Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society has received notification from the Association of Midwest Museums that it will award the IHS the 2010 AMM Best Practices Award for its development and implementation of the Indiana Experience. The 2010 AMM Awards will be presented on Thursday, October 7 at the 2010 AMM conference, Museums Making Connections. The Eugene […]
For Immediate Release Contacts: Amy Lamb, Media Relations Manager, Indiana Historical Society (317) 232-1878 or alamb@indianahistory.org OR Duane Chattin, Director of University Relations, Vincennes University (812) 888-4164 or dchattin@vinu.edu Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society and Red Skelton Museum Foundation are pleased to announce the formation of a partnership in order to create a permanent archive for […]
The Indiana Historical Society?s Midwestern Roots 2010 Conference was hugely successful! Thanks to everyone who participated! There were so many interesting sessions from getting started doing research to understanding immigration history to learning about DNA. One session I attended had an unusual perspective: David Rencher, chief genealogical officer for FamilySearch, talked about ways that researchers […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Lamb, Media Relations Manager (317) 232-1878 or alamb@indianahistory.org Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society invites kids of all ages to treat their grandparents to a special day with its new Indiana Experience. Families will receive a free grandparent admission with each paid youth admission during Grandparents Day Weekend, Sept. 10 and 11. […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Lamb, Media Relations Manager (317) 232-1878 or alamb@indianahistory.org Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society is proud to launch its newest traveling exhibition, Faces in the Crowd: Indiana and the Political Process, into statewide availability. After debuting at the 2010 Indiana Black Expo and being displayed at the Indiana State Fair, the exhibition […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Lamb, Media Relations Manager (317) 232-1878 or alamb@indianahistory.org Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society Press is proud to announce the release of Maria’s Journey, written by Ramon Arredondo and Trisha Hull Arredondo. Maria’s Journey is the inspiring true story of Maria Arredondo, a Mexican citizen who immigrated to the United States as […]
I attended the Association of Indiana Museums (AIM) conference this weekend in Bloomington with the other Local History Services staff, Jeannette and Stacy. Sunday was a networking and behind-the-scenes touring day. For lots of folks, including me, the networking and informal conversations are the most important part of a conference. That?s when you get to […]
Ah, it is State Fair time in Indiana and we all have our favorite activities. Most of mine involve the various food booths. I recently saw some unique images of a different kind of food? booth from fairs in the years past the Lard Art exhibit. Yes, instead of deep-frying it, Hoosiers used to create […]
On a recent trip to deliver a traveling exhibit, Jeannette (coordinator, Local History Services) and I made a detour to the tiny town of Fountain City.From the name of the town, you might guess that we were stopping to check out a beautiful water feature in their downtown. But no.We went to see the home […]
When I was a kid my sister and I would go on summer vacations with our dad. We?d get up early in morning, pile into the (non-air conditioned) car and then find ourselves in exotic locales such as Pigeon Roost or Lincoln City, Indiana. Some of our trips actually crossed state lines. While my friends […]
