The museum of the Working Men's Institute is open to the public at no charge everyday of the year except Mondays and major holidays from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. CT.

The museum is on the second floor of the WMI and can be accessed by stairs only.

Special guided tours for school groups, scouts, clubs or organizations can be arranged. For more information call 812-682-4806 or contact us by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Our collections:

• Natural history - Our collections originate with the early members of the Working Men's Institute. These scientists and amateur scientists collected items locally and from surrounding areas. Our premier collection is our fresh water mussel shell collection. One of the oldest and rarest in the nation, it has been cataloged by Ron Richards of the Indiana State Museum. It is available as a study collection to serious scholars. For more information contact the curator by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
• 19^th Century Italian art - Copies of masterpieces and purchased by Dr. Edward Murphy to hang in our museum, the paintings in reproduction frames lend a feeling of a European gallery to the museum.
• Folk Art of Jacob Maental - Visitors may see digital reproductions of locally owned Maental works. Jacob Maentel lived the last years of his life in New Harmony. Maentel received little recognition in his lifetime. Interest in his work began to grow in the 1920s around 60 years after his death. Today, he is highly regarded as a folk artist.
• Harmony on the Wabash - Enjoy this multimedia exhibit with a film on the Wabash River.
• Harmonist Artifacts - No where else in New Harmony can rare Harmonist artifacts be viewed. Donated to the WMI by the Harmony Society in 1914, these items provide an interesting window to life in this communal group.

[Virtual tour]