General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

Hoosier Authors Book Club
2023-04-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | 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, 2022-11-11 | 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!

Hoosier Authors Book Club: All These Beautiful Strangers
2022-11-17 19:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The book club will discuss the novel All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth. Charlie Calloway has a life most people would kill for. A tight knit family. A loyal set of friends. A fast-track to whichever college she chooses. But Charlie isn’t interested in what most people want. She’s a Calloway. She’s special. And she’s been taught to want more. So when she’s invited to join an exclusive secret society, her determination to get in is matched only by her conviction that she belongs there. But behind their mysterious facade is a history of lies which unravels everything Charlie thought she knew…including the story behind her mother’s disappearance ten years ago.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
2022-10-27 19:00 - 20:00 | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
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 a useful plant to its culture,” and Monticello’s 1,000-foot-long, terraced vegetable garden became an experimental laboratory, an Ellis Island of new and unusual vegetable novelties from around the globe.
While growing over 330 vegetable and 170 fruit varieties, Jefferson was also a pioneer in supporting farmer’s markets and promoting vegetable cookery. This revolutionary garden resulted in a revolutionary cuisine in the kitchen at Monticello. Restored in 1984, the garden and the Jefferson legacy continue to inspire the farm to table movement today. As a tie to our theme for 2022, Peter will incorporate collecting issues at Monticello with stories of plants dying, seed collecting compromised by naughty harvesters, varieties not being true to name, and more. Free, reservations requested.

Hoosier Authors Book Club: Always a River
2022-10-20 19:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The book club will discuss Always a River: The Ohio River and the American Experience, edited by Robert Reid. The ever-changing Ohio River flows through time as well as space, connecting us with the past as it links Pittsburgh with Cincinnati, Cairo, and New Orleans. Always a River views the Ohio through the perspective of history, geography, political science, economics, and literature. Essays by Scott Russell Sanders, John A. Jakle, Hubert G. H. Wilhelm, Michael Allen, Darrel E. Bigham, Leland R. Johnson, and Boyd Keenan tell about the settlement period of the river, its economic importance, the different phases of engineering over a long period of time, and the river as an eco-political system.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: Amalia Kussner, miniaturist
2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:00 | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
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 Cecil Rhodes. In addition to her artistic talent, she was quite adept at marketing herself and commanding impressive commissions. Amalia was clearly a woman ahead of her time.
This presentation will cover the full story of her life, starting with her early years in Terre Haute, the incredible rise to fame in New York in the 1890s, and her final years in Europe after 1900. You will see images of a wide variety of her work, both from museums and a private collection.

Field Trip: Collections Tour at IHS
2022-09-30 13:00 - 14:30 | IN
Friday, September 30 – Behind the Scenes Tour – The Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis will offer a Behind the Scenes look at what they do. Spots will be limited and reservations required. Visit the event link to reserve a spot.
Please note the Museum will be CLOSED on September 30, as staff will be at the off-site event.

Museum Closed to Tours
2022-09-30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
The Museum will be closed for an off-site event.

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: The Collections of the Indiana Historical Society
2022-09-29 19:00 - 20:00 | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
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 the Society has grown and refined its collection but also new collecting initiatives that will inspire future Hoosiers.

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live
2022-09-17 10:00 - 16:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. Download ticket from the Event Website: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-2022/

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
2022-09-15 19:00 - 20:00 | St. John’s Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall, 212 S Green St, Crawfordsville, 47933
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 dispersed widely through gifts, bequests, and sales. But over the last 162 years, the MVLA—the private non-profit that still operates Washington’s Virginia estate—has tracked down thousands of original artifacts, from furniture to silver, clothing to locks of hair. Today, the organization boasts a rich collection that tells the story of George Washington as general, president, and private citizen. This lecture will explore the MVLA’s collecting practices and priorities, highlighting significant acquisitions from the 19th century to today.
Jessie MacLeod is an associate curator at Mount Vernon, where she has worked since 2012. She received a B.A. in history from Yale University and an M.A. in public history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Jessie has curated numerous exhibits, including Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon (2022) and the award-winning Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon (2016–2021). She was also a contributor to the Lives Bound Together exhibit publication. As a member of the curatorial team, she conducts research on Mount Vernon’s collection of fine and decorative arts and contributes to refurnishing projects in the mansion and outbuildings.

TASTE of Montgomery County
2022-08-27 12:00 - 22:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
This is our major fundraiser, featuring live musical acts and local food and beverage vendors. Visit the TASTE website for more information.
There are no Museum tours during the TASTE of Montgomery County.

Hoosier Authors Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass
2022-08-04 19:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Hoosier Authors Book Club: The Anthropocene Reviewed
2022-07-07 08:00 - 17:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
This Book Club discussion will be held in person at the Carriage House. Participants are welcome to come masked or unmasked.

ArchiCamp
2022-06-14 - 2022-06-15 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Hoosier Authors Book Club: Life List of Adrian Mandrick
2022-05-19 19:00 - 20:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

Online Lecture: General Lew Wallace, Defender
2022-05-05 15:00 - 16:00 | IN
Join us on Thursday, May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) at 3:00 PM on Facebook for a livestream program hosted by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

City Easter Egg Hunt
2022-04-09 13:00 - 13:30 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Organized by Crawfordsville Parks & Recreation – direct all inquiries to 765-364-5175.

Hoosier Authors Book Club - Riverine: A Memoir From Anywhere But Here
2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

American Battlefield Trust Park Day
2022-04-02 09:00 - 12:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
Activities will include leaf raking, mulching, preparing picnic area, sowing grass seed, stick collecting, interpretive sign production, painting, and grounds beautification.

2022 Exhibit Opens; Museum Open Saturdays
2022-03-12 10:00 - 17:00 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States
