Calendar of Events
Today's Hours
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
VISIT HOURS AND
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Accessibility
Admission Details
The outdoor experience areas, Discovery Station and indoor experience areas are open.
Admission Prices
$15 adults, $14 seniors 65+, $10 youth 2-12, free for members & youth under 2.
Group admission: (15 guests or more): $11 adults, $7 youth (2-12)
Balloon Voyage tickets: $15 ($12 members)
Park Happenings
ALL
DAILY HAPPENINGS
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
 
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Afternoon Social
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 3:30 p.m.
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Afternoon Social
3:30 p.m.
Join the Campbell family at their home in Prairietown for a fun-filled community gathering. Play games and polish your 19th-century etiquette. There will be piano music and singing too!
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Animal Encounters
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Animal Encounters
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Cafe on the Common
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Cafe on the Common
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Candle Dipping ($5)
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 3 p.m.
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Candle Dipping ($5)
3 p.m.
$5/candle
Create your own candle from beeswax and tallow, then take your creation home and turn out the lights to see how pioneers work by the glow of the candle.
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Conner Prairie Store
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
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Conner Prairie Store
Stop by the store to check out our unique variety of artist-made items, gourmet treats and distinctive gifts. Inspire your children to take history home with them with prairie kids' costumes and pioneer games and toys, or show your Hoosier pride with our Indiana-themed items.
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Craft Corner
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Craft Corner
Practice craft activities that are part of Indiana’s history. Each week the craft changes, so you can try a new craft every time you visit.
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Create.Connect
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Create.Connect
Get hands-on and tinker with science. Find out the answers to the 'whys' of wind power, electricity and energy.
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Discovery Station
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Discovery Station
Kids' imaginations run wild in this indoor play and learning area built just for them! Pull carrots in the garden, milk a pretend cow, operate a store, be a train conductor and play dress up. Discovery Station is designed to meet the educational, social and developmental needs of young children. From cognitive, motor and social skills to imaginative play and problem-solving, it touches on all of the crucial childhood learning areas.
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Frontier Tales
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 11:30
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Frontier Tales
11:30 am
Circle round to listen to Lenape legends passed down from generation to generation. Come back later and hear your favorite pioneer stories, like Daniel Boone. The stories will captivate and entertain folks of all ages.
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Make a Basket ($5)
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 2 p.m.
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Make a Basket ($5)
2 p.m.
Try your hand at making your very own basket. Work alongside one of our weavers to learn how. $5
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River Crossing Play Area
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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River Crossing Play Area
Part of the 1863 Civil War Journey built just for kids! Float boats down a water table, cool off with water cannons, and climb aboard the Alice Dean Steamboat. Inside, play with trains, explore Fort River Crossing and play Civil War dress-up. Please note: The water play area is open May 27-Sept. 2.
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Tomahawk Throw
Date: 5/24/2013
Time: 4 p.m.
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Tomahawk Throw
Try to win the tomahawk throw!
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* Kid Friendly - Great for kids 6 and younger