The Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center, commonly referred to as the Dan Quayle Museum, is located at 815 Warren Street in

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, where former

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Dan Quayle James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...

attended high school. The Center is downtown in a renovated church, the former First Church of Christ, Scientist, and has two floors. The first floor features the history of all the vice presidents of the United States, while the second floor houses memorabilia and a theater. Regular school programs are held. It is located in the Old Plat Historic District. The Dan Quayle Center and Museum was opened to the public on June 17, 1993, and officially dedicated on October 16, 1993. In 2002, the board of directors for the DQCF changed the name of the facility from The Dan Quayle Center and Museum to The Dan Quayle Center home of the United States Vice Presidential Museum. In 2008, the board of directors changed the name to The Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center. Special attention is paid to the six vice presidents hailing from Indiana—

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, Charles Fairbanks, Thomas Marshall,

, and

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—and the three losing vice presidential candidates: George W. Julian,

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, and John W. Kern. At one time in American history, Indiana was a vital "

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;" as such, it provided numerous candidates for Vice President.

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The Quayle Vice Presidential Learning Center
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