New Harmony

Tours

Event Information

Hosted by	Central Indiana Region PCA
Registrar	bsniderjr1977@comcast.net / 765-760-2579
Location	New Harmony, Indiana
Event Dates	09/20/25 - 09/21/25
Registration Dates	03/01/25 12:01 AM (opens) (central time zone) 09/22/25 11:59 PM (closes) (central time zone)
Description	CIR’s New Harmony “Kunstfest” Weekend is back! New Harmony, Indiana is a special place and our CIR New Harmony “Kunstfest” Weekend is a very special event, and we only do it about every five years. CIR’s New Harmony “Kunstfest” Weekend Auto Tour will be brought back this year on September 20 – 21, 2025 after a four-year hiatus.  Kunstfest is New Harmony’s annual German arts, crafts, food and music festival and their largest and most popular festival of the year.  “Kunst” means art in German. New Harmony is an Indiana State Museum Historic Site and supported by the Lilly Foundation, Ball Foundation, Baffler Trust and the University of Southern Indiana.  New Harmony was the location in 1814 where Harmonists from Harmony, Pennsylvania tried to establish a Utopian Society.  They created many permanent structures that have all been restored and preserved and further established the first public school, first public library and promoted women’s rights a hundred years before anyone else even thought about it.  Their experiment eventually failed, and they returned to Pennsylvania.  Then in 1825 a Scottish philanthropist, Robert Owen, tried to create another Utopian Society of intellectuals, educators and progressives.  Their experiment also failed, but their contributions to American Society are still felt to this day and changed American education and scientific research.  The entire town is kind of a dichotomy.  On one side of the street, you have state-of-the-art modern architecture and beautiful walk-through gardens and on the other side of the street are 200-year-old historic brick buildings and log cabins dating to the early 1800’s.  If you have never been here before, we strongly recommend you take the Guided Group Historical Tour at 1 PM to fully understand New Harmony and all it represents. CIR’s weekend starts on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 9 AM with On Site Registration at Gray Bros. Cafeteria parking lot, just south of Mooresville off Ind. 67 South.  Driver’s Meeting is at 9:30 AM and leaving at 10 AM sharp for the three-hour scenic drive to New Harmony via Ind. 67 So. and Ind. 57 So.  Arriving in New Harmony at noon (Central Time – we gain an hour!) for lunch on your own at the Kunstfest festival and optional $10/person group-guided afternoon walking tours (golf cart rental available) at 1 PM of Historic New Harmony sites at the Atheneum Visitor’s Center. At 6 PM on Saturday there is a group dinner at the award-winning Red Geranium Restaurant in the reserved Tillich Room overlooking Swan Lake.  Saturday night lodging is available for $119/night Porsche Club Group Rate at the contemporary New Harmony Inn in their Shaker-Style Rosebank Wing (20 Premium King Bed Rooms held under “Porsche Club”). Sunday, Sept. 21 morning breakfast at 9 AM is on your own at the Red Geranium Restaurant with an informal Attendee’s Choice Porsche Car Show in the Red Geranium parking lot at 10 AM with locally made pottery trophies by Bee Tree Pottery for the top three cars, oldest and long-distance awards.  Then we leave New Harmony at noon for a scenic 1/2 hr. drive to downtown Evansville for a 12:30 PM group lunch at BRU Burger Bar in the restored 1938 Art Deco Greyhound Bus Terminal.  After lunch, there is a 1 1/2 hr. very scenic sports car drive to the spectacular St. Meinrad’s Archabbey (there are only 2 in the US) for an included (and entertaining) brother monk-guided walking tour of the Archabbey – you will think you are in Bavaria, Germany! The weekend ends at 5 PM Central Time (6 PM Eastern) with a 2 1/2 hr. all-Interstate drive back to Indy via I-64 E. & I-65 N. to I-465. This year members of the Michiana Region are planning on joining us and we usually have members of the Southern Indiana Region also join us for parts of the weekend. RSVP will open soon for a weekend you won’t forget down in “The Toe of Indiana”! $20/person Auto Tour Registration Fee.  Go for one day or two.  ($10/person/day). Bob & Brigitta Snider, Tourmeisters Questions: bsniderjr1977@comcast.net or 765-760-2579 cell Saturday Hotel Accommodations: New Harmony Inn 800-782-8605 or 812-682-4431 and Press 2 for room reservations.  Tell them you are with the Porsche Club to get our $115 Group Discount Rate and choose your room type for Saturday, Sept. 20.  Courtyard View or Lakeview, Electric Fireplaces, patios or balconies and Loft rooms are all available in the Rosebank building.  Elevators and all rooms are non-smoking.  Check in 4 PM Central Time, Checkout 11 AM Central Time. More info: Start GPS: Gray Brothers Cafeteria south parking lot, 555 S. Indiana St., Mooresville, IN 46158 – just off Ind. 67 S., south of Mooresville (cafeteria does not open until 11 AM, but there is a McDonald’s and other restaurants nearby) https://www.VisitNewHarmony.com https://www.NewHarmonyInn.com https://www.NewHarmonyInn.com/dining/dining-menus https://www.BruBurgerBar.com/Evansville https://www.SaintMeinrad.edu
Refund Policy	NA
Indemnity Policy	NA

Event Fees

Entry Type	Fee	Description
New Harmony, Indiana Kunstfest Weekend	$20.00	New Harmony, Indiana "Kunstfest" Weekend Auto Tour per person.

Event Options

Event Options	Fee
Saturday New Harmony Historic Walking Tour Saturday Docent-Guided New Harmony Historic Tour. 90 minutes at 1 PM Central Time. Be at Atheneum Visitors Center (Modern White Building at the west end of North St.) by 12:45 PM Central Time for 15-minute orientation film and the docent guided walking tour of select New Harmony Historic Sites. Strongly recommended if you have never been to New Harmony. $10/person. Pay at Visitors Center. Golf Cart Rental available at New Harmony Inn.	$0.00
Saturday New Harmony Inn Accommodations Saturday Hotel Accommodations: Call New Harmony Inn at 800-782-8605 or 812-682-4431 and Press 2 for room reservations. Tell them you are with the Porsche Club to get our $115/night Group Discount Rate and choose your room type for Saturday, Sept. 20. Courtyard View or Lakeview, Electric Fireplaces, patios or balconies and Loft rooms are all available in the Rosebank building. Elevators and all rooms are non-smoking. Check in 4 PM Central Time, Checkout 11 AM Central Time.	$0.00
Saturday Red Geranium Dinner Saturday Group Dinner at 6 PM Central Time at the award-winning Red Geranium Restaurant. Group seating in the Paul Tillich Room overlooking Swan Lake. Order from their extensive menu. Separate checks arranged.	$0.00
Sunday Breakfast at Red Geranium Sunday Breakfast on your own at the Red Geranium Restaurant.	$0.00
Sunday Informal Porsche Car Show Sunday Informal Porsche Car Show in the Red Geranium Parking Lot. Locally made pottery trophies by Bee Tree Pottery for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place plus Oldest Car and Long-Distance Awards. 10 AM - Noon. Please everyone participate! Open to the public and official Kunstfest Event! Car wash hose by the Tennis Courts.	$0.00
Sunday Lunch at BRU Burger Bar Evansville Sunday Lunch at 12:30 PM Central Time at BRU Burger Bar in downtown Evansville, located in the restored 1938 Greyhound Bus Terminal. Order from their extensive menu. Separate checks arranged.	$0.00
Sunday St. Meinrad Archabbey Walking Tour Sunday St. Meinrad Archabbey Brother Monk Guided Walking Tour. 3 - 4 PM Central Time. Price included with Auto Tour. There are only two Archabbeys in the US!	$0.00

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