Are you ready for the Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS) favorite book event of the year? The annual Holiday Author Fair is just the place to find the perfect read for you! This year, Author Fair attendees can mix and mingle with more than 60 authors of books about everything from sports and biographies to fiction, […]
The Indiana Historical Society’s (IHS) 2021 Festival of Trees holiday exhibit features more trees, more festive family workshops and more chances to get into the holiday spirit. From November 12 through January 8, visitors can take part in the annual holiday extravaganza at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is proud to announce the 2021 Founders Day Award honorees. Each year, the Founders Day Awards recognize outstanding individuals and organizations whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying awareness and appreciation of Indiana’s history on local, regional and statewide levels. The IHS will honor Founders Day Award […]
In the latest release from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, “Painter of the Dunes: A Life of Frank Virgil Dudley,” author Rachel Berenson Perry chronicles the creative life of the artist whose fascination with the Indiana Dunes helped establish it as a state park in 1925. Once his photographer brother introduced him to the […]
In “25 Sugarland Road: Letters of Love and War, 1943-1945,” the latest release from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) Press, author Judy McBride Bentley tells her parents’ story through excerpts from more than 200 letters filled with wonder, anxiety, yearning and a strong sense of family during a time their views of the world and […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS)’s newest exhibit, Indiana Lore: Tracing the Roots of Indiana’s Tall Tales, is now open at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit takes a look at many of Indiana’s local legends — from the Beast of Busco, the […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is proud to announce A’Lelia Bundles, Albert Chen, Joseph and Sarah Ellen Mamlin, and Cynthia Simon Skjodt are being recognized as its 2021 Indiana Living Legends. This year’s class of Living Legends will be honored at the annual gala on Thursday, October 7, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, located at […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) recently announced its support of 18 local historical societies and organizations representing 15 Indiana counties. The IHS issued more than $500,000 during its most recent Heritage Support Grants program, an initiative launched in 2015 and made possible by a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The current iteration of the program […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is proud to host historian and musician Joshua A. Thompson as part of the Lacy Family Distinguished Lecturer Series. “The Jazz State of Indiana with Joshua A. Thompson” is presented by the Lacy Foundation with support from the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation and Indy Jazz Fest. It takes place Thursday, August […]
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is excited to announce a new partnership with Ted Green Films (TGF). This partnership will couple the IHS’s collections, expertise and capacity with TGF’s incredible and historically-important storytelling to document and share Hoosier history in order to increase historical understanding and awareness. All of TGF’s film footage will be added […]
