South Bend Activities: Museums, Art Galleries, and Indoor Activities

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• College Football Hall of Fame 111 S Saint Joseph Street, 574-235-9999. Thanksgiving through Memorial Day: M-Su 10AM-5PM; Memorial Day through Thanksgiving: M-Th 10AM-5PM, F-Sa 9AM-6PM, Su 9AM-5PM. Extended hours on football weekends. Adults $12 (county residents $9), students/seniors $8, ages 5-12 $5, under 5 free. www.collegefootball.org Note: The College Football Hall of Fame is set to leave South Bend for Atlanta by 2010. So get there while you still can.

• Hannah Lindahl Children's Museum 1402 S Main St., Mishawaka, IN, 254-4550. Step back in time to a world your grandparents - even your great-grandparents - knew. You’ll also get a close look at the wonderful world of nature, a taste of life in Japan, and the excitement in our Survive Alive fire safety training house. www.hlcm.org

• Healthworks Kids Museum 111 W. Jefferson St., 2nd floor, (574) 647-5437M-F 9AM-4PM, Sa noon-4PM. Admission is $4 and children under 2 are free. www.qualityoflife.org/healthworks

• Indiana University South Bend Art Gallery The Art Gallery at IU South Bend gives students in the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts hands-on experience in planning and conducting student art exhibits. The gallery is open to the public and offers showings by established artists who exhibit their work here throughout the school year. Other gallery highlights include both the annual faculty and student art shows. www.iusb.edu/tour/two.shtml

• Northern Indiana Center for History and Oliver Mansion Located next to the Studebaker National Museum, the Center for History features interesting facts about not just the cities of South Bend and Mishawaka, but also the natural history of the entire Michiana area. Artifacts (including prehistoric finds) are on display and there are changing exhibits as well. The Oliver Mansion is included with admission and there is a separate research room for those interested in searching through historical documents and newspapers. Combine admission with the Studebaker Museum and save money. www.centerforhistory.org

• Snite Museum of Art See art pieces from around the world at the Snite Museum of Art, located inside the campus of Notre Dame, across from the stadium. www.nd.edu/~sniteart

• South Bend Regional Museum of Art 120 S. St. Joseph St., 574-235-9102. See the work of artists from around the Great Lakes and Midwest www.sbrma.org.

• South Bend Table Tennis Center The 7th ranked table tennis club in the United States. Led by the 2000 Men's Olympic Coach and 5-time U.S. Men's Singles Champion, Dan Seemiller, the club is open to all. SBTTC is a large club with activities from beginners to seasoned Loopers and Choppers with 14 professional tables. Weekly Round Robins provide lively competition and club rankings . Also offering, Saturday morning coaching for kids and newbies, competitive Juniors' program for ages 5-18, regular club sponsored tournaments, and clinics/camps conducted by Dan Seemiller.

• St. Joseph County Public Library Ranked among the top ten libraries in the US for cities 100,000-250,000, SJCPL was the first library in the U.S. on the World Wide Web and second in the world. Features over 50 public Internet stations and a massive collection of books at the downtown location. www.sjcpl.org

• Studebaker National Museum 201 Chapin St., 574-235-9714. See the cars that used to power the South Bend economy. The Studebaker Museum, now in its new location on Chapin Ave. downtown, is a great place to see the Studebaker lineup. Wagons, military vehicles, and electric cars from the 1930s are present in this three-story museum, the lower level of which is simply cars, in no particular formation, on lifters and on the ground for perusal. Featured exhibits currently running include Studebaker concept cars. www.studebakermuseum.org