Indiana State Museum adjusts Monday operation

Indiana DNR Release:

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana State Museum will adjust its public operating schedule beginning Jan. 4 by closing its galleries and public spaces on most Mondays during 2010.

The exceptions are Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 18; NCAA Final Four men’s basketball championship game day, April 5; Labor Day, Sept. 6; and all Mondays from Thanksgiving through the end of the year, Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20 and 27.

“This will bring the Indiana State Museum into alignment with most other museums and cultural institutions that close on Mondays,” said Kathleen McLary, interim director of the museum. “It also will provide a more efficient time for specialized cleaning and gallery adjustments.”

Administrative staff will continue to work on Mondays, and the Museum’s guest services telephone reservation center will be operational.

Other Indianapolis venues closed on Mondays include the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and the NCAA Hall of Champions. Also, art museums at Indiana University and Notre Dame, and the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Fort Wayne museums of art are closed on Mondays.