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Historic New Harmony

A living historic town where utopian ideas still shape how people think about community, science, spirituality and art.

Discover Historic New Harmony, where bold ideas and remarkable history come to life. Through our historic sites and the Atheneum Visitor Center, we invite you to explore a small town shaped by creativity, experimentation and a lasting spirit of curiosity. 

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Plan Your Visit

New Harmony, Indiana, is open to visitors year-round. The Atheneum Visitor Center is your starting point鈥攕top in to orient yourself, pick up maps and learn about guided tours and events happening in town. 

Hours

New Harmony is located in the Central Time Zone.

Atheneum Visitor Center
Day Hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Historic New Harmony Administrative Office
Day Hours
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.*
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

*Historic New Harmony's office is closed for lunch from 12 to 1 p.m.

Admission

The Atheneum Visitor Center is free and open to the public during regular hours. Guided tours of Historic New Harmony's historic sites require tickets, which can be purchased at the Atheneum Museum Shop or by calling 812-682-4474.

Tour Options

Historic New Harmony offers four tour options:

Four visitors stand inside a bright, modern gallery with wood floors, examining a large, glass display case that contains a detailed miniature model of a town. Three visitors on the left look closely at the model, while one visitor on the right gestures toward the display. The glass case reflects the visitors and windows behind them, with trees visible outside.

Atheneum Tour

20 minutes, free, available on demand Tuesday through Sunday. A good starting point for any visit, including our 12-minute orientation film Utopia: The New Harmony Experience and a guided walk through the Atheneum's galleries. 

Five people sit in an open-sided electric tour tram parked on a paved path, smiling and waving toward the camera. One person sits at the driver鈥檚 seat wearing a red shirt with a 缅北强奸 logo, while others sit on bench seats behind. The tram is positioned beside a grassy field bordered by dense green trees under a cloudy sky.

New Harmony Tram Tour

45 minutes, Tuesday through Saturday at 10 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Central Time. A comfortable overview of the historic district from our tram, with interpreter narration throughout. 

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A small group of visitors stands along a white picket fence listening to a guide in a historic outdoor setting. Two open-sided electric tour trams are parked on the left, while a white clapboard house fills the right side of the frame. Behind the group are several small wooden buildings and trees with early spring foliage under a partly cloudy sky.
New Harmony History Tour

2 hours, Tuesday through Sunday at 1 p.m. Central Time. Our most comprehensive tour, with tram transportation and access to the interiors of historic buildings and sites.

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A small group of visitors stands on a mulched garden path in a shaded outdoor area, arranged in a loose line facing a person who appears to be speaking near a raised rectangular feature in the ground. The setting includes trees with sparse leaves, low garden plants, and a wooden privacy fence in the background, with houses partially visible beyond.
Specialty Tours

Specialty tours explore focused topics in New Harmony's history and are offered on a rotating basis throughout the season. Prices vary by tour. Check our events calendar for current offerings. 

Group & Special Pricing

Groups of 10 or more receive discounted admission. Advance reservations required. Special pricing is available for school groups and educational programs. Contact David Angel, Experience Coordinator, at dwangel@usi.edu or 812-682-4488 to book a group tour. 

New Harmony residents and 缅北强奸 students, faculty and staff are always welcome鈥擳ram and History Tours are free year-round. Residents should bring a valid proof of local address; 缅北强奸 students, faculty and staff should bring a valid university ID. Specialty tours are ticketed for all visitors. 

Active-duty military members and family members are admitted free for Tram and History Tours with a military ID through our participation in the Blue Star Museums program (effective Saturday, May 16 through Sunday, September 6, 2026). 

General Information

Historic Places

From early nineteenth-century Harmonist structures to later communal and educational buildings, New Harmony's historic properties tell a layered story of religious utopia, Enlightenment science and the ongoing search for a better way to live together. 

A two-story historic red brick building with green shutters and evenly spaced windows extends along a street, with multiple white doors and chimneys visible behind overhead utility lines.

1830 Owen House

Commissioned in 1830 by Robert Dale Owen and David Dale Owen, the 1830 Owen House is a well-preserved example of the domestic architecture of New Harmony's post-Owenite era.

Explore the 1830s Owen House
The white modernist Atheneum building, with angular forms and exterior staircases, stands on a wide grassy lawn under a clear blue sky, with a tree line in the background.

Atheneum Visitor Center

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier and completed in 1979, the Atheneum serves as both New Harmony's visitor center and an architectural landmark in its own right.

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A circular garden setting features a central abstract metal sculpture rising from a low brick basin, surrounded by gravel paths, trimmed hedges, benches, and tall trees in the background under a clear sky.

Church Park

Occupying the site where the Harmony Society built its two successive churches, Church Park is a quiet formal garden centered on a Don Gummer sculptural fountain and entered through a reconstruction of the Harmonist's original Door of Promise.

Explore Church Park
The Lenz House, a white two-story historic building with a pitched roof and chimney, stands behind a wooden picket fence, with a garden and smaller outbuilding visible to the side.

David Lenz House

Built around 1819-1822 by the Harmonists and restored to reflect a functioning Harmonist household, the David Lenz House is the most fully interpreted domestic interior from New Harmony's Harmonist period.

Explore the David Lenz House
A long, weathered log building with a covered front porch and stone chimneys stands on a grassy lawn, with colorful autumn trees in shades of green and orange rising behind it.

Double Log Cabin

Long believed to be the oldest structure in New Harmony, the Double Log Cabin has since been reattributed to a later date, though it remains a tangible example of early vernacular construction in the region.

Explore the Double Log Cabin
Historic Bake Oven in New Harmony constructed of large stones and a rounded iron door

Harmonist Bake Oven

A reconstructed example of the communal brick ovens the Harmony Society used for baking, the Harmonist Bake Oven illustrates one of the most telling details of Harmonist daily life—that even bread-making was a shared, scheduled, collective act.

Explore the Harmonist Bake Oven
A fenced historic garden with raised planting beds filled with flowers and vegetables sits beside two small wooden cabins, surrounded by trees and greenery.

Harmonist Garden

A partial reconstruction of a Harmonist kitchen and ornamental garden, the Harmonist Garden outside the David Lenz House illustrates the Harmony Society's integration of beauty, utility and communal life.

Explore the Harmonist Garden
A large flowering tree covered in white blossoms stands in a grassy orchard, with smaller trees, a fence, and open fields visible in the background under a blue sky with light clouds.

Harmonist Orchard

Replanted on its original footprint using the 1832 Weingartner Map as a guide, the Harmonist Orchard restores a living piece of the self-sufficient agricultural landscape the Harmony Society cultivated during their decade in New Harmony.

Explore the Harmonist Orchard
Interior of a historic room with a painted mantel and decorative stencil patterns on pale walls, featuring a framed painting of a river scene with boats and a building, and a window with red curtains in the background.

Jaquess Parlor

The Jaquess Parlor is a preserved nineteenth-century interior exhibit showcasing restored stenciling discovered in a farmhouse near Poseyville, Indiana. It also contains reproductions of works by folk artist Jacob Maentel, who once resided in New Harmony.

Interior of the Atheneum exhibit space featuring a large wall-mounted historical map and the text “Maximilian-Bodmer Collection” above, with illuminated panels displaying artwork and illustrations along a curved gallery wall.

Maximilian-Bodmer Print Exhibition

The Maximilian-Bodmer Print Exhibition houses a collection of prints by Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, documenting one of the most significant visual records of Native American peoples of the Upper Missouri River in the early nineteenth century.

Explore the Maximilian-Bodmer Exhibition
A historic red brick building with white columns and symmetrical windows stands beneath leafy trees, with a front entrance reached by steps and a lawn and walkway in the foreground.

Murphy Auditorium

Built in 1913 as a community auditorium for lectures and performances, Murphy Auditorium has been hosting New Harmony's public life for more than a century and continues to do so today.

Explore Murphy Auditorium
A two-story historic red brick house with white trim stands among trees, with a trellis structure and walkway visible beside the building in a shaded garden setting.

Salomon Wolf House

One of the oldest surviving Harmonist structures in New Harmony, the Salomon Wolf House is a testament to the craftsmanship and ingenuity of the community that founded the town.

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A two-story white historic house with decorative porch arches and brown shutters stands behind a black iron fence, framed by a large leafy tree and a street lined with additional historic buildings.

Schnee-Ribeyre-Elliott House

Built in 1867 by saddler David Michaelis Schnee and later associated with prominent Posey County farmer Captain Alfred Ribeyre, this restored house has served as the administrative home of Historic New Harmony since 2006.

Explore the Schnee-Ribeyre-Elliott House
Two small historic log cabins with weathered wood siding stand on a grassy lawn surrounded by trees, with one cabin in the foreground and another slightly behind it, enclosed by a simple fence under a clear blue sky.

West Street Log Cabins

The West Street Cabins include the Oculus public art installation inside the Weber Cabin (currently closed for repairs) and the Eigner Cabin, a reconstruction of a more advanced type of Harmonist log dwelling.

Explore the West Street Log Cabins

Wondering how these sites relate to one another across town? Use our interactive map to explore Historic New Harmony's properties and 缅北强奸's public art installations in context.

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What's Coming Up

There is always something happening in New Harmony from festivals and hands-on workshops to lectures, films and community conversations. Join us throughout the year. 

缅北强奸 Historic New Harmony

Historic New Harmony is a program of the 缅北强奸's Division of Outreach and Engagement. We preserve and interpret one of America's most influential historic communities鈥攁 place where, across two centuries, people have gathered to imagine how to live and work together more thoughtfully. 

We steward 23 historic properties, support education and research, and serve as a cultural resource for residents and visitors alike.聽

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