During the calendar year 2013, the exhibitions crew at the Indiana Historical Society designed, produced, and opened a record number of exhibition projects. As many of our members, visitors and colleagues will be enjoying the holiday season and reflecting on the year, exhibit staff will raise a glass to toast an incredibly successful and productive […]
Sale of two non-Indiana treasures to fund acquisition and storage of Hoosier archives for decades to come Indianapolis—Today, with unanimous consent of its Collections Committee, Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) has decided it will put its complete sets of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America and Viviparous Quadrupeds […]
I guess that was my first adult meeting. You know, we filled up all the big sheets of paper.? That was the disheartening statement that I overheard after I helped to facilitate a meeting with teens about developing a youth leadership academy. My fellow adult volunteers and I realized that we shouldn?t create something for […]
Indianapolis? The Indiana Historical Society Press is pleased to announce the release of Crown Hill: History, Spirit, and Sanctuary. Published in cooperation with the Crown Hill Heritage Foundation, the book examines the cemetery’s complete history and places its story in the larger historical context of the development and growth of American landscape architecture. Listed on the […]
Our world has changed drastically in recent years. Today?s younger generation (aka digital natives) have never lived in a world without high-speed internet, smartphones, tablets or social media. Even most adults who do remember the time before technology changed the world cannot now imagine life without it. And these changes have, for better or worse, […]
When I?m on site visits, the question about how to get younger people interested in history almost always comes up. There?s no magic bullet. But, there is an answer for each museum. I recently visited a museum that had found it. I took a group of nine teenage Girl Scouts on an overnight trip to […]
IHS Press Releases Indiana Out Loud: Dan Carpenter on the Heartland Beat Indianapolis? The Indiana Historical Society Press is pleased to announce the release of Indiana Out Loud: Dan Carpenter on the Heartland Beat. This collection of the best of this renowned op-ed columnist’s work since 1993 includes engaging perceptions of some of the state’s most […]
I love being able to connect people with new ideas or new ways of thinking about things. And that is just what I got to do today during a visit from Alexis Caudell, director of the Mitchell Community Public Library. The Library is planning a major renovation, and Alexis wants to create an interactive exhibit […]
Journalism in America experienced dramatic growth and development during the Civil War Era. It was the first time an American war had been covered by the press, and there was an extremely high demand for information throughout the country. In order to accommodate the public?s need for news regarding the war, journalists began to use […]
