Recently I was downtown and exploring around the White River Park area. I’ve been inside the Eiteljorge Museum several times of course, but I never had looked around outside that much. This day I started walking around and discovered a path that meanders through a beautiful garden area with natural stone formations. It eventually leads you out on the walkway by the side of the Canal. I didn’t know that was even there so I was kind of surprised to find it. But also I was surprised that the path gave me a look at the Indiana State Museum next door from a different vantage point too.
From this side, the square and angled sections with rounded tower of the ISM looked like a sculpture in stone, metal and glass growing out of a wooded area with blooming indigenous flowers, plantings and giant rocks.
From the front, the ISM looks really long and low and has a stark institutional look. I guess that’s why I was surprised by this new perspective. Almost like it had another personality.
Once you are on the walkway along the Canal, there is still yet another look awaiting. I guess you can call it the museums back door…but yet it’s no less inviting. The stone, metal and dark glass entrance has a clean look about it. The canal flowing nearby and walkways provides a picturesque threshold.
You’ve heard the expression that “it’s what’s on the inside that matters”. While the inside of the museum definitely holds the greatest treasures, the building itself is certainly an wonderful vessel to keep them in.
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