The upcoming Taste of Montgomery County is one of the area’s most popular annual festivals, but its significance to the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum is far more than just great food and entertainment. The Taste is the Museum’s biggest fundraiser, enabling the Museum to provide quality themed programming, […]
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Advance tickets for the third-annual Taste of Montgomery County are on sale now at select Crawfordsville locations. Visitors can purchase Taste tickets at the Carriage House Interpretive Center of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, home of the Taste; the Montgomery County Visitors and Convention Bureau at the corner […]
What is the appeal of watching someone else talk about a place that looks nothing like it used to? Recently, my husband spent days watching every commentary and special feature on a special edition documentary about a popular series of horror movies. The parts that I saw consisted of some […]
Summer has arrived and war has been declared! Battles are being fought… and lost. Unfortunately, the war is likely to last for months. Japanes beetles, Popillia japonica, have invaded. They first appeared the last week of June and their numbers are increasing. The iridescent copper-colored beetles with green heads are […]
Civil War Encampment: Boom!, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Unfortunately, torrential rain during our Civil War Encampments is something we’re getting used to. This one was quite a doozy, though!
In 2006, USA Life One Insurance (previously Ben-Hur Life) donated a ritual trunk to the museum collection. The trunk contained over 100 items related to the Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur fraternal organization. These items included hats, capes, leggings, pennants, sashes, pins, jackets, and robes. When museum staff retrieved these items […]
Civil War Encampment 7/11-12/09, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy.
The Lew Wallace Youth Academy wrapped up today with an audience with General Lew Wallace (seated) in his officer’s tent. General Wallace and his troops will receive visitors until 9:00 p.m. tonight, and again from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. The Academy “recruits” get the feel for their woodfield rifles […]
Angelica creates a 3-D model of her own personal study, complete with observatory, library, and spa. The blueprint for Javan’s study includes a rocket, swimming pool, big-screen TV room with Xbox, and an elevator.
Jordan and Tanner examine historic photos of the General Lew Wallace Study grounds with Beth Swift, Wabash College archivist, in an effort to locate the reflecting pool that Wallace filled in around 1900.