Demonstration Pow Wow

What a day when the Potawatomis showed up at the Indiana State Museum to share a bit of their culture with school kids…

L.S. Ayres Holiday Cherub and All

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  Here at the museum, traditional L.S. Ayres holiday windows are on display, as well as the original Santa Claus Express train (kids can ride on a replica) and after Thanksgiving the cherub will even appear on the clock in the exhibit!  You can even buy little cherub [...]

A Mosaic TV

 
(Joanna Hahn reporting)
When the air begins to cool and the leaves begin to change color it can only mean one thing….planning for the Indiana Art Fair.  2009 will be the sixth year for the art fair and it is shaping up to be a vibrant and colorful show. (see last year’s show info here) Artists have [...]

Land of the Free and Home of the Brave

Veterans and their families were treated to a special concert of the Indianapolis Municipal Band on Sunday, as part of a Veteran’s Day remembrance at the museum.  Very impressive, in that the guest conductor was Colonel L. Bryan Shelburne, Jr. commander of The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”.  He was only the sixth appointee to serve as leader [...]

Hollywood on the Canal

Hollywood paid us a little visit recently, as our Indiana State Museum played host to a Master Card commercial starring our favorite Indiana boy…Peyton Manning!  It was somewhat of an eye-opener to those unaccustomed to video production, as 65 crew members and numerous truckloads of equipment and wardrobe bore down on the museum in the [...]