct. 1, 1903 – Apr. 29, 1997). Harrison Eiteljorg was born in Indianapolis to Albert J. and Estella Hower Eiteljorg. The Eiteljorgs descended from German immigrants and chose Indianapolis for… Read More »Harrison Eiteljorg
Charles Evans (Nov. 13, 1850-Feb. 8, 1935). Born in Boston, Massachusetts, and educated in the public schools, Charles Evans was assistant at the Boston Athenaeum Library from 1866 until his appointment in… Read More »Charles Evans
