How to make a video game

We will be sharing a video game built for the event to show how video games are created, so grab the family, head downtown Indy and check out Canal Nights this evening.
July 18 // 6 – 8 pm

Canal Nights: Game Night + Member Night at Indiana State Museum
Join us as we celebrate summer nights out on our Canal Terrace for free activities and family fun Wednesday evenings in June and July from 6 to 8 p.m. Enjoy games, art, science and fun! Exercise your competitive side on game night or discover the science of bubbles through wacky water experiments. Each Wednesday offers a different kind of hands-on experience!

  • June 6 – STEAM Night
  • June 13 – Nature Play Days
  • June 27 – Build It!
  • July 4 – Boom and Sparkle
  • July 11 – Water Science
  • July 18 – Game Night + Member Night
  • July 25 – Jump and Play (fitness night)

Canal nights are free and open to the public, though museum galleries remain closed. All activities take place outside on the canal side of the museum. In case of rain, the event will relocate inside to the Gov. Frank & Judy O’Bannon Great Hall.

Parking is available in the White River State Park underground garage, and visitors will receive $5 parking with validation.