Membership also grew to a record high as 8,267 families consisting of 39,332 adults and children joined Conner Prairie last year. Other milestones:
- 21,005 people took flight in the museum's tethered helium balloon, generating record annual revenue of $231,048
- 123,855 people attended Kroger Symphony on the Prairie, an all-time record
- 40,283 people attended the Headless Horseman fall festival, an all-time record
- 11,570 guests attended three free admission days, including a record 4,757 people on President's Day
- 575 adult volunteers gave a combined 41,273 hours of service to the museum and 100 youth volunteers ages 10-18 gave 120 hours each throughout the year
In 2017, Conner Prairie received a national award for exhibit excellence from the American Alliance of Museums. The museum was also named one of the most-visited outdoor museums in the U.S. by Education.com, Ancestry.com, Family Living Magazine and Outdoor History Museum Forum. And Conner Prairie made international headlines when an extremely rare English Longhorn calf was born via embryo transfer at the museum.
This year, new programming and exhibit enhancements will be occurring now through the fall. One enhancement will open March 27, the first day of Conner Prairie's 2018 outdoor season. Fort Hoosier will be a 100,000-square-foot addition to Treetop Outpost, a four-story treehouse surrounded by hands-on activity areas nestled in the woods along the White River. The new area will promote free play in nature.
Spanning more than 1,000 wooded acres in central Indiana, Conner Prairie is a Smithsonian Institute affiliate. The museum offers outdoor, historically themed destinations and indoor experiential learning spaces that combine history and art with science, technology, engineering and math to offer an authentic look into history that shapes society today.
CONTACT
Duane Brodt
Director of Public Relations
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SOURCE Conner Prairie
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