Recently, I was having a conversation about organizations and how they determine success. One of the comments I made was that the Local History Services department staff constantly evaluates what we do. We ask attendees to complete evaluations after workshops and meetings. We develop and distribute surveys during the year to determine how we’re doing […]
Indianapolis—Visitors can step right up to see several live performances and take part in family activities when the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) hosts its 15th annual Circus Day celebration on Saturday, March 26. IHS will offer free admission to the popular event, as well as the Indiana Experience, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) announces two genealogy programs geared toward finding those ancestors who settled the country and those who served it. Each event will be held at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. A program on Saturday, March 19, What Did You […]
Indianapolis—”Girl Power” is a household phrase, and just in time for Women’s History Month, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is shedding light on the kind of publication that helped make it popular. Cut/Paste, a zine workshop presented by Franciscan St. Francis Health, will take place Thursday, March 10, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is giving guests a chance to make Bicentennial history with the final year of its free event, #300in3. From Friday, March 11 through Sunday, March 13, photographer Tom Styrkowicz will return to the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St., with the goal of […]
Indianapolis—The old-fashioned art of canning and preserving foods is enjoying new popularity, and a new Indiana Historical Society (IHS) exhibition is taking guests back to its Hoosier beginnings. The newest Indiana Experience offering, You Are There 1948: Communities Can!, explores the impact the Ball Brothers Company from Muncie, Ind., had on the original food preservation […]
When you hear someone talk about the history of jazz, your first thought might be New Orleans. But did you know Indianapolis had its own famous jazz scene starting in 1821 and lasting until the 1970s? Indiana Avenue in downtown Indy was home to Madam Walker Theatre and several nightclubs where many local jazz musicians […]
Couldn’t make it to New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week is just too far away? Here’s a sneak peek, la 1937. A perk of working at Indiana Historical Society is that sometimes I get a sneak peek of what’s new in the collection. This time it’s really new to us. This Janal?ne Fashion […]
It’s Black History Month. The month we learn and celebrate the achievements of black Americans. Here at the History Center, students and teachers can research the Hoosier ties of one of the most famous black female business owners Madam C.J. Walker. While Walker wasn’t born in Indiana, she is a notable Hoosier who created her […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is issuing a call for volunteer judges to take part in the 2016 National History Day in Indiana (NHDI) contests. Judges are needed at four regional competitions in Notre Dame, Ind. (Feb. 27), Indianapolis (March 12), Evansville, Ind. (April 2) and Nashville, Ind. (April 9). IHS also is recruiting judges […]
