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 […]
General Lew Wallace Study & Museum
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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 […]
This was taken from a release from the Association of Indiana Museums (AIM). Please visit their website at indianamuseum.org for more information. The National Medal for Museum and Library Service, awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, recognizes five museum and five libraries each year, for programs and […]
Fall has arrived and the winterization of the gardens have begun. Peonies have been cut back and soon to be moved to a new location, leaves are being mulched and the squirrels are busy gathering and burying nuts. One of the fall tasks is the collection of seeds from annuals. […]
Dale Petrie, longtime leader with the Lew Wallace Study Preservation Society and the chair of the Taste of Montgomery County Committee since its inception, has received the Fredrick J. Urbaska Civic Service Award from the National Association of Wabash Men for his contributions to Crawfordsville and Montgomery County. Dale is […]
Have you been outside? It is gorgeous. Fall is my favorite time of year, and the Museum grounds make a perfect place to watch the seasons change. The trees change their leaves in different shades, and I’m hoping for a particularly colorful spectacle given the wet year we’ve had. I […]
Larry Paarlberg accepted the position of Director of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum. He is the former executive director of Goodwood Museum and Gardens in Tallahassee, Florida. He will begin at the Museum on October 1. Paarlberg, an Indiana native and 1980 Purdue alum, has worked in historic […]
Last week, Visitor Services & Marketing Coordinator Kara Edie presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History on how historic sites of all sizes are utilizing new technology to spread their mission to larger audiences. The presentation, “Technology, Web 2.0 and Historic Sites: Strategies […]
What is the appeal of watching someone else talk about a place that looks nothing like it used to? Recently, my husband spent days watching every commentary and special feature on a special edition documentary about a popular series of horror movies. The parts that I saw consisted of some […]
Summer has arrived and war has been declared! Battles are being fought… and lost. Unfortunately, the war is likely to last for months. Japanes beetles, Popillia japonica, have invaded. They first appeared the last week of June and their numbers are increasing. The iridescent copper-colored beetles with green heads are […]