Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society will celebrate its popular 14th Annual Circus Day by offering free admission to the event, as well as the Indiana Experience, on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, home of the IHS and the Indiana Experience, is located at 450 W. Ohio St. in […]
The newest You Are There: That Ayres Look, is unlike any previous exhibition in the Indiana Experience. This exhibit dives into the multidimensional fashion- and business-infused influence the L.S. Ayres Department Store had on Indianapolis. I sat down recently with Eloise Batic, IHS director of exhibitions research and development, to discuss the newest experience, the […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) will offer its guests the opportunity to have their portraits both taken and incorporated into an on-the-spot exhibition with #300in3. The free event, back by popular demand after a successful 2014 debut, will take place March 20 through 22, from noon to 4 p.m. each day. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick […]
It seems that time capsules never really leave the news these days. Both nationally and closer to home, people are discovering, opening and placing time capsules in a constant cycle of anticipation, excitement and occasionally disappointment. Many a news story tells the tale of a wet or decayed mass of papers removed from a time […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) will debut a new concept in its storytelling with You Are There: That Ayres Look, stretching the interpretation of its popular You Are There format. The exhibit will open March 14 and will be available through Aug. 6, 2016 as part of the Indiana Experience at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History […]
The Preservation Imaging Lab recently completed the Clowes Family Digital Collection, the largest collection to be digitized by IHS to date. The IHS Preservation Imaging Department, headed by David Turk, and technician Abigail Pratt (me), along with other part-time staff, utilized the majority of our equipment to accomplish this. Three high resolution scanning stations, a […]
The new year is upon us and spring is coming soon. For me, that means it’s time to de-clutter my world by organizing my workspaces to get ready for the year, deep cleaning my house and clearing out closets. I’m always searching for better systems of organization and ways to make my life run more […]
The William H. Smith Memorial Library collects and preserves the history of Indiana including old letters, maps, and photographs so that they are available for future generations. In an earlier post I gave an overview of the IHS research library. Creating and maintaining a healthy and accessible collection is hard work and a never-ending cycle! […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is pleased to announce the creation of its new Indiana Heritage Support Program, an initiative funded by a $3.43 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. During the next five years, IHS will provide $2.5 million in grants to Indiana’s local historical organizations. These will fund a wide variety of projects […]
In my seven years of work in the Local History Services department of IHS, first as assistant director and then as director, I have been given the opportunity to learn from the staff and partners of IHS as well as the over 900 local history organizations LHS serves. I have never been at a loss […]
