Working Men's Institute

Visit if you are in the area.

While the small town has an interesting past, there isn’t much left to explore in the present day. Definitely start at the visitor center (they have a good film and will provide you with a map) and th...

Worth going inside

Still the town library, it is free to enter and see the museum of art and 200 year old collections of shells, turtles and bones on the third floor.The Utopian society was short lived. But an interesti...

A little more information please!

We missed this when we visited 23 years ago. I was looking forward to visiting. Unfortunately, the entire building is covered with scaffolding. There's no mention of this on the web site or on the sig...

Go to Brown County Instead

One of the best places we visited in New Harmony, because unlike almost everything else, it was open. Perfect place for dancing in the dark, because there were no lights! That's right; no light swit...

Very unusual place and experience!

There is lots of history to be seen and experienced within the Institute: museum, art, books, library, photos, and archetecture..