Jessica Stephens from the Indiana State Museum’s T.C. Steele Historic Site. Stephens will present "A Look Inside the Studio & Home of T.C. Steele." Steele spent his childhood in Waveland and worked as a portrait artist in Crawfordsville before moving to Brown County. This lecture will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, September 23, […]
“The Conservation of Paintings: Historical and Technical Discoveries” Presented by Painting Conservator & Art Historian Barry Bauman Hosted by General Lew Wallace Study and Museum Free and open to the public Is it true that a painting conservator is also a detective? According to acclaimed conservator and art historian Barry Bauman, every painting has its […]
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association: 162 Years of Collecting George Washington When the women of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association took ownership of George Washington’s estate in 1860, they faced a daunting task: the rooms of the Mount Vernon mansion were nearly empty. In the six decades since Washington’s death, his family’s possessions had been […]
Suzanne Hahn, Vice President, Archives and Library at the Indiana Historical Society. Suzanne will speak on The Collections of the Indiana Historical Society. Since 1830, The Indiana Historical Society has been collecting and preserving Indiana’s unique stories; bringing Hoosiers together in remembering and sharing the past—Including Lew and Susan Wallace. Suzanne will discuss not only how […]
Amalia was a miniature portrait artist and a “darling” of the Gilded Age – and became one of the most sought-after artists of that time. Her career would include painting many of those premier families and European and Russian royalty. With her adventurous spirit, she traveled during the Boer War in South Africa to paint […]
Peter Hatch will present Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden at Monticello. Hatch, Director of Gardens & Grounds Emeritus for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, was responsible for maintenance, interpretation, and restoration of the 2,400-acre landscape at Monticello from 1977 to 2012. Thomas Jefferson wrote that "the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add […]
Little Orphant Annie - Discovery, Preservation, and Restoration Eric Grayson is a nationally renowned film preservation expert, specializing in silent movies. Eric will be presenting the 1918 original film of Little Orphant Annie. This unusual surviving film features a rare film appearance by James Whitcomb Riley - the Hoosier poet and close friend of […]
Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum presents... Reconstructing Henry S. Lane: Redefining Political Legacy Amidst Reconstruction Ambiguity. Owen Bennett, Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Historical Society, will give a lecture on the vague and misleading historiography of Henry S. Lane’s role during the era of reconstruction […]
Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum presents… The Man Who Saved Cincinnati Peter Bronson is a newsman, editor, magazine writer and author. He has written eight books, including The Man Who Saved Cincinnati (2023), Not in Our Town (2022), and Forbidden Fruit (2020). He was an editor and […]