Discover Indiana

Discover Indiana is a free app that puts Indiana history at your fingertips.

Discover Indiana is a free app that puts Indiana history at your fingertips. Brought to you by the Public History Program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, the National Council on Public History, the Indiana Department of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, and the Indiana Historical Society, this app helps you explore unique historic places and take self-guided walking tours.

Find interesting people, places and events in Indianapolis’s history. With a growing list of interpretive stories, each point on the interactive GPS-enabled map includes historical information about the location, along with historic images from archival collections and historical publications. For some sites there are audio and/or video clips.

Discover Indiana is a collaborative effort by students, public historians, teachers, and community members and organizations. You can find more information about Indianapolis history by visiting the project website at indyhist.iupui.edu.

Project copyright holders:

Dr. Rebecca Shrum and Dr. John Dichtl, Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis