Virgil I "Gus" Grissom Memorial Museum — Attraction in Indiana

We were in Bedford, IN recently on a 30th Anniversary outing and I was looking for something to do on our way back to Louisville, when I ran across the Virgil Grissom Memorial.

This. Was. An. Easy. Sell. We're both big fans of our Space History and this is right up our alley.

I didn't realize the Memorial was actually inside Spring Mill State Park, but no biggie. The park admission fee was $9 for non-Indiana residents. The Memorial is immediately to the right when you enter the park.

The Memorial is admission-free and is well-suited for about a half hour visit. During your self-guided tour you'll see a lot of information about Grissom starting with his elementary school on up. There's a lot of memorabilia and photographs and some very done done displays. You'll learn a lot about Gus and how his passion for flight and space travel led to him being the second American in space. The highlight, of course, is the actual Gemini 3 "Molly Brown" space capsule. There's an interesting story about why this was the last space capsule to be named by its crew.

At the end is film (about 7 minutes in length) with footage from Gus's career and NASA's story as it relates to him. There are a few bench seats for your viewing pleasure. The film re-starts automatically after 5 minutes.

There's a small gift shop with a good variety of items to purchase related to both NASA and Grissom with all items very reasonably priced, and it's attached to what I'm going to guess is the Park's administration offices.

The Virgil "Gus" Grissom Memorial was a happy find. We really enjoyed it and hopefully we'll come back to camp at the park some time and...

We came here most recently during the Gus Grissom Days that the park puts on during the summer, which also happened to be the same weekend as Galactic Gathering 2023. Every time we come, I see something new I didn't notice before. This time, we came when they had artifacts that are not usually displayed for the public and saw several awards and medals he had received for his service. My favorite was the medal from the mayor of New York. We make this a yearly trip, and I highly recommend making this a stop on your visit. Check the times before you come, there's a video that plays that has been hit or miss on whether it's playing or not, this past time it was and was full of awesome tidbits you don't...

Tony and I went to Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, IN while we lived in Taylorsville KY area. The park was lovely, but we were pleasantly surprised that we found this Amazing Museum dedicated to Astronaut Virgil Grissom Memorial Museum.

The museum is FREE but accept donations. There is do much to see!!! Open daily from 8:30am to 4pm.

There is actual NASA Space Capsules and suits inside the museum and tons of signage for you to read. I highly was impressed with this museum and recommend it to everyone that's interested in Astronauts, NASA, Space Exploration etc...go check out this Free informative museum about one of our American Heroes!!!! Hope...