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Ready to race? 🏁 Join us at the Indiana State

Ready to race? 🏁

Join us at the Indiana State Museum to race your masterpieces in the #PinewoodDerby! 🏎️

Learn more and plan your visit at our link in bio! 📲

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Ready... Set... GO! 🏁 Get those checkered fla

Ready... Set... GO! 🏁

Get those checkered flags out because today is the first day of the Pinewood Derby! 🏎️

Launch your car from the second-story start line and experience the thrill of the Derby.

Alumni derby racers can brush the dust off their own pinewood cars while new racers can fine-tune their car creations or borrow one from the museum’s line-up. Racing is open to the public, and there’ll be a Best in Show competition on the last day (April 8) with adult and youth divisions.

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In preparation for the Pinewood Derby, our team he

In preparation for the Pinewood Derby, our team here at the Indiana State Museum is testing out the track today… and we got a sneak peek! 🏁🏎️

Be sure to join us for Indiana’s second greatest spectacle in racing this week and next week! Learn more at our link in bio 📲

#IndianaStateMuseum #ISMHS #IndianaExplored #PinewoodDerby #Indianapolis #Indy #VisitIndy

President Lincoln’s presidency had many influenc

President Lincoln’s presidency had many influences, one of which was the 19th-century Black community. They helped shift President Lincoln’s attitudes (and actions) regarding freedom.

Visit the "Influencing Lincoln" exhibit at the Indiana State Museum to experience another side of the story of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. It's open now and included with purchase of admission.

#InfluencingLincoln #IndianaExplored #IndianaStateMuseum #ISMHS #LoveIndy #PresidentLincolnHistory #PresidentLincoln

We’ve got three floors to explore and experience

We’ve got three floors to explore and experience here at the Indiana State Museum!

Share with us your favorite memory at the museum in the comments! 🏖️🚘🦬

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Today in honor of #WomensHIstoryMonth, we're celeb

Today in honor of #WomensHIstoryMonth, we're celebrating Catharine Coffin, of the Levi and Catharine Coffin House State Historic Site!

Levi and Catharine’s house was known as the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad. From 1826-1847, the Coffins fed and clothed more than 2,000 freedom-seekers escaping slavery.

Catharine led sewing circles with other women in town to make clothes for the freedom-seekers. To them, she was known as “Aunt Katy,” a term of endearment. To do what Catharine Coffin did took skill, determination and fearlessness. As Levi Coffin said of Catharine: “It was never too cold or stormy, or the hour of night too late, for my wife to rise from sleep, and provide food and comfortable lodging for the fugitives. Her sympathy for those in distress never tired, and her efforts in their behalf never abated."

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