Fairmount Historical Museum - Fairmount, Indiana

Dedicated to the life of local boy made good James Dean, this lovely little museum consists of four or five rooms packed full of this movie icon's clothes, letters, photographs, school reports, motorbikes, toys and other memorabilia donated both by the local community and by his film star friends. There's one other room, dedicated to the town's other famous son, Jim Davis, creator of "Garfield".

If you go:
Open Mon-Sat 10.00 am to 5.00 pm and Sunday 12 noon to 5.00 pm; March through November. The last weekend of September is the James Dean Festival and Car Run. There's also the James Dean Gallery curated by David Loehr located at 425 N. Main Street.

Phone Numbers:

Fairmount Historical Museum
+1 (765) 948-4555