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Arts & Entertainment

The Southern Indiana Center for the Arts is a working arts center offering a continuing variety of cultural and educational programs. They gallery at the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts features rotating 60 day exhibits by various artists.  This gallery also has the world's only public display of a private collection of paintings by John Mellencamp, singer, songwriter, and Seymour native. Visit the Southern Indiana Center for the Arts online!

The City of Seymour is host to one of the largest festivals in Indiana -- the Seymour Oktoberfest. Held downtown the first weekend in October, the annual event is packed with food, fun and entertainment. The Seymour Oktoberfest parade, the 5K/walk/run/wheelchair race and the balloon race are highlights of the weekend long festivities. Visit the Seymour Oktoberfest online!

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Dining

In Seymour, Indiana you can enjoy dining in elegant restaurants featuring renowned chefs, or hop in a booth at an old fashioned diner.  Seymour offers Chinese, Mexican, Italian, home-cooking and more!  

Historical Sites

Covered Bridges -- Seymour's covered bridge was built in the late 1800's. The Shieldstown Covered Bridge is 355 feet long, is considered the most scenic bridge in Jackson county and carried traffic until 1990.

The Freeman Airfield Museum is located at Freeman Field in Seymour. Dedicated to preserving the history of the men and women who served at the field during WWII, the museum has uniforms, artifacts, photographs, and parts of European airplanes. The Freeman Airfield once housed pilots undergoing advanced pilot training and also the famed Tuskegee Airmen. 

Seymour Museum
Restoration work is fully underway on the interior of the Old Federal Building, 220 North Chestnut Street, in historic downtown Seymour.  The historic building once housed the Seymour Post Office, Seymour City Hall, Seymour Police Department and will be the home of Seymour Museum. Many features of the original Seymour Post Office are being brought back for future generations to appreciate and for our mature citizens to remember. In celebration of our rich and diversified heritage, exhibits relating to daily life in our community throughout the years will be features along with rotating and traveling displays.  

The lower floor is being dedicated to the city’s railroad history.  The local Train Club will have several working train layouts on display. The Southern Indiana Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society (established in 1935) will manage Seymour prototype train display, railroad history and offer classes and programs.  Railroads were vital to our community early on, without them our city would not be here today.  

The Museum Board is currently seeking donations of old post office boxes and other historic memorabilia to be used in the restored interior.  Information regarding items specific to the original Seymour Post Office or possible items for donation need to be directed to Kevin Greene, Board Member, at 812-524-7701.  Contributions of support for the Seymour Museum will be gratefully accepted at Seymour Museum PO Box 1222 Seymour, Indiana 47274.

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Seymour Lodging

Visit the Jackson County Visitors Center for More Information & Discounts on Lodging in Jackson County, Indiana.

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