Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum sits inside the world's most famous oval, and it has never been better. A $60.5 million renovation, the first in 40 years, rebuilt it from the ground up before its April 2025 reopening, adding 40,000 square feet of galleries around a collection of 150 plus vehicles and 55,000 artifacts.

The heart of it is the Indianapolis 500 Winners Gallery: 29 winning cars across two levels, from the 1911 Marmon Wasp that won the first 500 to the modern era, arranged around the actual Borg-Warner Trophy with its 100 plus sterling silver winner faces. Around it: the Starting Line Experience and its 80 foot LED wall, seven recreated Gasoline Alley garages, the Penske Gallery, NASCAR at the Speedway, a hands-on Qualifying Zone with pit stop challenges and simulators, and a rotating special exhibition gallery.

Then do the thing you cannot do anywhere else: take the bus lap around the 2.5 mile oval and kiss the yard of bricks.

A world-class motorsport museum first, then a pilgrimage: the track tours turn a visit into the full Speedway experience.

Look out for:

• The Winners Gallery: 29 Indianapolis 500 winning cars over two levels, anchored by the 1911 Marmon Wasp.

• The Borg-Warner Trophy, the centerpiece of the room, every winner's face in sterling silver.

• The Starting Line Experience, an immersive 80 by 20 foot LED recreation of race day.

• Gasoline Alley Gallery: seven garages, each dressed for a different era of the 500.

• The Penske Gallery and the NASCAR at the Speedway gallery.

• The Qualifying Zone: pit stop challenges and racing simulators, including a wheelchair accessible one.

• A rotating special exhibition alongside the permanent halls (currently a Jeff Gordon retrospective, through February 2027).

• Kiss the Bricks: the 30 minute narrated bus lap of the oval, stopping at the start/finish line so you can kneel and kiss the original 1909 bricks. When track activity blocks the lap, the Victory Podium tour through Gasoline Alley runs instead.

Museum alone: 1.5 to 2 hours. With a track tour: 3 to 4 hours. The 90 minute golf cart tour ($55, ages 12+) is the deep cut for enthusiasts and sells out, so book ahead.

• Admission: $25 adult, $23 senior, $18 youth (6 to 16), $12 military, 5 and under free. Track tours are extra: $15 adult, $10 youth for the bus tours; $55 for the golf cart tour.

• Hours: 9:00 to 5:00, open 363 days, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.

• Track tours depend on the track. Schedules change without notice for weather and track activity, and the oval lap swaps to the Victory Podium tour when the circuit is in use. On major race weekends an IMS event ticket may be needed for grounds access.

• Getting there: 6 miles west of downtown Indianapolis; rideshare runs $15 to 20 each way, and it is not walkable from anywhere, so plan the return trip. Free parking via Gate 2 on W 16th St on non-event days.

• Book the golf cart tour in advance; walk-ins work for the bus tours outside busy periods.

• Concessions are limited, so eat beforehand or bring water.

• Fully wheelchair accessible, with wheelchair-friendly simulators, sensory-inclusive programming and wellness rooms.

Last updated: 1 September 2026