Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Bloomington

Name: Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology
Address: 423 N Fess Ave, Bloomington, United States

#18 among attractions in Bloomington

Museum, History museum, Archaeological museum

Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology

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The Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology is an archaeology research center and museum located in Bloomington, Indiana. It was dedicated in honor of Indiana's first professional archaeologist Glenn A. Black. Black's adulthood was devoted to studying the people of Angel Mounds, a site that is still being worked with today. ()

Established: 1971 (53 years ago)Coordinates: 39°10'12"N, 86°31'33"W

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423 N Fess AveOld NortheastBloomington United States

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Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Assembly Hall, Memorial Stadium, Fountain Square Mall, Indiana University Art Museum.

0.8 miN
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Assembly Hall, Bloomington
20 min walk • Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, formerly named and still commonly referred to as Assembly Hall, is a 17,222-seat arena on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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0.5 miSW
39°9'58"N • 86°32'3"W
Fountain Square Mall, Bloomington
14 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
~1720 ftE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
9 min walk • The Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University opened in 1941 under the direction of Henry Radford Hope. The museum was intended to be the center of a “cultural crossroads, ” an idea brought forth by then-Indiana University President Herman B Wells.
0.4 miSW
Architecture, Theater, Historical place
Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Bloomington
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~990 ftSE
Universities and schools
Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington
5 min walk • The Indiana Memorial Union is a student union building at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana United States. It is located at 900 E 7th Street, facing the Jordan River and the Dunn Meadow.
~1530 ftS
Observatories and planetariums
Kirkwood Observatory, Bloomington
8 min walk • Kirkwood Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Indiana University. It is located in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.
0.5 miW
Shopping, Department store
Wicks Building, Bloomington
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0.5 miSE
Museum
Archives of Traditional Music, Bloomington
12 min walk • The Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music holds over 100,000 individual audio and video recordings across over 3500 collections of field, broadcast, and commercial recordings.
0.5 miSW
Tower
Monroe County Courthouse, Bloomington
13 min walk • Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana is a Beaux Arts building built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
0.4 miE
Library
Lilly Library, Bloomington
10 min walk • The Lilly Library, located on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, is an important rare book and manuscript library in the United States. At its dedication on October 3, 1960, the library contained a collection of 20,000 books, 17,000 manuscripts, more than fifty oil paintings, and 300 prints.

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Which popular attractions are close to Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology?

Nearby attractions include The Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Collection, Bloomington (1 min walk), Mathers Museum of World Cultures, Bloomington (1 min walk), University Courts Historic District, Bloomington (3 min walk), Collins Library, Bloomington (3 min walk).

How to get to Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology by public transport?

The nearest stations to Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology:

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4th and Washington bus terminal (12 min walk)
Bloomington Transit Center (14 min walk)