Larry Paarlberg accepted the position of Director of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum. He is the former executive director of Goodwood Museum and Gardens in Tallahassee, Florida. He will begin at the Museum on October 1. Paarlberg, an Indiana native and 1980 Purdue alum, has worked in historic […]
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The Taste was a success! We had over 2,100 people on the grounds enjoying the food, music, and fun, and we raised thousands of dollars toward the restoration of the Study building. Thanks to all our sponsors, volunteers, and vendors who made the event such a huge success! Congratulations again […]
Last week, Visitor Services & Marketing Coordinator Kara Edie presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for State and Local History on how historic sites of all sizes are utilizing new technology to spread their mission to larger audiences. The presentation, “Technology, Web 2.0 and Historic Sites: Strategies […]
Taste TV: Visit the Taste: Save the Study, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Acting Museum Director Amanda Wesselmann explores the interior of the General Lew Wallace Study, built in 1895, and illustrates the water damage due to the Study’s leaky roof. Revenues from the Taste of Montgomery County, on Saturday, August […]
Taste TV: Best of Taste Awards, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Acting Museum Director Amanda Wesselmann features the Best of Taste Awards, which visitors can vote on during the Taste of Montgomery County, on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Tasteofmontgomerycounty.com
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, […]
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!