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Be the "I" in -NDY, and use the iconic Indy skylin Be the "I" in -NDY, and use the iconic Indy skyline as your background while stopping by the Indiana State Museum. 🌇 Don't forget to tag us in your 📸! 

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#DidYouKnow Indiana's most widely read female auth #DidYouKnow Indiana's most widely read female author, naturalist, photographer and entrepreneur was born #OnThisDay in 1863 in Lagro, Indiana? 🤔

Celebrate Gene Stratton-Porter's life, and explore her legacy by visiting her Indiana homes at Limberlost State Historic Site in Geneva and Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site in Rome City. 

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Experience the place where Indiana had its beginni Experience the place where Indiana had its beginnings during your adventure to Vincennes State Historic Sites. Discover Indiana’s oldest city, learn about the French influence on territorial Indiana, explore the original territorial capitol building – considered the oldest major government building in the Midwest – and more.

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Become an architect for the day as you build a sky Become an architect for the day as you build a skyscraper, house, restaurant or whatever else you can dream up in "Cardboard Engineering: Build a City" at the Indiana State Museum. 🌇 

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Explore the life and career of America's first Bla Explore the life and career of America's first Black sports superstar in "Major Taylor: Fastest Cyclist in the World" at the Indiana State Museum. 🚲 Discover Indianapolis native Marshall "Major" Taylor's accomplishments and successes through photographs and scrapbooks from the museum's collection, race against his world-record times while pedaling a stationary bike, get hands-on while tinkering with bikes and more. 

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Explore our unique collection of objects and artif Explore our unique collection of objects and artifacts in a whole new way during a visit to Gallery One at Indiana State Museum. 🤗 Interact with the objects, hear their powerful stories and find inspiration in unexpected spaces. Plus, play games, make music, dig deeper and put your thinking (and guessing) hat on to see if you can identify what some objects are!

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