Media Resources
Whether you’re looking for information on a specific part of Indiana history, images from the state’s past or an expert to put an issue into historical context, the Indiana Historical Society is a wonderful resource for media outlets.
Contact Amy Lamb, media relations manager, at (317) 232-1878 or alamb@indianahistory.org for assistance, including high resolution images.
- IHS Will Host Original Artwork, Covers from The Saturday Evening Post
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Sept. 29, 2010
The Indiana Historical Society will welcome Covering America in the 1950s and early 1960s: The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, which will open Oct. 8 and run through Feb. 19, 2011. The exhibition will be on display in the Rose McKee Lanham Gallery. Featuring 30 original works of art alongside the covers they graced, the exhibition showcases a magazine that captured the heart and soul of the United States.
> read more - IHS Will Receive 2010 Best Practices Award from Association of Midwest Museums
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Sept. 16, 2010
The Indiana Historical Society has received notification from the Association of Midwest Museums that it will award the IHS the 2010 AMM Best Practices Award for its development and implementation of the Indiana Experience. The 2010 AMM Awards will be presented on Thursday, October 7 at the 2010 AMM conference, Museums Making Connections.
> read more - Red Skelton Museum Foundation, Indiana Historical Society Form Partnership
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Sept. 9, 2010
The Indiana Historical Society and Red Skelton Museum Foundation are pleased to announce the formation of a partnership in order to create a permanent archive for archival material documenting the life and career of actor, comedian and notable Hoosier Red Skelton. The Red Skelton Research Archive will be housed in the IHS’s William Henry Smith Memorial Library at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis.
> read more - IHS Extends Offer to Grandparents, Grandkids for Special Weekend
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Aug. 17, 2010
The Indiana Historical Society invites kids of all ages to treat their grandparents to a special day with its new Indiana Experience. Families will receive a free grandparent admission with each paid youth admission during Grandparents Day Weekend, Sept. 10 and 11. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, home of the IHS and the Indiana Experience, is located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis.
> read more - IHS Launches Faces in the Crowd: Indiana and the Political Process into Statewide Travel
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Aug. 16, 2010
The Indiana Historical Society is proud to launch its newest traveling exhibition, Faces in the Crowd: Indiana and the Political Process, into statewide availability. After debuting at the 2010 Indiana Black Expo and being displayed at the Indiana State Fair, the exhibition will next travel to the Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County and Hagerstown Museum.
> read more - IHS Press Announces Release of Maria’s Journey
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Aug. 16, 2010
The Indiana Historical Society Press is proud to announce the release of Maria’s Journey, written by Ramon Arredondo and Trisha Hull Arredondo. Maria’s Journey is the inspiring true story of Maria Arredondo, a Mexican citizen who immigrated to the United States as a child in the 1920s. Maria’s life is traced from an impoverished childhood within the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution to her attainment of U.S. citizenship in 1978.
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