General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

Hoosier Authors Book Club - The Magic Garden, Gene Stratton-Porter
2024-10-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Hoosier Authors Book Club – The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter

Physical copies of The Magic Garden by Gene Stratton-Porter will not be available for loan. The kindle version of the book is available for .99c here.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - A Sweet Strangeness Fills My Heart: The Journals of Sallie Independence Foster 1861 - 1881by Dolores Hydock and Bobby Horton
2024-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Renowned storyteller Dolores Hydock and musician Bobby Horton will give their presentation of A Sweet Strangeness Fills My Heart: The Journals of Sallie Independence Foster 1861-1887. This performance, based on Sallie’s diaries, papers, and letters from her brothers off at war, presents a funny, touching, and uniquely personal look at the life and times that Sallie shared with her paper “dear Companion.” Dolores and Bobby interweave Sallie’s story with camp songs, period favorites, and original tunes to create a poignant, powerful, and humorous picture of a world of innocence turned upside-down.

The performance will be held at Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church on Thursday, October 17 at 7:00 pm.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - Athens of Indiana: The Pre-War Years by Beth Swift
2024-09-26 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Former Wabash College Archivist Beth Swift will give a lecture called Athens of Indiana: The Pre-War Years about Montgomery County prior to the Civil War. Included in her talk will be the Wabash College Cadets, a militia formed of local college students that trained alongside Lew Wallace’s Montgomery Guards militia.
The talk will be held in the Carriage House Interpretive Center at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 pm.

Hoosier Authors Book Club - An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
2024-09-19 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Hoosier Authors Book Club – An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

17th Annual TASTE of Montgomery County
2024-08-24 12:00 - 21:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Saturday, August 24, 2024 from 12:00 – 9:00 pm.
Please join us to experience the flavors of local Montgomery County vendors while enjoying music on the Historic General Lew Wallace Study & Museum grounds!
For more information, please visit the TASTE of Montgomery County Website.

Hoosier Authors Book Club - You Should See Me in a Crown
2024-07-18 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
You Should See Me in a Crown – Leah Johnson
See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

Hoosier Authors Book Club - Hoosier Public Enemy
2024-06-20 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Hoosier Public Enemy: A Life of John Dillinger – John A. Beineke

See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - The USCT from Montgomery County
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Dr Howard Miller Lecture Series presents…The United States Colored Troops from Montgomery County by Shannon Sullivan Hudson. A science teacher by day and a history buff by night, Shannon Hudson is the author of Abolitionists of the Underground Railroad: Legends from Montgomery County, Indiana. Shannon will speak on the United States Colored Troops from Montgomery County, Indiana including who they were, where they served, and the lives they lived after the war.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - The Man Who Saved Cincinnati by Peter Bronson
2024-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
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 columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer for nearly 20 years. Bronson will discuss Lew Wallace’s role in defending the Queen city against Confederate attack, the first African Americans employed in defense of the Union known as the Black Brigade, the Ohio Squirrel Hunter volunteers, and much more.

Hoosier Authors Book Club - Shakespeare Saved My Life
2024-04-18 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Shakespeare Saved My Life – Laura Bates
See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

American Battlefield Trust Park Day 2024
2024-04-13 09:00 - 12:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Join Grounds Manager Deb King to help give the grounds a spring cleaning and prepare for the new season at the Museum!

Bring your own tools & gloves, or they will be provided.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series - Reconstructing Henry S. Lane: Redefining Political Legacy Amidst Reconstruction Ambiguity by Owen Bennett
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
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 following the Civil War. Lane’s active participation therein has been largely disregarded in previous narratives. Additionally, Owen will discuss the enduring political legacy of Lane and the policies he was involved in.

Holiday Tea & Fashion Show
2023-12-01 15:00 - 18:00 | Lane Place, 212 South Water St, Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Lew Wallace Hoosier Author Fair
2023-11-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Fusion54, 101 W. Main, Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series
2023-10-26 19:00 - 21:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
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 Lew Wallace. Eric will discuss the films discovery, preservation and restoration.

Showing of 1925 Ben-Hur at Wabash College
2023-10-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Wabash College: Hays 104, 301 W Wabash Ave, Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
In concert with the Wabash College Classics Department, we will be showing the epic 1925 silent film version of Ben-Hur. While many of us remember the 1959 film version starring Charlton Heston, the 1925 movie with Ramon Navarro is a classic in its own right. In many ways, Navarro’s version revolutionized the movie industry in Southern California. Come see just what an epic film looks like! This event will be at Wabash College and is free of charge.

Hoosier Authors Book Club
2023-09-21 19:00 - 20:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
A Place Called Hope – Phillip Gulley
See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

TASTE of Montgomery County
2023-08-26 12:00 - 22:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Hoosier Authors Book Club
2023-07-20 19:00 - 20:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

Hoosier Authors Book Club
2023-06-22 19:00 - 20:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Somebody’s Daughter – Ashley C. Ford
See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

Hoosier Authors Book Club
2023-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
A Hoosier Chronicle – Meredith Nicholson
See https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/ for more information

Park Day 2023
2023-04-15 09:00 - 12:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Museum Office Closed
2023-02-02 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The Museum Office will be closed for a Staff Development Day.

Museum Closed
2022-12-17, 2022-12-10, 2022-12-03 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Last Day of 2022 Season
2022-12-09 10:00 - 17:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Holiday Tea
2022-12-02 15:00 - 18:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The 2022 Holiday Tea will take place at Elston Homestead. Visit the event page for more information.

Lew Wallace Hoosier Author Fair 2022
2022-11-26 17:00 - 20:00 | Fusion54, 101 W. Main, Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Our annual author fair is held at Fusion 54 on Small Business Saturday, in conjunction with Crawfordsville Main Street’s Downtown Party Night. Authors from Crawfordsville and around the state will have books and related merchandise for sale. They are happy to sign books and discuss writing with attendees.

Shortened Tour Hours
2022-11-26 10:00 - 15:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The Museum is open from 10 am – 3 pm. We are closing early to set up for the Hoosier Authors Fair at 5 pm!
