We probably all know about it, either from visits with family or with school or Scout groups. It is a living-history museum where every day is an adventure and visitors can step back in time and immerse themselves in the lifestyle of 1836. It is Conner Prairie, a large farm in Fishers that re-creates life in 1836. There are three re-creations: Prairietown Village, the William Conner Estate and the

How would you like to experiment with a giant interactive sculpture five stories high? Where would you find such a thing if it existed? Why, at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, of course! While most teens would be intrigued by such a structure, they might not be as intrigued with a visit to a "children's" museum. Since they do not view themselves as children, many figure The Children's Museu

The Indiana State Museum's "Lord of the Rings" exhibit closed last Tuesday. During its three-month stay, more than 250,000 visitors learned about the behind-the-scenes of filmmaking through numerous interactive activities. These included a face-scanning machine that visually transformed a human face to stone, opportunities to have a photo taken with the backdrop of a scene where Frodo joins Gandal

A typical job description for a teenager usually does not include handling chain mail, sharing workspace with orcs and interacting with a quarter of a million people over a three-month span. However, such tasks were all in a day's work for youth volunteers at the "Lord of the Rings" exhibit at the Indiana State Museum. Y-Press recently spoke with ISM volunteer Ben Gurin, 15, about his behind-the-s