The Museum's Educational Mission:
Educate future generations about the personal achievements, sacrifices and the "cost of freedom" of those who served on the USS Indianapolis.

The educational mission will be achieved through interactive displays about personal stories and triumphs of the crew. Interactive displays will challenge students to answer questions and to provide examples about how they would react and make decisions when faced with real everyday life situations and how to use the character traits exhibited by the men of the USS Indianapolis. Each of the following character traits will be defined:

Recommended reading for elementary grade students - The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis (We the People Series) by Marc Tyler Nobleman.

Recommended reading for junior high students and older- Left for Dead A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis by Pete Nelson, with a Preface by Hunter Scott.

The traveling Event Museum tours schools to educate students about the USS Indianapolis history and provides teachers with the opportunity to create a lesson using the character traits examples based on our educational mission. USS Indianapolis Museum staff and special guests are available to visit schools to give presentations and share the history with the students.

Museum staff can work with teachers on history and educational assignments. Recommended reading for students is Left for Dead. A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis. By Pete Nelson with a Preface by Hunter Scott.

Underwriting the educational mission of the touring Event Museum is available for your organization.

Shown above is the 16 foot long model of the USS Indianapolis, on display at Perry Meridian Middle School.

Member: American Association of Museums.