Explore Indianapolis!

Indianapolis is the thirteenth largest city in the United States, and it is by-far one of our country's most livable big cities. For those who reside and work here, our Indianapolis has a quality about it that makes even the heart of a bustling downtown feel like home. Visitors are drawn from all over the globe to enjoy our top-notch professional sports venues, a thriving convention industry and numerous cultural attractions. And when they arrive, they too experience the Hoosier character and hospitality that make Indianapolis special.

Our many attractions include The Children's Museum of Indianapolis—which is the largest children's museum in the world, and has been rated simply "the best" by Child magazine. The Indianapolis Zoo (located in the nation's only urban cultural state park) is ranked among the nation's top 10 zoos by TripAdvisor, and our Indianapolis Museum of Art—one of the country's 10 largest and oldest general art museums—won the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Services (the nation's highest honor for museums and libraries).

Our many stages support thriving local music and theater scenes, while welcoming touring shows of all kinds. And in a city that built its reputation on sports both amateur and professional, you'll almost always find some sort of competition going on. As host of the world's 1st and 2nd-largest single-day sporting events (the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400)—and as the host of Super Bowl XLVI in 2012—we know how to show guests a good time.