http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com Inside the Indiana State Museum Wed, 22 May 2013 16:04:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/luke-skywalkers-robotic-hand/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/luke-skywalkers-robotic-hand/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 16:04:18 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3076 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/luke-skywalkers-robotic-hand/feed/ 0 Michelle prosthetic_SWMedicalUpClose_Small http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/lincoln-relics/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/lincoln-relics/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:09:01 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3067 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/lincoln-relics/feed/ 0 Michelle According to a note penned on this splinter, the fragment is purported to be “From the table used to examine Booth’s body.” After Booth was killed, an autopsy was conducted on a rough carpenter’s bench aboard the federal monitor Montauk. Even the most minute remnants of artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination have become treasured relics. These few strands, glued to a note card, are ostensibly from the rope used to hang one of the conspirators, David Herold. For many years, this swatch of fabric, which is preserved in the LFFC, was purported to be from the dress of actress Laura Keene, the female lead in “Our American Cousin” the night of Lincoln’s murder. According to legend, Keene rushed to the Presidential Box to comfort the stricken leader, cradling his bloody head in her lap. Whether or not this story is accurate, recent examination suggests this fragment dates to the 1890s, three decades after the murder, and 20-some years after Keene’s death. At one time or another, most historical organizations east of the Mississippi River have claimed to possess a “fragment of Laura Keene’s dress.” http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/symphony-in-color/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/symphony-in-color/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:25:00 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3060 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/symphony-in-color/feed/ 1 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/dialogue-blog-camp-favorites/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/dialogue-blog-camp-favorites/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:42:44 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3055 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/dialogue-blog-camp-favorites/feed/ 1 Michelle 041113_katy_eric http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/new-limberlost-visitor-center/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/new-limberlost-visitor-center/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:06:05 +0000 State Historic Sites http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3048 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/new-limberlost-visitor-center/feed/ 0 State Historic Sites visitor_center http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/lovina-streight-conserved/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/lovina-streight-conserved/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:02:26 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3022 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/lovina-streight-conserved/feed/ 0 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/going-green/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/going-green/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:59:52 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3011 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/going-green/feed/ 0 Michelle going_green_bag_lady http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/wherein-the-author-explains-why-he-begins-with-wherein/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/wherein-the-author-explains-why-he-begins-with-wherein/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:39:32 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=3003 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/wherein-the-author-explains-why-he-begins-with-wherein/feed/ 0 Michelle girl_limberlost_book http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/meteorite/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/meteorite/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:33:48 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=2994 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/meteorite/feed/ 0 Michelle The author conducting geological arm waving at the impact site, now the Rogers Group Kentland Quarry. Photograph courtesy Nelson Shaffer. A shattercone from Kentland Quarry. http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/polishing-silver/ http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/polishing-silver/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:28:46 +0000 Michelle http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/?p=2985 ]]> http://indianastatemuseum.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/polishing-silver/feed/ 2 Michelle Tarnished silver: a punishment for footmen since time began. With all those stubborn nooks and crannies, we’re lucky it won’t need our attention again for a decade.