page_title: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
section_title: Exhibits
hierarchical_section_title: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis / Exhibits
caption_attribution_description: Jimmy Wales and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis CTO David Donaldson observe the ceiling portion (or underneath) of the Dale Chihuly sculpture Fireworks of Glass.
context_page_description: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is located at 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, in the United Northwest Area neighborhood of the city. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is 472,900 square feet with five floors of exhibit halls and receives more than one million visitors annually. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items is 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, a steam locomotive, and the glass sculpture Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling. The museum's focus is family learning; most exhibits are designed to be interactive, allowing children and families 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. The current site became home for the museum in 1946; the current building was constructed in 1976 and has had four major expansions since then.
context_section_description: The main stairwell of the museum is a giant spiral ramp that allows visitors to access all five levels of the museum by strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers. In 2006, glass artist Dale Chihuly installed a four-story glass sculpture inside the central atrium of the giant spiral ramp. The sculpture is called Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling and is accompanied by an exhibit of Chihuly's glass blowing methods.
caption: Jimmy Wales and The Children's Museum of Indianapolis CTO David Donaldson observe the ceiling portion (or underneath) of the Dale Chihuly sculpture Fireworks of Glass Tower and Ceiling.
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