Indiana History Center may soon look like Epcot Center
The Indiana History Center's elegant brick building on the Downtown Canal is most often visited by dedicated researchers or well-dressed adults attending evening receptions.
Soon, it might begin to look a bit more like Disney's Epcot Center.
Major changes are in store for the center, which is adding four permanent attractions that will be known as "The Indiana Experience."
New exhibits include a re-created 1940s nightclub and three-dimensional displays from Indiana's past brought to life by re-enactors.
The $20 million additions are part of the Indiana Historical Society's efforts to attract more visitors to the History Center.
More than 130,000 people are expected to use the center's facilities this year, spokeswoman Jeanne Scheets said, but the majority come for unrelated events for which the 9-year-old building is rented out.
"We really want to tip the scales in favor of people who are coming for our programming," Scheets said.
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Soon, it might begin to look a bit more like Disney's Epcot Center.
Major changes are in store for the center, which is adding four permanent attractions that will be known as "The Indiana Experience."
New exhibits include a re-created 1940s nightclub and three-dimensional displays from Indiana's past brought to life by re-enactors.
The $20 million additions are part of the Indiana Historical Society's efforts to attract more visitors to the History Center.
More than 130,000 people are expected to use the center's facilities this year, spokeswoman Jeanne Scheets said, but the majority come for unrelated events for which the 9-year-old building is rented out.
"We really want to tip the scales in favor of people who are coming for our programming," Scheets said.