Overview
- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is hosting Tiana’s Joyful Celebration through January 3, 2027, and the exhibit is currently open to families and school groups.
- Award-winning actress Jenifer Lewis, who voices Mama Odie, visited the exhibit this week and appears as recorded audio throughout the experience to guide guests.
- The interactive displays let children decorate parade floats, play a pretend kitchen to ‘make gumbo,’ learn a second-line dance, and try on costumes with bilingual signage and ASL and Braille supports.
- Organizers say the Indianapolis run will be followed by a multi-year national tour with planned stops that include Los Angeles, Everett, Dearborn, Atlanta, Fort Worth, and Tampa.
- Created by Walt Disney Imagineering and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the show extends Disney storytelling into a museum setting to teach culture, community collaboration, and creative play to diverse audiences.