Media Resources

Indiana Experience Adds Extra Value to IHS Membership

alamb — 2010-03-05T00:05:43Z

Beginning March 20, 2010, an Indiana Historical Society membership is more valuable than ever. In addition to existing benefits, IHS members will receive complimentary admission to the Indiana Experience at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center that would maximize the new visitor experience.

Basile History Market, Stardust Terrace Café Expand Hours With Opening of Indiana Experience

alamb — 2010-03-05T00:03:38Z

Beginning March 20, when the Indiana Historical Society launches the Indiana Experience, the Basile History Market and Stardust Terrace Café will expand their hours to better serve visitors to the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

Physical Modifications to History Center Make Indiana Experience Possible

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:46:43Z

As the Indiana Historical Society developed programmatic elements of the Indiana Experience, it also prepared plans for physical modifications to the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center that would maximize the new visitor experience.

IHS Celebrates Legacy of Musical Son with Cole Porter Room, Anything Goes

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:47:36Z

The Indiana Historical Society will celebrate one of Indiana’s most famous musical sons, Cole Porter, when it introduces the Indiana Experience, a new way to live history that will open to the public March 20, 2010, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

Fortune History Lab, INvestigation Stations Give More Hands-on Looks at History

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:53:38Z

Whether visitors’ interest is in learning how historians “do” history or how conservators keep the items of the past accessible to the public, the Indiana Historical Society will provide that know-how and the tools to use it through the Fortune History Lab and INvestigation Stations.

Time Travel Becomes Possible With Destination Indiana

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:54:44Z

Destination Indiana is a facilitated, interactive opportunity for visitors to "travel through time" using innovative digital technology, touch screens and immersive displays of historic images and documents to explore and understand the story of Indiana as a place.

Step Through the Historic Photograph, and You Are There

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:55:32Z

You Are There experiences are three-dimensionally recreated historic photographs that include trained first-person interpreters who interact with visitors and elicit personal connections to the past, allowing visitors to step back in time and become part of that history.

Indiana Experience Fact Sheet

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:56:24Z

Get the facts on the Indiana Experience, opening weekend and more.

Opening Events Kick Off Indiana Historical Society's Indiana Experience

alamb — 2010-03-05T20:59:08Z

The Indiana Historical Society will make Indiana’s past brand new with a variety of events celebrating when it introduces the Indiana Experience, which opens to the public March 20, 2010, at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

IHS Wraps Up Indiana Experience Opening Week with Ninth Annual Circus Day

alamb — 2010-03-05T21:00:34Z

The Indiana Historical Society will conclude Indiana Experience opening week with one of its most popular events—the Ninth Annual Circus Day will take place Saturday, March 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center.

Concerts on the Canal Back in Full Swing at History Center

alamb — 2010-05-17T14:24:11Z

Downtown Indianapolis offers visitors a wide variety of food, music and outdoor entertainment options…why not enjoy all three with the Indiana Historical Society’s weekly Concerts on the Canal? On Thursday evenings this summer, the IHS will host some of the area’s best performers.

IHS Press Announces Release of "Fighter Pilot: The World War II Career of Alex Vraciu"

alamb — 2010-05-17T14:07:46Z

The Indiana Historical Society Press is proud to announce the release of "Fighter Pilot: The World War II Career of Alex Vraciu." Written by award-winning author and historian Ray E. Boomhower, this biography suitable for young readers examines the daring exploits of the Hoosier flier during his wartime service.

IHS Will Honor 2010 Indiana Living Legends at Gala

alamb — 2010-05-17T14:22:32Z

The Indiana Historical Society is pleased to announce the list of individuals who will be named Indiana Living Legends in 2010. Raymond Leppard, Bill and Rose Mays, and Judge Sarah Evans Barker will be honored at the annual Indiana Living Legends Gala, which will take place at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center on July 16, 2010.

Funding Opportunities Available for Sharing Hoosier History Through Stories

alamb — 2010-09-10T13:36:52Z

The Indiana Historical Society and Storytelling Arts of Indiana will help bring storyteller Sue Grizzell to two more communities in 2010 with the Sharing Hoosier History Through Stories project. Since 1999, this collaboration has commissioned an Indiana storyteller to research, develop, and perform a historical Indiana story related to holdings found in the IHS library collection.

IHS Presents Midwestern Roots 2010: Family History and Genealogy Conference

alamb — 2010-09-10T13:44:42Z

The Indiana Historical Society will present Midwestern Roots 2010: Family History and Genealogy Conference Aug. 6 and 7, 2010, at the Indianapolis Marriott East. This exciting regional event, themed Migration Then and Now, offers tools and techniques to help individuals identify and locate records that can lead to information about their ancestors. Attendees can also learn about the resources that can answer the questions about their family’s history and find out how those records have “migrated” to new technology.