99 Things to Do in New Harmony

• Explore the town in a golf cart
• Take a soap-making class
• Picnic in a park
• Bird watch
• Wind your way through the Harmonist Hedge Labyrinth
• Relax at a Sound Bath
• Expand your palate at a wine-tasting
• Go on a ghost walk
• Learn to cook with a cooking class
• Watch painters paint in plein air
• Experience the cinnamon bread pudding at The Main Cafe
• Take a writing class
• Learn how the Harmonists lived their daily lives in Community House #2
• Make a piece of fused glass art
• Get a quickie dulcimer lesson
• Participate in a weekly jam session at the New Harmony Artists’ Guild
• Take a turn at the potter’s wheel
• Learn the history of New Harmony
• View the magic of the Garden Kaleidoscope
• Marvel at the eight-legged calf at the Working Men’s Institute
• Find your path at the Cathedral Labyrinth
• Learn to paint or draw
• Enjoy a floral arranging class
• Hook up your camper at Murphy Park
• Be part of an art exhibit’s opening reception & hear an artist’s talk
• Do a self-guided public art tour
• Shop in unique stores and boutiques
• Go inside a life-size camera obscura
• Embark upon a photo safari
• Attend a poetry reading
• Watch the fireflies flicker
• Hang out and shop at the Farmer’s & Artisan’s Market
• Play on the monkey bars at Playtopia
• Bid on treasures at the monthly market auction
• Attend an informative lecture
• Bench-surf your way around town
• Walk the river trails
• Fish in the Wabash River
• Ride a bike
• Take the Alphabet Escape challenge
• Meditate at the waterfall on Swan Lake
• Attend an Under the Beams Concert
• Take a garden tour by golf cart
• Participate in a paranormal investigation
• Tour the Museum & Gallery at the Working Men’s Institute
• Launch a kayak
• Take a weaving class
• Attend a Murder Mystery dinner
• Do a pub crawl
• Add to your antiques collection
• Study the Trees of 40 Fruits
• Bend and stretch in yoga class
• Watch a golf cart drive-in movie
• Savor a brain sandwich at the Yellow Tavern
• Learn about the two Utopian community experiments
• Admire the Garden Dishes Wall
• Sip a new wine at Sara’s Wine & Bier Bar
• Admire the beautifully planted Lenz garden and the dye garden
• See two dozen varieties of peonies around town
• Go on the night-time Secrets & Shadows Tour
• Compete in Trivia Night at the Red Geranium
•  Enjoy the Life in New Harmony Photo Gallery
• Enjoy dinner or a drink and music at Patio Jams
• Relax around the firepit at “The Alley” at Sara’s Wine & Bier Bar
• Experience a small town Independence Day celebration
• See the crazy kite-flying golf carts
• Look for rock-stacked sculptures around the River
• Hear script-writers read their work
• Have a heart-warming meal at Say’s
• Watch the swans swim at Swan Lake
• Be a wedding voyeur
• Go on the home tour
• Rent a cabin, pitch a tent, or park your camper/RV at Harmonie State Park
• Come out for a good old-fashioned Christmas parade
• Do a Moonlight Walk at the Cathedral Labyrinth.
• Celebrate German heritage and art at Kunstfest
• Star gaze
• Engage in personal contemplation in the Chapel of the Little Portion
• Watch a weaving demonstration or take a lesson
• Get your spooky on with a Halloween lighted golf cart parade
• Explore an innovative native tree and shrub nursery
• Experience the six sacred spaces within the Roofless Church
• Get married in one of the unique New Harmony venues
• Draw with a group of fellow artists
• Become a coffee connoisseur and watch a coffee roasting demonstration
• Attend The Shindig at The Barn
• See an astonishing selection of works by fine craftsmen at the MerryMeeting Show
• Engage in astro photography
• Get inspired at Paul Tillich Park
• Rake the Zen rock garden in the Lowry Hollow courtyard
• Take music lessons
• Find the five noteworthy fountains
•  Have a retreat at the MacLeod Barn Abbey
• Visit New Harmony’s oldest work of art, Our Lady Queen of Peace Shrine
•  Enjoy the quiet beauty of Carol’s Garden
• Admire the first white-walled museum, the Richard Meier-designed Atheneum
• View fascinating historic photos of New Harmony
• Sit in the Big Chair
• Take the kiddos to Storytime at the WMI
• PLUS . . .
•  Go geocaching
•  Run with your dog
• Pose for pictures on the turquoise bridge
• See the “head collection” at artefacts
• Attend the outdoor Meet in the Street potluck

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