Fall is going to be a busy season for the Lew Wallace Study! We will also be participating in Ask A Curator Day on Twitter with @Wallacestudy, so if you have questions you want to ask, you can Tweet them Wednesday, September 19, with the hashtag #askacurator. September 22 brings a […]
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Walk in the footsteps of a literary giant with The Town that Lew Knew, a free architecture walking tour of Crawfordsville. We’ll see buildings in the neighborhood and business district that were here when Wallace walked the leaf-lined avenues. The tour starts at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, October 9, at the […]
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, May 29, 2010— A mysterious, holy grail–like object containing a document with the potential to bring about peace between the different peoples of the world is at the center of the exciting novel The Abyssinian Proof by Jenny White, the first selection for the General Lew Wallace Study […]
Lew Wallace’s 183rd Birthday Party, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Kids compete at tug-of-war at Lew Wallace’s 183rd Birthday Celebration on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum on Saturday, April 10, 2010.
Let the parties begin!!! In celebration of Lew Wallace’s 183rd birthday, the Museum will be having a party. On Saturday, April 10th, the museum will play host to a variety of activities. In the Study, all visitors will get an opportunity to build their own study using Legos. They may […]
Larry Paarlberg, Director of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, greets guests to the Member Sneak Preview Party for the opening of the Museum’s new exhibit, “Sanctuary: Preserving the Legacy of Lew Wallace.” Member Sneak Preview Party, 3/3/10, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy.
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 […]
Today is General Lew Wallace’s 182nd birthday, and we here at the Museum are celebrating! We’ve got delicious desserts, games and puzzles, prizes and awesome challenges (like walking on old-school stilts!). Things are warming up outside and the games are already in full swing inside. We’ll be partying until 3 […]
Lew Wallace’s Birthday Celebration takes place on Friday, April 10, 2009 CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN, April 3, 2009— The 182nd birthday of Montgomery County’s favorite son, General Lew Wallace, will be celebrated on Friday, April 10, on the grounds of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum in Crawfordsville from 10:00 a.m. […]