After two years online, Amazing Tablescapes returns in person to the museum’s Kaylor Atrium. A preview party is set for Feb. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.

When muddy floodwaters engulfed the museum in 2008, it was hard to imagine how it might ever recover. The flood's sour smell lingered. Slimy mud coated every surface.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana State Museum has launched two new exhibits, Amazing Pollinators and Museum Marvels, offering family-friendly experiences this summer in Indianapolis.

Before the museum opens its doors, the celebration will begin on June 2 with an evening hosted by Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel, where attendees will be treated to Seuss-inspired theme.

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Update 11/10/23, 3:33 p.m. ET: This story was updated with additional comments from Lindsay Zanno of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

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These are only three of the “Amazing Tablescapes” that will be featured in the Kaylor Atrium at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts during the first week of October.

"It's an amazing acquisition that will show a current warfighting capability," said Christopher "Hawk" Moore, museum facilities director. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel, he served from 1981 to 2008.