Come Early, Stay Late, See Indy

You can’t see and do it all at the NCTM 2011 Annual Meeting.  With a gazillion presentations, hands-on workshops, exhibitors, exhibitor workshops, and the New Teacher and Learn↔Reflect Strands, you have to pick and choose. 

We recommend spending a little quality time with the Online Planner. Planning now will help you take advantage of the opportunities most important to you.

If you can manage to arrive early or stay on a day or two after the meeting, you’ll find a similar abundance of interesting things to do in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Museum of Art – FREE Admission

• One of the 10 largest general art museums in the U.S. -- more than 50,000 works
• Includes gardens designed by the Olmstead Brothers and a  contemporary sculpture park. (Both should be spectacular in mid-April.)

Children’s Museum – Largest children’s museum in the world

• Planetarium, Theater, Carousel, hands-on play areas for 5 and under
• The only Barbie™ museum exhibit in the U.S.
• Dinosphere — one of the largest displays of real juvenile and family dinosaur fossils
• Fireworks of Glass — 43-foot tall permanent sculpture of blown glass by Dale Chihuly.

Indianapolis Zoo – Over 350 animal species on nearly 70 acres.

• “Touch a shark” tank
• The world’s only underwater dolphin viewing dome
• See animals in natural habitats in the Forests, Deserts, and (African) Plains Biomes 

Other attractions to consider:

• NCAA Hall of Champions
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum
• Traderspoint Creamery
• Carter Toy Museum
• Crown Hill National Cemetery

Go ahead, have a little fun. How could you help it?