Opening Weekend

Conner Prairie's opening weekend will feature some of the park's newest offerings for 2011 including Junior Aeronaut Adventure, Help build a Potter's Shop in Prairietown and Trading Post Horse Packing program. A new interactive experience will debut in 1859 Balloon Voyage where guests can learn how to fly the balloon with one of Conner Prairie's certified pilots up to 350 feet in the air and receive a Junior Aeronaut certificate with wings. Guests can also join Prairietown carpenters in building the new potter's shop using tools and techniques from 1836 or learn how to pack a horse with furs and stock the Trading Post at the Lenape Indiana Camp. Come see what the year has in store for you and your family at Conner Prairie Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 3, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is $14/adults, $13/seniors 65+, $9/youth (ages 2-12), free for members and youth under 2. Call 317.776.6006 or visit connerprairie.org for more information.