Thousands of visitors are expected to fill the streets of Indianapolis throughout the week leading up to Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, 2012.

While many of those out-of-town guests will dedicate their time in the Circle City to football-related activities, it’s important to realize that Indianapolis has many other types of attractions and offerings.

Downtown Indianapolis

• The Indianapolis Zoo has more than 350 different animal species on nearly 70 acres, including an “Oceans” exhibit that features the world’s largest shark touch tank.

• Recognized as the world's largest, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has five levels of exhibits and is visited by more than a million people every year.

• Constructed from limestone, sandstone and other indigenous materials, the Indiana State Museum provides a hands-on, three-story overview of Indiana’s history and also includes artwork that represents each of the state’s 92 counties.

• The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art contains one of the world’s most highly-recognized Native American and Western art collections and is one of only two such museums east of the Mississippi.

• At the NCAA Hall of Champions and Conference Center, visitors can learn about all the college sports champions through kiosks that share sport-specific trivia, history and much more.

Nearby Indianapolis

• Fifteen minutes north of Monument Circle in the downtown area is the Indianapolis Museum of Art, one of the nation’s largest and oldest general art museums, which is located on 152 acres of gardens and grounds.

• On the west side of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum houses one of the world’s largest collections of race cars, including more than 30 past winners of the Indy 500.

• The north side suburb of Fishers is home to the Conner Prairie Interactive History Park. Through first-person, in-character narratives, costumed staff recreate life as it was in 19th Century Indiana while engaging visitors in common activities of the 1800s.

For more attraction information as well as hotel and restaurant listings, check out the Indianapolis Travel Guide on AAA.com.