3000 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN , 42606 Phone: 317-704-3404 Website The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is 472,900 square feet with five floors of exhibit halls. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items are divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection. Among the exhibits are a simulated Cretaceous dinosaur habitat, a carousel, and a steam locomotive. Because the museum's targeted audience is children, most exhibits are designed to be interactive allowing children to actively participate.
Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey with the help of Indianapolis civic leaders and organizations, it is the fourth oldest such institution in the world.
Admission is not required to get to machine 6.
Admission to the museum is required before you can get to machines 3 and 5.
There are three penny and 1 Token machines here.
Machines now cost a dollar per penny design and they provide the penny. Credit cards can be used if buying all 4 designs at a given machine.
Machine 3: (2015) located near the restrooms outside tockets sales/gift shope
1) Dinosphere Logo
2) T-Rex facing left
3) T-Rex skull
4) Man kneeling facing right
Machine 5: (2015) Located in the atrium near the restroom and water clock.
1) 'Anne Frank, the Power of Children'
2) 'Take Me there, China'
3) Indy 500 race car
4) Name over Atom, eye shield, Magnifying glass
Machine 6: (2016) Located on the 2nd level corner behind the water clock..
1) 'Dinosphere', 'Now You're in Their World' T-Rex ,
2) 'Lilly Theater', Happy Sad masks,
3) 'Treasures of the Earth', Three masted sailing ship,
4) 'Schaefer Planetarium and Space Object Theater', Space Shuttle (New)
Token Machine 1: (2018) all have the 'Sports Legions Experience' logo on the back. Located near the restrooms outside tockets sales/gift shop. Designs are:
1) Boy and Girl playing Basketball,
2) Boy Golfing,
3) Girl kicking a football,
4) Race car on a racetrack.
Retired designs:
Retired 1: 1) Polar Bear Martimus, 2) Sarcophagus Wenuhotep, 3) Steam engine Reuben Wills, 4) Museum logo
Retired 2: 1) Dinosphere logo with Ceratops Katie and T-Rex, 2) Running T-Rex, 3) Lilly Thearter comedy and tragedy masks, 4) Spacequest Planetarium's starry sky image)
Retired 4 (2015) 1) 'Dinosphere', 2) 'Lilly Theater', 3) 'Treasures of the Earth', 4) 'SpaceQuest Planetarium'
12/16: Machine 4 retired and replaced by Machine 6. GSY
5/18: Token Machine 1 added to the Gift Shop. GSY
3/18/23 Machines now cost a dollar. They provide the penny. Credit cards can be used if buying all 4 designs at a given machine. |
