Crawfordsville’s local cultural attractions are gearing up for another exciting visitation season! Museum staff have prepared new exhibits, displays, and presentations in anticipation of their public openings next week. Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County exhibits The Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County will kick off its 2010 season on Tuesday, March […]
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Writers, producers, and attorneys all over Hollywood and New York should wake up every day thanking Lew Wallace. A lawsuit involving Ben-Hur set precedent for many copyright cases over the past century. As many of you know, after Lew Wallace wrote Ben-Hur, Harper Brothers published it. Late in his life, […]
“Victorian Landscapes,” the third workshop of the 2010 Winter Preservation Workshop Series, will take place on Tuesday, March 2 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, 200 Wallace Avenue in Crawfordsville. Meg Storrow, Principal Landscape Architect at Storrow Kinsella Associates, will explore Victorian landscapes, designs for […]
The 2010 exhibit, Sanctuary: Preserving the Legacy of Lew Wallace, is taking shape! Amanda McGuire and Deb are working diligently with white gloves and power tools to get everything in place. The first case done centers on Wallace’s legacy through his best-selling novel Ben-Hur, including some rarely-seen ephemera, and the […]
The 2010 exhibit opens in just a few weeks and we are furiously working on displays, exhibits and interactive activities. Lew Wallace’s workbench, replicated by a local woodworker, will be the setting of the ‘hands on’ display. One of the activities planned is a block puzzle representing the Study. Handcrafted […]
The General Lew Wallace Study and Museum reinstates its popular Winter Preservation Workshop Series after a one-year break. The first of four workshops, focusing on safeguarding family photos and personal papers, will take place on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. “Pictures and Papers” from 7:00-9:00 p.m. will be led by Beth […]
Boxes of Lew Wallace’s books and other large artifacts await the arrival of Red Ball Superior Moving and Storage to take them to the off-site storage location. Grounds Manager Deb King watches her step carrying a chair out of the Study. This is the first time these artifacts have left […]
The winter of 2010 has been a chaotic mix of snow, sleet, wind and extreme cold. Mother Nature has thrown a wide range of different weather patterns to central Indiana. October was one of the wettest months in history and the first 15 days of 2010 never saw the temperatures […]
Grounds Manager Deb King releases a bat she found lying on the floor of the Study Monday afternoon. We’re not exactly sure how it got in, but by the time Deb found it, it was either sick or injured and didn’t last long. This is one visitor that is […]
A flute trio from the Wabash College orchestra treated visitors to the Holiday Open House to a selection of seasonal music. Dozens of visitors enjoyed music, treats, crafts, and free tours of the General’s Study. Join us when we reopen for the spring on February 1, 2010. The Museum will […]