Autumn | Conner Prairie

Drop Spindles are a portable way of spinning roving wool into yarn. Join us in constructing a simple drop spindle. Afterwards, you will learn to use it to spin thread, then take it home a practice.

Are you hungry? Come out to Conner Prairie for a breakfast cooked over the open fire.

Help us make a fall feast using natural materials, fall spices and lots of imagination! Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

Help us make a fall feast using natural materials, fall spices and lots of imagination! Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

Join Conner Prairie’s agriculture staff to learn about the history, selection, training, and care of these magnificent draft animals.

Help us make a fall feast using natural materials, fall spices and lots of imagination! Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

Help us make a fall feast using natural materials, fall spices and lots of imagination! Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

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Join us for a Memory Café – a welcoming, safe, space for individuals with Alzheimer’s or any type of Dementia, and their caregivers. Memory Café themes center around music from days past, taking a short walk to one of our historic buildings to do some 19th century hearth cooking, visiting our many farm animals, or dipping beeswax candles.

Let’s explore pumpkins and learn about the pumpkin life cycle. Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

Let’s explore pumpkins and learn about the pumpkin life cycle. Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

Let’s explore pumpkins and learn about the pumpkin life cycle. Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests. Each session is designed to bring Conner Prairie to life in a developmentally appropriate way for children ages 0-5. Attendees will have the opportunity to play, explore, inquire, and learn throughout…

Let’s explore pumpkins and learn about the pumpkin life cycle. Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests. Each session is designed to bring Conner Prairie to life in a developmentally appropriate way for children ages 0-5. Attendees will have the opportunity to play, explore, inquire, and learn throughout…

Indiana’s largest and longest-running film festival will celebrate its 29th anniversary with a drive-in screening at Conner Prairie. Watch the year’s most talked about independent films from the safety and comfort of your automobile, with audio broadcast through your radio. There’ll be two screenings each night, 7:15 pm – 8:45 pm and 9:15 pm –…

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How many legs does a spider have? Learn about spiders and why they are important to our ecosystem. Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

How many legs does a spider have? Learn about spiders and why they are important to our ecosystem. Playtime on the Prairie is an early childhood experience tailored for our youngest guests.

Join new and old friends at our Wednesday evening cookout for good food and great conversations. This is also a chance to be able to purchase items made by Conner Prairie’s crafters and workshop instructors. All proceeds go to support Conner Prairie’s educational mission.

Traditional Arts & Arms Workshops: Basic Hornwork

Master Hornsmith Art DeCamp will show you the tricks to design, layout and execute beautiful scrimshaw work.

Traditional Arts & Arms Making Workshops: Leatherworking

Take your pouch making to the next level as Ken Scott teaches you advanced techniques in making hunting bags and pouches.

Traditional Arts & Arms Workshops: Folding Knife

Bladesmith Brian Barker teaches how to create a historically appropriate knife.

Traditional Arts & Arms Making Workshops: Basic Blacksmithing

Join Nathan Allen as you learn the basics of blacksmithing including drawing, punching, hardening, tempering steel and forge welding.

Under the guidance of Dwight Gallian, you’ll learn about the history and creation of a traditional hand-forged knife.

Join Ken Scott as he teaches you his unique style of making hunting bags and pouches.

Traditional Arts & Arms Workshops: Axe Forging

Explore traditional forging techniques with blacksmith Nathan Allen.

Traditional Arts & Arms Making Workshops: Leather Accouterments

Learn a variety of basic leather-working skills with noted leather-worker Ken Scott.

Let us show you how to bind a notebook using a Coptic style. By the end of the class you will have a notebook to write all your spooky October stories.