About Angle Mounds State Historic Site:

Angel Mounds is located in Southwestern Indiana and was the home to many Native Americans. Today, Angel Mounds State Historic Site is nationally recognized as one of the best preserved prehistoric Native American sites in the United States. From 1100 to 1450 A. D., a town on this site was home to people of the Middle Mississippian culture, who engaged in hunting and farming on the rich bottom lands of the Ohio River. Several thousand people lived in this town protected by a stockade made of wattle and daub. Because Angel Mounds was a chiefdom (the home of the chief) it was the regional center of a large community that grew outward from it for many miles.

Angel Mounds State Historic Site is part of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Indiana State Museums and Historic Sites. It is one of 16 state museums and historic sites in Indiana.

Angel Mounds State Historic Site is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9a.m. until 5p.m. and from 1p.m. until 5p.m. on Sunday. We are closed Mondays. Admission includes access to the museum as well as over 100 acres of the historical site, and also any special events or exhibits that are on display or available at the time of your visit. Admission is $4.00 for adults, $2.00 for children (12 and under), and $3.50 for seniors (55 and up).

Below is the event schedule for the rest of March and April 2008:

March 28-30:  "4 Winds"  Native American Fine Arts Bazaar - Four of the nation's best Native American artists will be on hand to display and sell their beautiful work. Sculpting, jewelry-making, pottery, and painting are four unique mediums of art, each of which will be represented at the Bazaar. Artists on hand during "4 Winds" include Jim Jackson, Abraham Begay, Pahponee, and Virginia Stroud. The opening night reception will be held on Friday, and is by invitation only. The bazaar will be open to the general public the rest of the weekend, and is free with general admission.

April 18, 19th: "Eco-Trek 2008" - Open to High School Science classes on the 18th and the public from 12pm-4pm on the 19th, Eco-Trek will focus on the environment, lending from the natural beauty of Angel Mounds State Historic Site. Recently re-opened hiking trails and a newly established wetlands in the nature preserve surrounding the site will be the focal point of the demonstrations.

April 19th: "Earth Day Celebration"  Concert - Another installation of the Music at the Mounds  Concert Series, highlighting the day of awareness. This concert presented in conjunction with Pikled Squid Productions.

April 26-May 20: "Memories - Art of the Site" -  In conjunction with Angel Mounds State Historic Site's "70 Years of Discovery" anniversary celebration, the Tri-State Art Guild, along with members of the general public will be invited to submit art and photography rendered of the site from its discovery until the present. All works will be displayed in the new exhibit space in the Interpretive Center. For more information on how to register your artwork, please call the Interpretive Center at (812)853-3956.

For more information please visit the website of Angel Mounds State Historic Site at http://www.angelmounds.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1.

Please call us at 812-499-9234 if you have any questions.

Source: Angel Mounds State Historic Site