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By client request we have researched the City Market Catacomb Tour and decided to pair it with the Indiana Medical History Museum which is located on the grounds of the former Central Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Though we chose to do this on Halloween day there is nothing scary about this tour. We will delve into the history of both of these iconic Indiana places.
HIGHLIGHT CITY: Indianapolis, IN
FEATURES: Indiana Landmarks City Market Catacomb Tour - Discover the Secrets of City Market at this unusual site normally hidden from public view. The guided tour shows you a Roman-looking expanse of brick arches beneath the outdoor Whistler Plaza of City Market. No Walkers, Canes, Strollers, or Wheelchairs on the Catacomb tour • Indianapolis City Market - The renovated historic public market boasts more than 30 merchants and is an excellent place to grab lunch and shop for unique gifts. First opened in 1886, the market is on the National Register of Historic Places. • Indiana Medical History Museum - The Indiana Medical History Museum interprets scientific medicine of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The museum is housed in the Old Pathology Building, a nineteen-room facility constructed in 1896 on the grounds of a former Central State Hospital for the Insane. The building includes a 100-seat amphitheater, autopsy room, medical library, anatomical museum, three clinical laboratories and a photography laboratory all to support study and research on the physical causes of mental disease. The laboratories represent the beginning of scientific psychiatry and modern medicine. The building is the oldest free standing pathology facility in the nation and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum also boasts a medicinal plant garden and a 1950's doctor's office exhibit. • Central State Hospital - Opened in November 1848 as Indiana Hospital for the Insane as a single brick building that housed five patients who suffered from a variety of mental illnesses, ranging from depression to schizophrenia. The 160 acre campus closed in 1994. |