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Newfields

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About

Newfields is a 152-acre art-and-nature campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, about three miles north of downtown, centered on the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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What's on here

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Until 28 Feb 2027 Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Until 28 Feb 2027

Why go

  • Robert Indiana’s original 12-foot LOVE sculpture stands in the Pulliam Family Great Hall.
  • Rembrandt’s 1629 Self-portrait and three portraits of saints by El Greco are in the Clowes Pavilion.
  • Funky Bones comprises 20 bone-shaped fiberglass benches and appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, both the novel and film.
  • Lilly House’s 22-room mansion is arranged to reflect the Lilly family’s life in the 1930s.
  • The Lilly Allée stretches 775 feet between 58 red oaks to a pool and fountain.

Opening hours

Today10:00 – 17:00Show all
MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 17:00
Thursday10:00 – 20:00
Friday10:00 – 20:00
Saturday10:00 – 20:00
Sunday10:00 – 17:00

Don't miss

  • Five BrushstrokesRoy Lichtenstein’s Five Brushstrokes occupies the outdoor site where LOVE once stood.Sutphin Mall and Fountain
  • Spanish frescoA fresco from around 1125 depicts Christ entering Jerusalem.European collection
  • Asian art collectionChinese ceramics and scroll paintings, alongside Japanese woodcuts, sculpture, lacquerware and ceramics.Asian collection

Know before you go

  • Opening hours: Monday–Wednesday and Sunday, 10:00–17:00; Thursday–Saturday, 10:00–20:00.

What's inside

  • The Indianapolis Museum of Art building contains the campus’s main entrance and ticket office.
  • THE LUME Indianapolis fills the museum’s fourth floor with 30,000 square feet of digital art exhibition space.
  • The Clowes Pavilion’s rooms line an indoor limestone courtyard, above which hangs a 47-by-31-foot LED screen.
  • The Efroymson Pavilion forms an entrance and transition between the galleries and grounds.
  • Lilly House, also called Oldfields, is a 26-acre historic estate and house museum. Its 22-room mansion reflects the 1930s, when the Lilly family lived there.
  • Percival Gallagher of the Olmsted Brothers firm designed Oldfields’ gardens and grounds.
  • The Art & Nature Park combines woods, wetlands, open fields, a lake and trails with site-specific contemporary art and temporary commissions.
  • The Lilly Allée is a 775-foot lawn lined with 58 red oaks, ending at a circular pool and fountain.
  • Garden for Everyone, opposite the IMA building at the far end of the mall, is wheelchair accessible and displays a bronze sculpture.

With kids

  • Visitors can make art at hands-on exhibits.

Tips for your visit

  • Waller Bridge crosses the Indiana Central Canal, linking the Art & Nature Park with the rest of Newfields.
  • Free Basket by Los Carpinteros marks the secondary entrance on the park’s south side.

Interesting facts3

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  1. 54,000 works

    The permanent collection contains more than 54,000 works from Africa, America, Asia and Europe.

    Indianapolis Museum of Art - Wikipedia
  2. 26,000 works

    More than 26,000 works on paper include medieval manuscripts and prints by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn and Francisco de Goya.

    Indianapolis Museum of Art - Wikipedia

  3. The collection includes post-Impressionist paintings and modern works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edward Hopper and Georgia O’Keeffe.

    Musée d'Art d'Indianapolis - Wikipedia

Shorts

History

Caroline Marmon Fesler’s donations brought paintings by Cézanne, Van Gogh and Seurat into the collection.

  1. 1883May Wright Sewall and local art enthusiasts founded the open-membership Art Association of Indianapolis to promote public art education and outreach. Its first exhibition showed 453 works by 137 artists.
  2. 1895John Herron’s bequest funded an art gallery and school bearing his name.
  3. 1902The John Herron Art Institute opened.
  4. 1906The first permanent museum opened in a building designed in the Italian Renaissance style.
  5. 1966J. K. Lilly III and Ruth Lilly donated the Oldfields estate. The art school joined Indiana University.
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  1. 1970The museum moved to its current site, where the Krannert Pavilion opened.
  2. 1972The Clowes Pavilion opened to display the Clowes family collection, including Old Masters.
  3. 1990The Hulman Pavilion, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, opened.
  4. June 2002Oldfields mansion reopened after four years of restoration.
  5. 2003Oldfields became a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
  6. 2005An expansion added three wings and increased gallery space by 50 percent.
  7. 2010The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park opened on the site of a former gravel pit.
  8. 2017The campus and organization took the name Newfields; the main building remains the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
  9. 2021THE LUME opened as a digital art exhibition space.

How to get there

  • Car4000 Michigan Road, at North Michigan Road and West 38th Street, Indianapolis.

Accessibility

  • Parking-garage elevator The elevator connecting the garage and museum is undergoing repair.

Sources: Indianapolis Museum of Art - Wikipedia · Indianapolis - Wikivoyage (see) · Newfields: A Place for Nature and the Arts · Get Tickets | Newfields · Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz B… · Indianapolis Museum of Art - Wikipedia · Musée d'Art d'Indianapolis - Wikipedia · Newfields: menu (its own site) · Newfields: menu (its own site) · Impressionism Across Generations: The Pissarro … · checked 3 Oct 2026

Where
4000 Michigan Rd Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, IN, Indianapolis

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Questions and answers

Does Newfields offer activities beyond its collections?

The campus presents changing exhibitions, classes, tours and events.

Does the museum have a library?

Newfields’ collection resources include a public art library.

Is Miller House on the Newfields campus?

No. The museum has operated Miller House in Columbus as an off-site location since 2010.

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