The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres, also referred to as the 100 Acres or Fairbanks Park, is a public interactive art park located on the Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art) campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in 2010, the park is among the largest of its kind in the U.S., including an inaugural collection of eight site-specific art installations by national and international artists. Other features include walking paths, natural landscaping, and the Ruth Lilly Visitors Pavilion. Admission to the park is free and open from dusk to dawn. The park is situated within a floodplain west of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and Oldfields, bordered on the east by the Indiana Central Canal and on the north and west by a meander in the White River. The park was intentionally developed to emphasize surrounding natural features, including woods, meadows, wetlands, and a quarry lake. Virginia B. Fairbanks, the wife of benefactor Richard M. Fairbanks, is the park's namesake. History During the construction of nearby Interstate 65, gravel was excavated from the site by Huber, Hunt & Nichols, which later donated the land to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1972. In the proceeding years, the former quarry site remained largely untouched. In acknowledgment of the site's popularity with trespassers, the museum partnered with Indianapolis Greenways and the Indianapolis Water Company to formally open the site for public use in 1999. At this time, museum officials began maintaining desire paths around the lake and clearing invasive plant species. Further, the museum adopted a US$160 million master plan that proposed developing the site into a public art and nature park. A preliminary site plan was developed by landscape architecture firm Moore Iacofano Goltsman Inc. In 2004, the museum commissioned landscape architect Edward L. Blake, Jr. and architect Marlon Blackwell to design the park with an emphasis on its natural setting. Gifts totaling US$15 million were granted to the museum from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation in 2001 and 2006 to offset initial operations expenses for the park. In 2007, the museum announced the selection of the first ten artists whose work would be installed in the park. In 2008, the museum scaled back some elements of the park. A planned US$8 million, walkway designed by artist Mary Miss was canceled due to concerns of cost and the piece's impact on the surrounding natural environment. Miss was