First Lady Laura Bush will award the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum the 2008 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries, at a White House ceremony on October 7. Each year, the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in […]
General Lew Wallace Study & Museum
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Even though Lew Wallace hated school as a child, he’s getting ready to launch back into the classroom – but this time as the teacher. The Lew Wallace Discovery Kit has been finished by intern Rachael Matthews and is reserved for a visit at St. Bernard’s School in just over […]
How awesome was the Taste of Montgomery County? Words cannot describe, but I’ll do my best anyway! There was so much to take in that day, I’ll just hit a few highlights. Of the twenty booths, I was only able to taste a few things, but one of my favorites […]
Summer at the Study has been a wonderous treat for the nature lovers. The gardens are in full glory and the wildlife has found a bountiful feast. Lantana, verbena, butterfly bushes and coneflowers are visited by goldfinches, hummingbirds and numerous varieties of butterflies. The yellow swallowtail butterfly is the most […]
Marketing Coordinator Kara Edie and I went to the Wabash College Community Day to spread some of our excitement about the upcoming Taste of Montgomery County! With the countdown well underway – only 4 days left – our goal was to make sure every Wabash student knew what was going […]
I came to the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum as an intern in the hopes of learning more about the business side of nonprofits and how I could go about making a career of marketing in the nonprofit sector. Marketing Intern Amanda Wesselmann, the Associate Director, took my desire […]
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, July 19, 2008— Deb King, Grounds Manager of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, is eager to fish from General Wallace’s moat, an activity that Wallace himself greatly enjoyed from 1898-1903. “General Wallace had a ‘moat’ dug around half of his Study during its construction, and he […]
Presentations represent daily life of Union soldiers under Wallace’s command CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, June 21, 2008— The scent of campfires and the sounds of Stephen Foster songs will fill the air once again at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum for its annual Civil War encampment weekend, July 12 and […]
General Lew Wallace Study & Museum staff often act as educators, whether it is with the public or private groups. Often we engage with groups of varied ages. However, recently we have educated elementary school students in topical tours. For the first time in recent history, almost every second, third, […]
I am a volunteer here at the Lew Wallace Study. Approximately one year ago I sought out opportunities to help my community and for those opportunities to be interesting, challenging, and not boring. As a volunteer I work on the newsletter, give tours, and research information upon request from the […]