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  • 2024-09-20
  • 2024-10-20
Event Date Times
Good Night Forest Play Group (ages 6 and younger)2024/09/20 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Specialty Tour: Servants at the Lanier Home (ages 12+) 2024/09/20 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scout Gathering at Vincennes State Historic Sites (ages 5-11) 2024/09/21 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Girl Scout Gathering at Vincennes State Historic Sites (ages 5-11)2024/09/21 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Tinkerfest2024/09/21 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Field Day at the Mounds2024/09/21 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
What Did Emancipation Do? (ages 8+)2024/09/21 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Guided Interpretive Nature Hike2024/09/21 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
LEVI COFFIN DAYS TOURS2024/09/21 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
What Did Emancipation Do? (ages 8+)2024/09/21 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
LEVI COFFIN DAYS TOURS2024/09/22 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Toddler Time: Forest Animals2024/09/25 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Curious Kids: Music to our Ears!2024/09/26 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Forest Animals2024/09/26 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Who Was George Tompkins? Exploring the Politics and Personhood of a Lynching Victim.2024/09/26 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/09/27 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Toddler Time: Forest Animals2024/09/28 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stay and Play2024/09/28 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Special Tour: 1920s Tech 2024/09/28 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/09/28 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Specialty Tour: Servants at the Lanier Home (ages 12+) 2024/09/29 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Urban Sketching Workshop (ages 10+)2024/09/29 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Small Wonders: Harvest Time2024/10/01 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Small Wonders: Harvest Time2024/10/02 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool Thursdays: Slippery Slime2024/10/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Haunts and Happenings Tour2024/10/03 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/04 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Haunted Histories (ages 12+)2024/10/04 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Space Science Explorer (Daisy K-1) 2024/10/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mechanical Engineering (Brownie 2-3) 2024/10/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Autumn Loblolly Wildflower Safari2024/10/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Small Wonders: Harvest Time2024/10/05 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2024/10/05 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Young Explorers: Pumpkin Patch Explorers2024/10/05 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/05 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Children's Tours of Historic Buildings (ages 4-14) 2024/10/06 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Good Night Forest Animals2024/10/07 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Good Night Forest Animals2024/10/07 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Good Night Forest Animals2024/10/08 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Good Night Forest Animals2024/10/08 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool Wednesday: Music2024/10/09 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool Wednesday: Music2024/10/09 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom: The Spiritual Roots of the American Civil Rights Movement2024/10/10 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Night at the Boo Bash2024/10/11 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/11 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Haunted Histories (ages 12+)2024/10/11 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Life in an Early Indiana Home Children's Tour2024/10/12 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Special Tour: James Whitcomb Riley2024/10/12 11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Whitewater Guided Canal Tour2024/10/12 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Owl-o-ween2024/10/12 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/12 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Messy Mondays2024/10/14 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool Adventure: All About Pumpkins STEM Day (ages 6-11) 2024/10/16 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Strange Encounters (ages 6+)2024/10/16 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Beyond the Grave 18+2024/10/16 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quirky Queries: 50 Years Back (ages 21+) 2024/10/17 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Haunts and Happenings Tour2024/10/17 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Good Night Forest Play Group (ages 6 and younger)2024/10/18 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Ghost Stories Under the October Sky (ages 8+) 2024/10/18 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Downtown Ghost Story Walk 2024/10/18 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Strange Encounters (ages 6+)2024/10/18 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/18 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Haunted Histories (ages 12+)2024/10/18 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Downtown Ghost Story Walk 2024/10/18 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Beyond the Grave 18+2024/10/18 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Halloween Hullabaloo (ages 14 and younger)2024/10/19 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/19 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Sensory Friendly Afternoon2024/10/20 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Messy Mondays2024/10/21 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Up, Up, and Away2024/10/21 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool Adventure: All About Pumpkins STEM Day (ages 6-11)2024/10/23 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Strange Encounters (ages 6+)2024/10/23 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Beyond the Grave 18+2024/10/23 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Haunts and Happenings Tour2024/10/24 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Curious Kids: Ready for Fall!2024/10/25 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Wine’d Down (ages 21+) 2024/10/25 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Downtown Ghost Story Walk 2024/10/25 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Twilight Tales: Strange Encounters (ages 6+)2024/10/25 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/25 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Haunted Histories (ages 12+)2024/10/25 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Downtown Ghost Story Walk 2024/10/25 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Real Haunted Happenings: Dark Corners of Corydon (ages 14+) 2024/10/25 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Twilight Tales: Beyond the Grave 18+2024/10/25 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Real Haunted Happenings: Dark Corners of Corydon (ages 14+) 2024/10/25 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Toddler Time: A (Not So) Spooky Halloween2024/10/26 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stay and Play2024/10/26 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
One State/One Story: All That She Carried2024/10/26 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Halloween Hullabaloo (ages 14 and younger)2024/10/26 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Spirited History of Halloween2024/10/26 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Literally, a Haunted House2024/10/26 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Real Haunted Happenings: Dark Corners of Corydon (ages 14+) 2024/10/26 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Real Haunted Happenings: Dark Corners of Corydon (ages 14+) 2024/10/26 9:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Seeds of Freedom: The Spiritual Roots of the American Civil Rights Movement2024/10/27 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Homeschool: Game, Strategy, Play2024/10/28 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Toddler Time: A (Not So) Spooky Halloween2024/10/30 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: A (Not So) Spooky Halloween2024/10/31 10:00 am - 11:00 am
TAY/gate2024/11/01 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Haunted Histories (ages 12+)2024/11/01 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
One State/One Story: Preserving Family History Workshop2024/11/02 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Homeschool: Candy Chemistry2024/11/04 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Candy Chemistry2024/11/04 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Candy Chemistry2024/11/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Candy Chemistry2024/11/05 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Abstract Art2024/11/06 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Small Wonders: Abstract Art2024/11/12 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Small Wonders: Abstract Art2024/11/16 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Young Explorers: Happy to Be Me!2024/11/16 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
One State/One Story: William Bush's Journey to Freedom2024/11/16 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Homeschool: Native American Archeology2024/11/18 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Toddler Time: Our Neighborhood2024/11/20 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Our Neighborhood2024/11/21 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Our Neighborhood2024/11/23 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Stay and Play2024/11/23 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/11/30 8:00 am - 8:45 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/11/30 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/11/30 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/11/30 9:30 am - 10:15 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the Great Hall2024/12/01 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Homeschool: Stealth Science2024/12/02 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Stealth Science2024/12/02 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Stealth Science2024/12/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Small Wonders: Science of Wintry Weather2024/12/03 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Stealth Science2024/12/03 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Small Wonders: Science of Wintry Weather2024/12/04 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Supper with Santa and Friends2024/12/05 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the Great Hall2024/12/07 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Small Wonders: Science of Wintry Weather2024/12/07 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Young Explorers: Frozen Science2024/12/07 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Sippin with Santa2024/12/07 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the Great Hall2024/12/08 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Homeschool: Special Effects2024/12/09 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Snowflake Pajama Party2024/12/10 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the Great Hall2024/12/15 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Homeschool: Cookies & Cocoa2024/12/16 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Toddler Time: Snow Cool2024/12/18 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Toddler Time: Snow Cool2024/12/19 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the Great Hall2024/12/21 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Toddler Time: Snow Cool2024/12/21 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/12/22 8:00 am - 8:45 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/12/22 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/12/22 9:00 am - 9:45 am
Santa's Holiday Breakfast in the L.S. Ayres Tea Room2024/12/22 9:30 am - 10:15 am
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/06 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/06 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/07 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Art Abroad2025/01/07 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Fire & Ice2025/01/13 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/03 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/04 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Time Traveler2025/02/04 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Seeds of Freedom: The Spiritual Roots of the American Civil Rights Movement2025/02/09 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Homeschool: Textile Artist2025/02/10 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool: Artistic Design2025/02/24 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/03 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/03 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/04 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Energy Engineers2025/03/04 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Getting Around Town2025/03/17 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Curious Kids: Wild About Wildflowers2025/03/27 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/07 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/07 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/08 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Earth Science2025/04/08 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Science of Sports2025/04/21 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Curious Kids: Sounds of Spring2025/04/24 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Homeschool: Superhero Science2025/04/28 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/05 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/05 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/06 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Homeschool: Sci-fi2025/05/06 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Homeschool: Medieval Science2025/05/19 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Curious Kids: Paint Like T.C.2025/05/22 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Event Date Times