Eiteljorg Museum of American Art in Indianapolis, IN
Eiteljorg Museum of American Art in Indianapolis, IN is a great museum for anyone interested in learning more about the Native American people and their traditions in the world of living art. Located on Washington Street, the Eiteljorg Museum is a beautiful building that is very educational and instrumental in showing that not only is the Native Americans still very much alive but also is also still making wonderful art creations. Some of the creations are symbolic of what they did years ago and others are their version of artwork for today. If you are interested in learning about the Native people as well as their work, you will love what you find in the Eiteljorg Museum of American Art in Indianapolis, Indiana.
For your dining pleasure, you'll have everything you want at the Eiteljorg Museum's Sky city Café, which is the perfect place for a great lunch. The café is large enough to comfortably seat 90 people. You can dine inside the café or you can eat outside on the terrace and enjoy the view of the Indianapolis Central Canal. The café also provides catering service to guests. Some of their more popular collections are the American Western Gallery, the Gund collection, Native American Collection and the Contemporary Collection. They also have the Nina Mason Pulliam Education Center, which can teach you first hand all about the Native American and all their arts and crafting talents such as silversmithing, basketry to name just a few. They provide dvds, lectures and literature for anyone interested. The Eiteljorg museum of American Art has student groups as well as adult groups and special rates for groups. They will also provide tours to anyone interested. Just call them and make your reservations.
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art is located among the beautiful expanse of the White River State Park in Indianapolis, Indiana.
