# Martin Luther King Jr. Day Free Admission at the Indiana State Museum > Event for families in the Indianapolis–Carmel–Greenwood area (IN). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Mon, Jan 18 · 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM - Where: Indiana State Museum, 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204 - Ages: All Ages - Price: Free; pre-registration not required - Organizer: Indiana State Museum - Official page: https://www.indianamuseum.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/indianapolis/activities/martin-luther-king-jr-day-free-admission-at-the-indiana-state-museum--listing-5518a3552177eecbc03ecb09 ## About The Indiana State Museum opens free to everyone on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor Dr. King's legacy. The day features multicultural performances, a community mural visitors help create, video highlights of King's best-known speeches and hands-on collaborative activities built around service and community. Visitors can see original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment signed by Abraham Lincoln, and the curator of social history is on hand to talk and show objects from the collection; the galleries, including the Nikon Small World photomicrography exhibit, are open as usual. No pre-registration is needed. 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