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 […]
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 […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is celebrating Black History Month by using both the written and spoken word to share stories of Indiana’s African-American communities. The month-long tribute includes a free night of special performances on Thursday, Feb. 25. Speak: Voices in Indianapolis Black History will run from 7 to 9 p.m., inside the Stardust […]
Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) announces time is running out to step into You Are There 1904: Picture This. The IHS exhibition, which brings a Fort Wayne photography studio to life, will close on Saturday, Jan. 23, after a successful run of more than two years. You Are There 1904: Picture This allows guests to […]
Indianapolis-The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) will open the doors of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, Jan. 18, with free admission to performances, programs and service opportunities, as well as the award-winning Indiana Experience. Normally closed on Mondays, the […]
Indianapolis-A long-awaited Indiana Historical Society (IHS) project comes together just in time for Indiana’s Bicentennial, with the release of a new book and the opening of a new exhibition. Mapping Indiana: Five Centuries of Treasures from the Indiana Historical Society features dynamic and treasured maps, painstakingly chosen, from IHS’s own collection. Starting Saturday, Jan. 16, […]
