Our 2020 annual exhibit, “Suffrage and Sovereignty: David, Esther, and Zerelda Wallace,” covered a great variety of topics. With visitation down because of COVID restrictions, Museum staff want to share additional resources with our virtual visitors. As we research our exhibits, we always compile much more information than we […]
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The 2019 exhibit “From Crawfordsville to Constantinople: Traveling with the Wallaces” opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 9 in the Carriage House Interpretive Center at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum. The exhibit discusses the many locations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa the Wallaces visited. When […]
The 2016 exhibit “The Golden Age of Indiana Literature: From Ben-Hur to Alice Adams” opens today in the Carriage House Interpretive Center at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum. As part of statewide Indiana Bicentennial celebration, the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum will be discussing the great contribution Hoosier […]
The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum 2015 exhibit, “Trials and Tribulations: Lew Wallace in 1865,” is now open! This exhibit discusses the actions of Lew Wallace in the final year of the American Civil War. Trials and Tribulations In 1865, Lew served on two important trials—that of the Lincoln Conspirators […]
The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum is opening the 2014 season with a new exhibit entitled “Vindication: Lew Wallace in 1864.” 1864 was a pivotal year for the course of the Civil War and Lew Wallace’s life. Abraham Lincoln posted Lew in Baltimore, Maryland, while Maryland voted on the […]
Last week, I posted about how a museum exhibit is built. Associate Director of Collections Amanda McGuire took some time to talk with me about what goes into choosing an exhibit theme and content. Today, I’d like to tell you all a little more about the challenges we face when […]
We are all getting excited about our upcoming exhibit. “Generations: The Descendants of Lew and Susan Wallace” opens to the public Tuesday, March 12. If you visited us today, you would find the Lynne D. Holhbein Education Room mostly empty, which just a handful of vinyl labels and an artifact […]
December 15 will be the last tour date for the Lew Wallace Study & Museum in 2012. We will open again in February. So what goes on during our closed period? We take that time to focus specifically on changing the exhibits in the Carriage House Interpretive Center. During 2012 […]
The 2011 exhibit, Agents of Deterioration, officially opened with a members’ sneak preview Friday night. Guests looked carefully to find one of the featured artifacts in an historic photograph of the Study building as Lew Wallace used it. Members enjoyed a variety of sweet and savory treats, from sugar cookies […]
Member Sneak Preview Party, 3/3/10, originally uploaded by WallaceStudy. Larry Paarlberg, Director of the General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, greets guests to the Member Sneak Preview party for the opening of the Museum’s new exhibit, “Sanctuary: Preserving the Legacy of Lew Wallace.”