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A field trip to Angel Mounds provides students with a chance to interact with one of Indiana’s once powerful, ancient cities. Immerse your class in the recreations of palisade walls and tour an interpretive center to engage with the stories of the past told by the living descendants of this Mississippian society. Our field trips are designed to blend history and nature, and are aligned with Indiana Academic Standards.
Call 812.853.3956 to schedule your field trip to Angel Mounds State Historic Site.
Free Admission
Free for preregistered, accredited schools of 10+ K-12 students, teachers, bus drivers, and one additional adult per five students. Additional chaperones pay the group admission rate.
Free Admission
Free for preregistered groups of 10+ students, including one free adult per five students. Additional adults pay the group rate.
Pre-Registration
All field trips must be booked at least two weeks in advance. This ensures a personalized, engaging experience for your students.
Group Size
A minimum of 10 students is required for field trips.
Lunch
Picnic areas are available, and there are nearby restaurants for students and chaperones.
Accessibility
The site is fully accessible, including the studio, home and garden areas.
Contact
Call 812.853.3956 or email [email protected] to schedule your field trip to T.C. Steele.
Take your students’ learning experience to the next level with hands-on, interactive educational programs designed to complement classroom lessons. All programs fulfill select Indiana Academic Standards.
Customize Your Visit
Educators may request a specialty program or activity for an additional fee. Programs include art, history, nature, science, engineering and multidisciplinary learning.
Bring the Experience to Your Location – Outreach Program
Can’t come to us? We’ll come to you with a variety of activities from one of our programs below.
Program Length
45-60 minutes
Maximum Group Size
20 students
Cost
$4/student
Program Length
45-60 minutes
Maximum Group Size
25 students
Cost
$4/student
Program Length
45-60 minutes
Cost
First session: $100
Additional sessions: $75
Travel Fees
30-60 miles: $20
60-90 miles: $40
90+ miles: $60
Take a look at our collected educator resources from across the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites.
Our programs are designed to engage students with art, history, and nature in an integrated way. We focus on core educational themes that meet Indiana Academic Standards for multiple grade levels, including:
Pre-Columbian Native American history (Mississippian ca. 1100-1450 A.D.)
Put yourself in the shoes of a Mississippian as you learn about their daily life through artifacts discovered by historians and archaeologists. Find out how we know so much about a culture that has no written language.
Available: On-site and Outreach
Indiana Academic Standards: Social Studies: K.H.1, K.H.3, K.G.5, 1.H.1, 1.H.6, 2.H.1, 2.H.2, 3.H.1, 3.H.2, 3.H.4, 3.H.6, 4.H.1, 4.H.2, 5.H.1, 5.H.3; Ethnic Studies: ES.1.1, ES.1.2, ES.1.3, ES. 3.1
Make a functional tool to take home using the prehistoric skill of flint knapping in this experimental archaeology activity.
Available: On-site and Outreach
Indiana Academic Standards: Social Studies: 3.H.4, 3.G.7, 3.E.2, 4.H.2,4.G.8,4.G.9, 5.G.7, 8.H.1, 8.G.3; Language Arts: 3.RC.6, ; Science: 3-5-ETS1-1, 4-PS3-3, 4-ESS1-1 , 5-PS1-2
Step inside our newly transformed interpretive center to hear modern perspectives of Angel Mounds and the significance it still holds today directly from the descendants of this Mississippian community. Discover beautiful artworks created by the indigenous artists of today alongside the artifacts that inspired them.
This transformation was completed in collaboration with artists and historians who are living descendants in today’s federally recognized tribal nations including Delaware, Miami, Osage, Quapaw and Shawnee nations, among many others, and the IU Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (IUMAA). The project was made possible by $4 million in funding from the state of Indiana and a $2.5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Walk outside and take in the expansive view before you head out to explore the natural beauty of the Angel Mounds loop trail. Stop at the interest points dotted along the roughly 1.4-mile trail for a unique perspective of how the mounds were constructed and what they looked like to the people who lived here long ago.
We look forward to welcoming your students to the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, where art, nature, and history come alive. Call us at 812.853.3956 to book your trip or send us an email at the link below.
