December 13 also the final day for public to view “Embattled” exhibit CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, December 6, 2009— The General Lew Wallace Study and Museum is hosting a free Holiday Open House on their last operating day of 2009, Sunday, December 13 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Open House takes […]
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Now that December is upon us, the gardens at the Study have been prepared for winter. Lantana has been lifted, pruned and repotted. They are kept alive in a cool greenhouse over the winter months, pruned and fertilized in the early spring, and will be ready for planting outdoors in […]
One-of-a-kind event features holiday décor, refreshments, fashion show and door prizesCRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, November 22, 2009— Holidays and history bring the community together for the third annual Holiday High Tea and Fashions, a benefit for the Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society scheduled for Friday, December 4, between 3:00 and 5:30 p.m. […]
How do you pack over 1,200 books for storage? Very carefully… Volunteers learned the procedure for packing up General Wallace’s books. Working in pairs, packing volunteers pulled books from the shelves individually, cross-referenced each title with the list to make sure we have a record of it, and made a […]
Archaeologists have found evidence that clocks have existed as early as 400 BC. Clocks running on water existed in China. The Greeks invented early mechanical clocks in the 1st century BC. In the early 13th century clocks even had alarms set on them to make a motion or sound at […]
Moving the Clock 11-10-09, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. General Lew Wallace’s 1898 Tiffany grandfather clock, custom made for the General in New York to match his Study here in Crawfordsville, gets installed in its temporary home inside the Carriage House Interpretive Center. As shown in this video, the clock juuuuuust […]
Before the onset of any cold rain typical of November in Indiana, we decided to remove some of the most significant artifacts from the Study in preparation of the Study Restoration Project. This week we moved Lew Wallace’s custom-made grandfather clock from the Study to the Carriage House Interpretive Center. […]
The Staff and Trustees of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum welcomed new Museum Director Larry Paarlberg with a reception in his honor on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Members of the Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society gathered at the Carriage House Interpretive Center to meet Paarlberg, mingle, and of […]
Monday we hosted an Historic Structures Workshop, organized by both the Indiana Historical Society’s Local History Services and Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. This workshop was geared for professionals and volunteers in history organizations located in historic buildings. Staff and board members from as far away as Cincinnati convened to […]
The money is in and the process has started to find a contractor to replace the dome on Lew Wallace’s 111 year old study. This means that we also have to start packing up all of the General’s artifacts in the study to be put in storage while the dome […]