Civil War History Camp for Children
This event is for children ages 8-15 and will take place on June 23-27 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. each day at the Morris-Butler House in Indianapolis.

History comes alive at the Morris-Butler House! Experience five days of fun this summer during our Civil War Camp. Learn about the Civil War, the lives of soldiers and citizens, and take part in a variety of Civil War activities, including the making of hardtack, pokesacks, musketballs, candles, signaling flags and an end of the week camp feast.

The cost is $110 per camper for Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana members and $120 per camper for non-members.

Reservations are required.

For more information or to register please contact the Morris-Butler House staff at (317) 636-5409 or mbhouse@historiclandmarks.org.

The Morris-Butler House is located at 1204 N. Park Ave. in Indianapolis.

Civil War Marker Dedication in LaPorte
This dedication of a marker on the grave of Col. Gilbert Hathaway will take place at the Pine Lake Cemetery on Sat., June 28, at 1 p.m.

Hathaway was a member of the U. S. Army, 73rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry and was killed May 2, 1863, at the Battle of Rome, Georgia. David D. Porter Camp #116, Sons of the Union Veterans will host the event, Mike Downs being Camp Commander. The posting of the colors will be by a group of re-enactors of the 27th Indiana followed by the invocation given by Father Tony Clavier of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of which the Hathaways were members.

Prior to Hathaway’s enlistment, he was a prominent La Porte attorney. He was appointed Judge of the Probate Court in 1849. He also was involved in early school history and served on the Board of Education at the time when schools were graded and a building was erected in each ward in La Porte. He enlisted in the army August 22, 1862. The unveiling of the marker will be by Fern Eddy Schultz, President of The Pine Lake Cemetery Association. 

Following the dedication ceremony, an open house will be held from 2-4 p.m. at the Eason Memorial Chapel in the cemetery. The cemetery is celebrating its 150th anniversary of service to the community. The association was organized in 1856 and Gilbert Hathaway was the first president. The cemetery was established in 1858, with the first burial being that of Theodosia Russell Darling. There will be displays of historical information. 

The public is invited to attend the dedication and open house.

The Pine Lake Cemetery is located at 1367 Pine Lake Ave. in La Porte. For additional information contact netster@csinet.net.  

Old-Fashioned 4th of July Events at the President Harrison Home
This celebration will feature an annual naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens on July 3 and the 33rd Annual Ice Cream Social on July 4 at the Presidential site in Indianapolis.

July 3
The Honorable Judge Sarah Evans Barker will preside over the Naturalization Ceremony of approximately 100 new U.S. citizens on Thu., July 3, from 10-11 a.m. Harrison Home Foundation Board President Thomas A. King will welcome new citizens and their families. The ceremony will be held in a tent on the south lawn rain or shine. 

Admission to the ceremony is free, and admission to the house tour is free that day to the new citizens, their families and friends.

July 4
The 4th of July Ice Cream Social will include tours with live re-enactments at the Harrison Home from 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. 

Other event features will include:

• Thomas Jefferson enacted by David Best inviting guests to sign a copy of the Declaration of Independence with a quill feather pen
• Re-enactment of Benjamin Harrison presenting his July 4, 1888, speech of acceptance of the nomination as President of the United States
• A historical treasure hunt for children, featuring questions that can be answered by participating in the “LIVE” tour of the President’s home 
• Silly Safaris animal show
• Punch and Judy Victorian puppet show
• Caricaturist
• Juggler
• Magician
• Victorian games on the lawn, including croquet
• Indianapolis Fire Department fire fighters providing tours of a fire truck and teaching about fire and fireworks safety 
• Refreshments available for individual purchase, including ice cream, hot dogs, chips and sodas 
• Live music provided by The White River Jazz Band 
• Patriotic items available in the Harrison Home gift shop 

The cost is $10 for adults, $4 for students (ages 5-17), and free for children ages 4 and under.

The Presidential site is located at 1230 N. Delaware St. in Indianapolis. Parking for the Independence Day weekend events will be available along Delaware St. and in the Landmark parking lot at 11th and Delaware streets.

For more information visit http://www.pbhh.org/.

Canal Days in Delphi
This event will take place on July 5-6, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

The event will feature a street parade on Saturday, 19th century craft demonstrations, children’s games, canal boat rides, carriage rides, food vendors and shopping for handmade goods and crafts.

For more information visit http://www.wabashanderiecanal.org/.

Lew Wallace Youth Academy
This event will take place on July 8-12 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum in Crawfordsville.

This week-long history day camp focuses on the qualities of character, leadership and lifelong learning that he embodied throughout his life. Academy students will explore the disciplines close to Wallace’s heart: architecture, art, music, storytelling and serving others.

Students must be entering 6th-8th grade or equivalent.

For enrollment information, contact (765) 362-5769 or awesselmann@ben-hur.com.

Tour of Riverview Cemetery in South Bend
A twilight tour of Riverview Cemetery will be offered at 6:30 p.m. on Thu., July 10, by the Center for History in South Bend.

Admission is $2, and the tour is open to all ages.

Led by the museum’s Director of School Programs, Travis Childs, the tour features historic grave sites of victims and others associated with crimes and misdemeanors that took place locally in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Participants will learn about Thomas W. Forciea, who was gunned down by Willis (Bill) Laymon in the poker room at the Star Cigar Store in downtown South Bend. Included on the tour is the grave site of Helen Jane Huston, who drowned in the family bathtub after fainting from carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty hot water heater. The marker of Samuel J. Lenon will also be visited. A very capable South Bend police chief, Lenon was known to worry frequently about unsolved murders during his tenure. After a short period of serious illness, Lenon was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Participants should meet at the cemetery’s entrance at 2300 Portage Ave.

For information, call (574) 235-9664 or visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/.

1869 Vintage Base Ball Game
This event from the Ohio County Historical Society will take place on Sat., July 12, at 1 p.m. at the Ohio County Elementary Middle School in Rising Sun.

Admission is free.

The game features the Cincinnati Red Stockings vs. the Buckeyes. Bring your lawn chairs! See and learn about base ball (two words in the 19th century) as it was played in its formative years, the 1860s. Besides playing by the rules of 1869 they will follow the customs of the time period as well. Some of those customs are no swearing or spitting.  The players' uniforms and equipment are similar to that used back then. Pitching is underhand from 45 feet, players wear no gloves, no over running first base, foul balls caught on a bounce are outs, and gentlemanly conduct prevails.

Food will be sold with proceeds benefiting the Historical Society.

For more information, call (812) 438-4915 or visit http://www.ohiocountyinmuseum.org/calendar.htm.

Pioneer Camp at Navarre Cabin
Youth ages 7-11 can learn about pioneer and Native American life in the 1830s at a three-day camp taking place from 8 a.m.-noon on July 22-24 at the Center for History’s Navarre Cabin, located in Leeper Park in South Bend.

The cost is $35, or $25 for members, and reservations are required by July 17.

At the "hands-on" camp led by interpreters dressed in pioneer costumes, youth explore cooking, recreation, trades and period dress in the early 1800s. A wide range of hands-on activities includes open-fire cooking, butter churning, beeswax candle making, spinning, weaving, beading, fishing (and cleaning fish), tomahawk throwing, quill and ink writing, medicine making and much more.

Costumed interpreters give a guided tour of the Navarre Cabin and talk about Pierre Navarre, his wife, Angelique, and their children. "Alexis Coquillard" greets the group and talks about Native Americans who made their home in the region and the fur trade of pioneer times. The importance of the St. Joseph River is discussed.

For more information, call (574) 235-9664 or visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/.

The 1937 Flood of the Ohio River  
This film will be shown on Thu., June 26, from noon-1 p.m. in the Cole Porter Room at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

Admission is Free.

Concerts on the Canal
This concert is held in partnership with the Indiana University School of Music at IUPUI and will be held on Thu., June 26, from 6-8 p.m. at the Canal Plaza of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

The event is free to the public.

The feature for this concert is A Night on Broadway with vocalists Laura Hammer and David Mannell with pianist Jennifer Stokes (first set), and Sean Baker Trio (second set).

Free seating is available on the Plaza steps and on the greenway across the Canal. The cost for reserved table seating for four is $30 or $25 for IHS members; for tables of eight: $40 or $35 for IHS members. Tables may be reserved in advance by calling the Welcome Center at (317) 232-1882.

Attendees may bring their own food and non-alcoholic beverages to the concert. Attendees may NOT bring alcoholic beverages onto the premises. All alcohol must be purchased on site.

No pets and no smoking allowed on the Plaza.

The Café, cash bar and outdoor grill will be open from 5-7:30 p.m.

For more information on any of these events, please visit http://www.indianahistory.org/.

100 Years of Design
This exhibit featuring furniture and decorative arts from the 1830s-1930s will be on display from now through Jan. 4, 2009, at the Center for History in South Bend.

Visitors can learn about "polite society," a culture in which fashions of the day were found in homes designed by leading American architects. They will find themselves transported to an era where the elite donned top hats and tails, and designer gowns and furs to attend gala events at places like South Bend’s Oliver Opera House.

The exhibit also explores the area’s success as a manufacturing complex in the Midwest during the Industrial Revolution, which gave many families the buying power to be active in international society. Visitors can learn of the technical evolution in such areas as lighting and heating in the home and factory, which document the community’s progress from farm to factory.

The decades chronicled in the exhibit include the period leading up to the Civil War, the Victorian Era, the Gay Nineties, the Edwardian Age, the Roaring Twenties and the Art Deco Period. Visitors will enjoy breathtakingly beautiful scenes that include a Tiffany lamp, silver tea service, oriental rugs and striking portraits of those who wore the fashions shown.

Admission to the Center for History is free for members, $8 for adults, $6.50 for seniors, $5 for youth 6-17, and free for 5 and under.

For additional information, call (574) 235-9664 or visit http://www.centerforhistory.org/.


Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet
This exhibit will be on display from July 12 through mid-August at the Dubois County Museum in Jasper.

On July 12, Tony and Chris Uebelhor will roll four classic cars from their collection into Exhibit Room II, and on July 12-13, the museum volunteers will have a picnic area set up in the exhibit room and hot dogs will be available, so come on and enjoy the fun.

While viewing the cars, the Cheering our Champions permanent sports exhibit at the museum is a must-see for those interested in baseball.

For more information, call (812) 634-7733.

The Dubois County Museum is located at 2704 N. Newton St. (U.S. 231) in Jasper, and is open weekly on Tue.-Sat. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., and Sun. from 1-4 p.m.

Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Please allow two hours to view exhibits. 

Exhibit Developer at Conner Prairie in Fishers, Ind.
The Exhibit Developer will lead the development and implementation of new and revised exhibits and experiences associated with Conner Prairie’s Master Plan.

Experience developers are responsible for coordinating the key aspects of exhibit and experience development for new experiences as well as revisions or additions to existing experiences. Responsibilities include topic testing, formative evaluation, idea generation, development of experiences from the concept, working design and final design. This includes writing scripts, storyline, labels, research, interactive prototyping, and participation of shepherding of the experience through production, opening, summative evaluation and remediation.

Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree, Master Degree preferred, in field related to development of informal learning environments and materials. 
• Five years experience in the development of learning environment within a museum setting.
• Requires a minimum of five years experience in an informal learning setting working with guests (youth and adults).
• Proven knowledge of best practices in guest experience design and evaluation.
• Proven ability to work well within a team environment
• Technical competence using computer applications and communicating through the Web and email.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and command of the English language.
• Demonstrated success in managing the experience design process, meeting deadlines on time and within budget.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all areas of evaluation topic testing, formative evaluation and summative evaluation of experiences.
• Works with teams of staff and outside consultants to develop, design and test exhibits/experiences.
• Participates in all team meetings with Experience Design Manager and Experience Designer.
• Develops and writes the conceptual document, script and story line writing, label writing, research, activity prototyping.
• Identifies needs for advisors, works with development department when appropriate, to recruit members.
• Identify and gather data necessary to support identified themes and learning objectives.
• Shows initiative and leadership.
• Work within established project budgets and schedules.
• Coordinates the work of assigned project interns.
• Coordinates, oversee and seek partnerships with academic institutions and businesses engaged in compatible content specialties.
• Remain current in informal learning theory and best practices with family learning in informal environments and apply these to the design process.
• Work with staff and advising educators to apply current academic standards to the experience design process.
• Serves as the audience advocate to ensure experiences relate to key audiences in appropriate ways.
• Adhere to Conner Prairie’s Mission, Values Statements and Code of Conduct.
• Other duties as assigned: not limited to those within the scope of this position.

To apply, send cover letter, resume with salary requirements to employment@connerprairie.org.

Collections Assistant at Conner Prairie in Fishers, Ind.
The Collections Assistant will aid in preservation and maintenance of historic structures and artifacts.

This is a part-time postion.

The Collections Assistant will primarily be responsible for cleaning historic structures and artifacts and aid in training of others in cleaning and preservation practices. In addition, assistant may be asked to input data into the collections database, take part in annual inventory, and undertake other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent
• Proficient in computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite
• Previous knowledge or experience in museum practices a plus

Requirements and Conditions:

• Lifting and carrying (up to 40 pounds)
• Repeatedly walk up and down stairs
• Significant mold and dust exposure
• Exposure to hot and cold weather
• Repeated physical motions (i.e., swinging arm back and forth, squat and stand, etc.)
• Uneven floors
• Climb ladders and/or stepstools

Principal Responsibilities:

• Cleaning of historic structures
• Aid in training staff in cleaning and maintenance of historic structures and artifacts
• Dusting
• Vacuuming
• Filing
• Data Entry
• Photography
• Adheres and supports Conner Prairie’s Mission, Values Statements and Code of
• Conduct
• Other duties as assigned; not limited to those within the scope of this position

If you are interested in this position, send cover letter, resume and hourly salary requirement to employment@connerprairie.org.

Exhibits Manager at Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa
The Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science in Davenport, Iowa, is searching for a highly motivated, creative person to join our team as Exhibits Manager.

Apply by June 27, 2008.

The Exhibits Manager is responsible for planning, designing, fabricating, installing and de-installing museum exhibits as well as coordinating technical and artistic processes required to produce exhibits and associated support materials. The work involves cooperation and communication with other staff members, outside consultants and volunteers in developing aesthetic and technical plans for innovative permanent, temporary and circulating exhibitions. The Exhibits Manager assumes overall responsibility for ongoing care and maintenance of exhibits and supervising employees and/or volunteers involved in exhibit-related work.

Successful candidates should demonstrate excellent communication, organizational and supervisory skills as well as the ability to work effectively under pressure and on a wide variety of projects concurrently. A B.A. or equivalent experience specializing in design, commercial art, studio arts or a related field of study is required. A minimum of two years prior work experience in planning, design and production of three-dimensional displays as well as previous museum experience is desirable.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Candidates should send a cover letter and current resume, including names and contact information of three professional references to curry@putnam.org. No phone calls please.

Programming and Operations Coordinator at the Penn State All-Sports Museum
The Programming and Operations Coordinator will plan, direct and oversee all aspects of daily Museum operations as instructed by the Museum Director.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, write and review public programming which advances the Museum's mission and goals.
• Develop and supervise effective execution of the Museum's educational program.
• Coordinate educational program development with area schools.
• Train and oversee operations personnel and volunteers in program implementation and delivery.
• Coordinate, cultivate and recruit volunteers to fulfill the Museum's needs.
• Promote Museum programs to the general public and the community.
• Design revenue-generating programming that effectively uses the Museum's facilities.
• Assist the Museum Director with special projects related to Museum enhancement.

Requires Bachelor's degree or equivalent, plus three months of work-related experience.

This is a fixed-term appointment funded from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. 

All applicants must apply through the Penn State job site at http://www.psu.jobs/.

Images from the Smithsonian on Flickr Commons
The Smithsonian has provided 800 images from seven museums, research centers and archives to the Flickr Commons, a photo-sharing Web site. Flickr is one of the world's largest online communities where people share their photographs with friends, family and the world.

Information about each photograph is also posted on the Web site. These photos are a small, but broad ranging sample of the 13 million images in 700 collections at the Smithsonian, only a fraction of which have been digitized.

During the next several months, the Smithsonian will provide more than 1,200 additional digital photographic images to Flickr.

To view the Smithsonian images on the Flickr Web site visit http://www.flickr.com/commons.