Thank you for taking the time to consider how the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum can fit into your classroom or homeschool experience. We are always excited by the opportunity to share Lew Wallace's fascinating legacy. We hope that by helping teachers and parents integrate the museum experience into the school, you, your students, and their families will see the Museum as an effective resource.
Although Lew Wallace is known as an important figure in Indiana history for his role in the Civil War and his authorship of Ben-Hur, he was truly a Renaissance man, and a study of his life can follow many potential avenues. We offer the following information and activities as background and as a starting point to make a visit to the Museum more than an isolated event. We hope that by providing better links to Indiana history and by integrating the visit into the classroom, a trip to the Museum will be a worthwhile educational event instead of simply a "day off" from school.
School Tours
To schedule a group tour to the Museum, call 765-362-5769 or email with your school or group's name, a contact person, contact phone number, and a few potential dates and times for your visit. Student admission is $1, while teachers and chaperones from inside Montgomery County are free. Scholarships are available for children who need financial assistance. At the time the reservation is made, teachers will need to indicate the number of scholarships required for each class. For out-of-county schools, admission is $1 for students and $2 for teachers and adult chaperones.
Field trip admission assists with the rising cost of museum operations, and also provides an opportunity to teach students the value of history and heritage. Proper stewardship of community treasures is a challenge without sufficient support.
If you are interested in visiting more than one Montgomery County museum, please contact the Visitor's Bureau at 765-362-5200 or 800-866-3973 or email request@crawfordsville.org. They can coordinate your visit to multiple museums so you only have to make one phone call!
