Over the years, Monroe County has played host to many lectures, concerts and theatrical productions, earning its reputation as a thriving environment for education and the arts. Additionally, Bloomington’s historic town square presents shopping and international dining opportunities. Monroe County has been known since the 1880s for its limestone quarrying and stone cutting.

This limestone piece depicts music, art, theater and literature through abstract buildings and shapes. There are hints of numerous objects such as a trumpet, several string instruments, a painting and paint brushes.

Designers Jeff Laramore and David Jemerson Young of 2nd Globe, an Indianapolis–based artistic company, designed all 92 of the county sculptures featured on the outside of the Indiana State Museum. Their designs narrate the counties’ famous natives, historically significant events, or their cultural characteristics, and were fabricated and installed by various Indiana sculptors, carvers, glassworkers, metalworkers, and other artisans.