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Indiana Historical Society offers a variety of membership levels for families, individuals, organizations and companies. To see our most popular membership levels, click here.

IHS members are entitled to receive free tickets to the Indiana State Fair with their membership (the number of tickets depends on the membership level).

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Your support is not just an investment in the IHS today, but it is an investment in our future. Thank you for your dedication to Hoosier history!

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The Indiana Historical Society Archives and Library collects, preserves and makes accessible one of the largest archival repositories documenting the history of Indiana from its early exploration and settlement to the present. The IHS collection includes more than:

• 100,000 digital collection items
• 5,450 processed manuscript collections
• 1.7 million photographs in over 800 visual collections
• 45,000 cataloged printed items

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Check out our exhibits, events, programs and workshops! From biking scavenger hunts to cursive camps for kids, family history for all levels, book signings, lectures and more, we’re sure you’ll find what you’re looking for.

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Step into three-dimensional re-creations of historic photographs complete with characters that come to life in You Are There, or take virtual journeys throughout the state in Destination Indiana, or pull up a stool at the cabaret and immerse yourself in the music of Hoosier legend Cole Porter in the Cole Porter Room.

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