Apr 06 @ 10:00 am – Apr 07 @ 4:00 pm CDT
Five New Harmony organizations – Historic New Harmony, New Harmony State Historic Site, the Rapp-Owen Granary Foundation, the Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation, and the New Harmony Working Men’s Institute – are partnering together to offer visitors a special opportunity to see New Harmony’s rich cultural and historical sites during the weekend before the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. They will offer up 9 sites between their organizations to visitors on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7 from 10 a.m. To noon and 1 p.m. To 4 p.m., each day.
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These sites include:
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– Atheneum Visitors Center
– Double Log Cabin
– 1830 Owen House
– Lichtenberger Building (site of the Maximilian-Bodmer Exhibition)
– Community House no. 2
– Thrall’s Opera House
– Roofless Church
– Rapp-Owen Granary
– Working Men’s Institute
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Visitors may tour the sites on foot or take advantage of Historic New Harmony’s hop-on/hop-off shuttle service that will start and stop at the Atheneum visitors center and loop through town, stopping at each of the sites listed above as well as the New Harmony Inn and the Ribeyre Gymnasium. The Roofless Church, Rapp-Owen Granary, and Working Men’s Institute will be open to the public, but the rest of the sites and shuttle service will require paid admission.
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Admission:
$20 for adults, ages 18 and over
$10 for children, ages 6-17
Free for children, ages 5 and under
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Passes are good for two days and may be purchased onsite on April 6-7 at the Atheneum Visitors Center in New Harmony. All passes include free solar eclipse glasses and a souvenir wristband (while supplies last.)