General Lew Wallace Study & Museum

Dr. Howard Miller Lecture Series: Amalia Kussner, miniaturist
2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | 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.

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: 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.

Museum Closed
2022-11-11, 2022-12-03, 2022-12-10, 2022-12-17 | General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, 200 Wallace Ave., Crawfordsville, IN, 47933, United States

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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
2023-07-20 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

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
2023-09-21 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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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
