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Apple Blossom
Carriage Company |
Town
Carriage Rides
For special
occasions, engagements or just a long romantic ride. Rides
available only on Friday and Saturday Nights. 25 minute ride $10
per person.
Weddings, special
occasions, and private carriage rides available in New Harmony by
appointment only.
Horse-drawn funerals
can also be arranged.
Hay ride and other
carriage rides your place or ours.
Apple Blossom
Carriage Inc.
812.673.4385
Maryhirsch@TDS.net
Beginning Spring of
2007 rides will be leaving from Main Street, New Harmony. Please
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| Harmonie
Haus Cinemas |
Harmonie
Haus Cinemas
515 Main Street
Phone 812.682.4611
harmoniehaus.htm |
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Harmonie
State Park |
Harmonie
State Park
RR#1, Box 5A/ 812-682-4821;
Cabin and Camping reservations: 866-622-6746
Harmonie State Park is located four miles south of New Harmony on
State Road 69. The park offers Class A camping, family
housekeeping cabins, swimming pool, hiking trails, boat
launching ramp, picnicking, fishing, and shelter houses
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Historic
New Harmony Society
Membership in
the Society helps ensure that this site will be preserved and
maintained for future generations. If you value New Harmony's
history, please consider joining. Details and benefits are
available at The Atheneum or by calling the Historic New Harmony
office.
Something
for Everyone
Whether you have 30 minutes or several days to spend in our
community, you can enjoy New Harmony's history. For tour details
or a schedule of special programs please inquire at The
Atheneum, open daily March through December. During the winter
season, hours are limited so please call for a schedule. Tour
prices range from $3 to $10. If you are visiting with children,
please inquire about our special family rate.
Historic
New Harmony office: 812.682.4488
The Atheneum: 812.682.4474
www.newharmony.org
Historic New Harmony is a unified program of the University of
Southern Indiana and the Indiana State Museum and Historic
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| Historic
Tours |
Enjoy
New Harmony's intriguing history through exhibits, programs, and
historic site tours
offered by Historic New Harmony. These activities trace the
history of a town that began as an experimental community
forging American democracy. Well-informed interpreters will
guide you through the town's history and answer your questions.
Starting Point, The Atheneum |
 Start
your history adventure at The Atheneum/Visitors Center
at
the intersection of North and Arthur streets. The Atheneum,
named for Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and the arts, is used
as a center for the exchange of ideas and learning. Its
ultra-modern style is in keeping with the progressive spirit of
our town's founders. Dedicated in 1979, The Atheneum was
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Here a
short film will give you a broad overview of New Harmony's
historical development.
Also housed here are models of the town c.1824 and of the second
Harmonist church. A biographical exhibit of the Owenite
community will introduce you to leading 19th century
intellectuals and scientists who lived here. The museum gift
shop offers a wide range of historical souvenirs, gifts, and
books related to the town's history.
Groups
Welcome
Historic New Harmony welcomes the opportunity to provide tours
to large groups. Group rates are available. Curriculum-based
educational programs are available for school groups. Please
call the Historic New Harmony office to schedule your visit.
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 Historic
Sites on Tour
At The
Atheneum you can purchase tickets for tours of the historic
sites. Sites include log cabins, Harmonist homes, mid-Victorian
period home, a Harmonist community house, and an opera house.
Exhibits include an automated diorama of town life in 1824,
David Dale Owen's work on the geologic survey, and a changing
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Labyrinths |
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The
Cathedral Labyrinth
West end of North
St./812-682-3050
This outdoor site offers an opportunity to walk and meditate on
an ancient single path labyrinth. Open 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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The
pattern of this labyrinth duplicates the original at Chartres
Cathedral, built in the 12th century near Paris. The,
Medieval Gothic Cathedrals across Europe often had labyrinths
built into their floors. Their geometric pattern related
to the unity of each cathedral's design. The rose in the
middle of this labyrinth identifies its Chartres origin.
Labyrinth designs have been used by humankind for over 4000
years in many cultural traditions, including SW Native
Americans. At the south end of town is a hedgerow maze,
built in 1939, honoring the Harmonists who built a similar one
near this site in the early 1800's.
This early
preservation project was built by the New Harmony Memorial
Commission through the generosity of Mrs. Edmund Ball. The
Harmonists lived here from 1813-1825; their manuscripts suggest
their original labyrinth was a true labyrinth and was used as a
place to renew and relax after a hard days work. A
maze offers choices as a puzzle does, while a labyrinth is a
unicursal maze with one way in and the same path out. New
Harmony once again links with history and the future. This
Sacred Garden was completed as the new millennium began with the
hope that many people will walk this ancient path well into the
21st century.
The Cathedral Labyrinth and Sacred Garden is located on North
Street, New Harmony, Indiana, near the Wabash River and the
Atheneum, the visitor's center for Historic New Harmony.
For more information:
Cathedral Labyrinth and Sacred Garden
R.L. Blaffer Foundation
PO Box 339
New Harmony, IN 47631
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Harmonist
Labyrinth
Located on
South Main Street
Open to
visitors dawn to dusk; temple open 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily
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New
Harmony Theatre |
The
New Harmony Theatre
Murphy
Auditorium
419
Tavern Street/812.682.3115
Professional Equity theatre runs mid-June through August, presenting
comedies, musicals, and plays with award-winning actors and designers
each season. Call for current schedule and reservations. Toll free
877.NHT.SHOW.
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The
labyrinth in New Harmony today was reconstructed in 1939 by the
New Harmony Memorial Commission on land near the original
Harmonist labyrinth. The Harmonists had a labyrinth in each
of their three towns. Almost every major European garden a
the time of its construction had some form of labyrinth. The
labyrinth is an ancient symbol featured in literature, mythology,
and art through the ages. The Egyptians had a labyrinth as
early as 2000 B.C. The original New Harmony labyrinth was made of
shrubs and flowering plants such as currant and hazel bushes,
dogwood trees and a variety of flowers. The path through the
hedges was apparently not an easy one. In the center stood a
circular log house with a "blind door" and one window. The
exterior was rough and vine-covered, the interior clean. For the
Harmonists the maze symbolized the difficulties of attaining true
harmony and the choices one faces in life in trying to reach that
goal. The labyrinth was a place of meditation for the
Harmonists.
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| Parks/Park
Camping |
Murphy
Park
Located on S. Main
Street. Includes recently built Playtopia for the kids and
camping facilities.
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Maclure Park
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| Recreational
Trails |
Jane
Blaffer and Kenneth Dale Owen Recreational Trail
The town of
New Harmony is bounded on the north and west by the Wabash
River. The riparian area is in the 100 year flood plain
and commonly floods during the late winter and early
spring. Flooding rivers deposit natural materials which
decompose in wooded areas to create unique floodplain flora and
fauna.
The Recreational
Trails and Rapp Park along part of the Wabash River Erosion
Project provide visitors opportunities for view which have
previously been neither visible nor available to townspeople or
visitors.
Enjoy the
pathways, greenways, historic site, Rapp Park and vistas of the
bends of the river along the Recreational Trails dedicated to
the commitment of Jane Blaffer and Kenneth Dale Owen to New
Harmony.
Member
information and Trail Safety Rules pdf
Trail Map
pdf
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| Sculpture |
Chapel
of the Little Portion (St. Francis Chapel)
Located
on the lake behind the New Harmony Inn, the Chapel of the Little
Portion was designed by Stephen de Staebler and constructed with
stucco and wood in 1989 by the brothers of Mount Saint Francis
and the New Harmony Inn. Reverend David Lenz, Franciscan friar
from Louisville, Kentucky, explains in an interview published in
the Mount Vernon Democrat why the chapel was symbolic for the
Franciscans to build: "One day St. Francis of Assisi was
praying in the crumbling ruins of the little church of San
Damiano and he heard the words 'Francis, go and repair my church
which is falling down.' Thinking that he was being directed to
rebuild the physical structure of that church, he did so, and
went on to rebuild and repair others. One little church he
rebuilt was called 'Portiuncula,' or 'little portion.' It
remained a favorite of his."
Byzantine
Fountain and Arbor
Located at the old New Harmony train depot at the east end of
North Street are a cruciform metal arbor and a circular fountain
with a Byzantine-style mosaic, both installed in 1991.
Incorporated into the grapevine and bird patterns on the
fountain is John 15:5--"I am the vine, you are the
branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in them, will bear much
fruit, for you can do nothing without me." Both pieces are
by New Harmony resident Robin Davis.
Chalev
This gleaming bronze figure kneeling under a 12-foot-tall
granite arch is located near the entrance to the Barn Abbey. The
sculpture was created by New York artist Tobi Kahn in 1993.
Several smaller stones are placed nearby for meditation and
reflection.
Carol
Owen Coleman's Fountain of Life
Located in the center of Carol's Garden (across the street from
Roofless Church), this fountain and its two accompanying benches
were designed and made with Indiana limestone by David Rogers of
Bloomington, Indiana, in 1982. The memorial garden was dedicated
to Carol Owen Colemen, daughter of Kenneth Dale and Jane Blaffer
Owen, in 1982.
Arch
Located in front of the Roofless Church, the coil-built
stoneware Arch was executed in 1971 by east coast artist Bruno
La Verdiere and installed in New Harmony in 1988. It was moved
to its current location in 1993. The inscription at the base of
the sculpture reads: "This gateway is for all the innocent
victims of war and oppression throughout the ages and
particularly for all the young who died too soon in this
century."
The
Descent of the Holy Spirit
This statue, located under the dome of the Roofless Church, was
created by sculptor Jacques Lipchitz. The inscription in French
on the back of it, translates: "Jacob Lipchitz, Jew,
faithful to the religion of his ancestors, made this version for
the better understanding of human beings on earth so that the
spirit may prevail". There are two other originals of the
statue, one in the Roman Catholic Church of Assy, Haute Savoire,
France; the other in the Presbyterian Abbey of Iona, Scotland.
Polish
Memorial
Enclosed in a wooden and glass structure at the east end of the
Roofless Church, this piece was sculpted in clay by Eva Sygulka
in 1968. a plaque describing the piece is located to its left.
Pieta
Located in the east end of the Roofless Church is this bronze
figurative work, finished in 1988, by internationally known
California artist Stephen de Staebler.
Shrine of
Our Lady, Queen of Peace
Located northeast of the Roofless Church in a small garden area
on Main Street is a medieval Madonna and Child stone sculpture.
This shrine, sculpted by an unknown French artisan, is one of
the oldest pieces of art on display in New Harmony and is
typical of a French wayside shrine. It is dedicated to Trappist
monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968).
Sky Dance
The 1985 red-painted steel sculpture, on the front lawn of the
New Harmony Inn (North Street) was created by Larry Reising and
fabricated by Tom and Elmer Helfrich, all of Posey County,
Indiana.
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