EDITOR’S NOTE: Submit items to Museums and Exhibitions, Tribune-Star, P.O. Box 149, Terre Haute, IN 47808; fax to (812) 231-4321 or e-mail to community@tribstar.com. All items must be received in writing by noon Friday for use the following Friday. Listings will not be accepted over the phone. Only events open to the public will be listed.
Vigo County
Hane Gallery (old radio building) and Studios, 120 S. Seventh St.Wednesdays — Showing Fannie Blumberg, Omer “Salty” Seamon and Gilbert Wilson, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; or by appointment.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, or by appointment; (812) 606-6916.
Gopalan Contemporary Art, 9 S. Seventh St., gopalancontemporaryart.com
Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; or by appointment. E-mail art@gopalangallery.com or call (812) 232-8080.
Art Spaces Inc., (812) 244-4216.
Currently — Outdoor sculpture, “Composite House for Terre Haute,” by Lauren Ewing, in Gilbert Park, 14 1/2 Street and Wabash Avenue.
Currently — Outdoor sculpture, “Spirit of Space,” in front of Swope Art Gallery, 25 S. Seventh St.
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, 1532 S. Third St.
Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, (812) 234-7881.
Terre Haute Children’s Museum, 523 Wabash Ave.
Currently — Run with the Animals.
Currently — Water Table.
Currently — Midwest Wild Weather.
Currently — 20th anniversary brick sale; pay to have child’s name on a commemorative brick on the new museum.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (812) 235-5548.
Vigo County Historical Museum, Sixth Street and Washington Avenue.
Currently — “Coming Clean — Monday Was Wash Day.”
Hours: www.vigohistory.org or (812) 235-9717.
Sisters of Providence, Providence Center, St. Mary-of-the-Woods.
Outdoor sculpture — Bronze statue of Saint Mother Theodore Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence, near Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Currently — Personal artifacts that belonged to Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Heritage Museum.
Currently — Religious icons hand-painted by Sisters Marilyn Therese Lipps, Marianne McGriffin and Mary Lou Ruck.
Currently — Exhibit on congregation’s ministry in Asia, Heritage Museum.
Currently — “Sisters of Providence Life and Mission” photo exhibit, poster-size photographs of various ministries, hallway east of Heritage Room.
Currently — Diorama exhibit of the congregation’s early history.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday. Call Providence Center, (812) 535-4531.
Arts Illiana, 23 N. Sixth St., info@artsilliana.org
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (812) 235-5007.
Titzer Art Studio, Back Gallery, 3124 Wallace Ave.
Currently — Sculpture, decorative metals, glass bead jewelry by Patrick and Karen Titzer as well as works by 20 local and regional artists.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; or by appointment. Call (812) 478-1313; titzer.com
Clabber Girl Hulman & Co. Museum, former first floor lobby, Hulman & Co. building, 900 Wabash Ave.
Currently — 1962 Dan Gurney racecar on loan from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
Currently — Showcase of the company’s history as well as the family history of founder Herman Hulman.
Currently — Wheels in Motion, display geared toward children.
Hours: bakeshop, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; gift shop, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission free. Call (812) 232-9446.
Raven Art Gallery, 817 Ohio St., www.theravengallery.com
Currently — Several Wabash Valley artists: watercolors, Marty Martinez; naturalist photography, Spencer Young; oils, Peter Bruning and Wayne Shaw; woodworks, Mark Donham; works by Laura Mason; metal artwork, Robert Watton; acrylic, Monty Jones; photography, Julie Hickman and Rob Robbins; other art by members of the River City Art Association; and Robert Follett painting of Terre Haute House prints.
Hours: Call Marty or Debi Martinez at (812) 234-9884.
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, 25 S. Seventh St., swope.org
Currently — “Farmhouse” by Hugh Breckenridge returns after conservation.
Outdoor Sculpture — “Spirit of Space,” by Bob Emser, in front of building.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and national holidays. Admission free. Call (812) 238-1676.
Halcyon Contemporary Art Gallery, Swope Art Museum Education Center, 25 S. Seventh St.
Through Nov. 27 — Fran Lattanzio, “Finding An Angle.”
Hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call (812) 841-2884; www.artathalcyon.com.
Dobbs Park Native American Museum, 5170 Poplar St.
Currently — Carvings by Ron Parker.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (812) 877-6007.
Vigo County Public Library, main branch, 1 Library Square, Seventh and Poplar streets.
Outdoor Sculpture, “Gatekeeper,” by Sally Rogers.
Through Nov. 30 — Art by Debbie Anderson, Marty Martinez and Jim Tabor.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Open Sundays 1 to 5 p.m., Labor Day through Memorial Day. Call (812) 232-1113.
Maryland Community Church, 4700 S. State Road 46.
Web site: www.mccth.org/ArtOutreach.htm.
Java Haute, 3805 E. Wabash Ave.
Currently — Paintings by Peter Bruning.
Coffee Grounds, 423 Wabash Ave.
July 10 — River City Art reception.
Hours: 6:30 a.m. to midnight.
Fowler Park, Oregon Church Road, east of U.S. 41 South.Hours: Call ahead for operating hours, (812) 462-3392.
Wabash Valley
Mansfield Civic Center, Old Mansfield Village.
Hours: mansfieldartisangallery.com or (812) 877-9831.Downtown Vincennes.
Permanent sculpture — “Tecumseh,” by humanitarian artist Peter Wolf Toth, the 74th giant sculpture in Toth’s “Trail of the Whispering Giants.”Minnetrista Cultural Center, 1200 N. Minnestrista Parkway, Muncie.Hours: Call (765) 282-4848.
J.E. Smith Gallery, 56 Adams Ave., Evansville.
Hours: (812) 455-8982.
D’Arlier Cultural Center, 405 N. Mill St., Veedersburg.
Hours: (765) 294-4824.
Fort Harrison State Park Nature History Center, 5753 Glenn Road, Indianapolis.
Hours: During winter months, noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; (317) 591-0122.
Covered Bridge Art Association Gallery, 124 W. Ohio St., north side of square, Rockville.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (765) 569-9422. No admission fee.
Rockville Public Library, 106 N. Market St., Rockville, IN.
Hours: (765) 569-5544.
Clay County Museum, 100 E. National Ave., Brazil.
Hours: (812) 446-4036.
Salmon Lusk Home, Turkey Run State Park, Rockville.
Weekend tours through Labor Day. Admission: $5 park entry fee. Hours: (765) 597-2654.
Ernie Pyle State Historic Site, 120 W. Briarwood Ave., Dana; (765) 665-3633.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
WonderLab, 308 W. Fourth St., Bloomington. Web site: wonderlab.org
Currently — Water: Wet, Weird & Wonderful.
Saturday — Science From Scratch: Green Gifts, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Workshop fee.
Hours: Call (812) 337-1337.
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.
Through Jan. 31 — Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Hours: Call (317) 334-3322. Closed Mondays.
The Gallery, Stutz II building, 217 W. 10th St., Suite 125, Indianapolis.
Call (317) 955-2450.
Indianapolis Zoo/White River Gardens, Hilbert Conservatory, 1200 W. Washington St., Indianapolis.
Indiana State Museum, Wilbur E. and Florence Jeup Ford Gallery, White River State Park, 650 W. Washington St., Indianapolis.Currently — Footprints: Balancing Nature’s Diversity.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For information call (317) 232-1637. Admission is $7 for adults (ages 13-59), $6.50 for seniors (ages 60 and older) and $4 for children (ages 3-12). Entry is free for museum members and children under 3.
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call 1-800-447-1830 or (317) 232-1882.
USS Indianapolis Museum, Indiana War Memorial, 431 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.
Currently — Permanent exhibit of the USS Indianapolis, the most famous ship in U.S. history.
Currently — Sterling silver service from the USS Indiana, later used aboard the USS Indianapolis.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes.
Hours: www.indianamilitarymuseum.org or call 1-800-886-6443.
Indianapolis Art Center, 820 E. 67th St., Indianapolis.
John Waldron Arts Center, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery and the Flashlight Gallery, 122 S. Walnut St., Bloomington.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (812) 334-3100.
Brown County Art Gallery & Museum, Main Street and Artist Drive, Nashville, Ind.
Currently — Collection of 30 paintings by early Indiana artists added to permanent collection, including “Daisy,” by T.C. Steele.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; (812) 988-4609.
Bloomington City Hall Atrium, Bloomington, Ind.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Celebration Plaza, White River State Park, Indianapolis.
Currently — 500 Festival 50th Anniversary Legacy Art Project, “The Tent,” wind activated sculpture built from tubular stainless steel.
Waldron Gallery of Brown County, 41 S. Van Buren St., Nashville, Ind.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call (812) 988-1844.
Putnam County Museum, 1105 N. Jackson St., Greencastle, museum2@co.putnam.in.us.
Currently — John J. Baughman book, “Our Past, Their Present: Historical Essays on Putnam County, Indiana,” on sale.
Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, by appointment. Call (765) 653-8419.
Whitewater Valley Railroad, Connersville, Ind.; whitewatervalleyrr.org
Hours: Call (765) 825-2054.
Conner Prairie, Johnson Weaver Gallery — Museum Center, 13400 Allisonville Road, Fishers. Web site: www.connerprairie.org
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday through April; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday May through September. Closed Easter. Call (317) 776-6000 or 1-800-966-1836. Admission: adults, $11; youth age 5 to 12, $7.
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, in White River State Park, 500 W. Washington St., Indianapolis, www.eiteljorg.org
Currently — “Ansel Adams in Yosemite” and “Our People, Our Land, Our Images.”
Currently — “Facing West: 20 Years of the Eiteljorg Museum” and “A Gesture of Kinship: Photographs by Bruce Hucko.”
Through Jan. 18 — Art Quantum: The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Call (317) 636-9378; 1-800-633-2024. Admission: $7-$4.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1200 W. 38th St., Indianapolis, www.imamuseum.org
Currently — Nourish Café and Tobias Theater.
Through Jan. 3 — Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World.Through Jan. 17— Judith G. Levy: Memory Cloud, “cloud” of translucent plastic photo viewers that hang on strands of microfilament.
Through Jan. 31 — Fashion in Bloom, Paul Fashion Arts Gallery.
Through Feb. 21 — Eighteenth-Century Furniture Design, Conant Gallery.
Through March 21 — Paired Photographs, pairing of 20 sets of European and American photographs from permanent collection, Golden Gallery.
June — 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park.
Hours: Call (317) 923-1331.
Harrison Center for the Arts, 1505 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 4 Sunday. Call (317) 396-3886.
Warrick County Museum, 217 S. First St., Boonville.
Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday; (812) 897-3100.
Reitz Home Preservation Society, 224 S.E. First St., Evansville; reitz@evansville.net.
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays. Call (812) 426-1871.
Eagle Creek Park, 7840 W. 56th St., Indianapolis.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call Nature Center, (317) 327-7148.
Southern Indiana Center for the Arts, 2001 N. Ewing St. (Indiana 11), Seymour.
Monroe County History Center, 202 E. Sixth St., Bloomington.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Illinois
Bicentennial Art Center & Museum, 132 S. Central Ave., Paris, Ill.
Currently — Photography by Paris resident T. Alan Russell.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission free. For information call (217) 466-8130. Web site: parisartcenter.com
Paris Carnegie Public Library, 207 S. Main St., Paris, Ill.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call (217) 463-3950.
Palestine Art Center, 110 S. Main St., Palestine, Ill.
Hours: (618) 586-5532 or (618) 586-2701.
Fife Opera House, 123 S. Main St., Palestine Ill.
Hours: noon to 8 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. weekends. Free Admission.
Vermilion County Museum, 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville, Ill.; www.vermilioncountymuseum.org
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call (217) 442-2922.
Marshall Public Library, 612 Archer Ave., Marshall, Ill.; www.marshallillilibrary.com.
Currently — Artwork by local artists.
Hours: (217) 826-2535.
Historic Lincoln School Museum, northeast of Interstate 70, Exit 136, Martinsville, Ill.
Hours: Open by appointment. Call (217) 382-6666 or (217) 232-1943.
Colleges and universities
Indiana State University
University Art Gallery, Center for Performing and Fine Arts.
Through Dec. 4 — “Re(Search): Exploring the Relationship Between Art & Science.”
Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday; 1 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Admission free. For information, call (812) 237-3720.
The Land of Misfit Toys, 1024 N. Seventh St.
Hours: Noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; or by appointment. Call (812) 232-6706.
John Hook Memorial Observatory, roof of Science Building.
Hours: 8 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays.
Sculpture Corridor
Outdoor sculpture, “3 Elements,” steel and neon light sculptures by Dutch artists Frans and Marja de boer Lichtveld, in front of Stalker Hall.
Outdoor sculpture, “Emanating Connections,” recycled tires, by Chakaia Booker, in front of New Theater.
Outdoor sculpture, “Runner,” in stainless steel by Boston artist Doug Kornfeld, in front of Student Recreation Center.
Outdoor sculpture, “Arthur’s Odyssey,” stainless steel piece by Michael Dunbar of Springfield, Ill., northeast corner of University Hall, formerly Laboratory School.
Outdoor sculpture, “TREE,” by Mark Wallis, in front of Memorial Stadium.
Gallery Lounge, Hulman Memorial Student Union.
Hours: 7 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sunday; closed through winter recess. For information, call (812) 237-3814.
Bare-Montgomery Memorial Gallery, Fairbanks Hall.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Call for hours and information: (812) 237-3720.
Turman Art Gallery, Center for Performing and Fine Arts.
Through November — Cultural Alchemy: an exhibition of digital art inspired by writings of Roland Barthes’ Mythologies; live digital art performance 5 to 7 p.m. .
Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Memorial Stadium, Brown and Wabash Avenues, Arts Spaces outdoor sculpture at the Indiana Mile by Mark Wallis of Spencer.
Ivy Tech Community College
Center for Information Technology, first and second floors, 8000 S. Education Drive.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Rose-Hulman
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 E. Wabash Ave.
Currently — Collage/paintings by Natalia Kirillova of Russia, second floor, Moench Hall.
Currently — Paintings by Jennifer Klemp of St. Louis, second floor, Moench Hall.
Through January — “From Earth to the Universe,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, ground floor hallways, Moench Hall.
Outdoor sculpture, “Flame of the Millennium,” by Leonardo Nierman, near entrance off U.S. 40.
Outdoor sculptures by Phil Dees of Terre Haute.
Outdoor sculpture “The Self-Made Man,” front steps of Sports & Recreation Center.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission free. Call Steve Letsinger, (812) 877-8452 for guided tour and information on permanent exhibits at the college.
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
SMWC Art Gallery, 132 Hulman Hall, St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Call (812) 535-5265.
Hours: Noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Vincennes University
Shircliff Gallery of Art, Shircliff Humanities Building, First and Harrison streets, campus.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Call (812) 888-4316.
Red Skelton Museum and Education Center, currently under development on campus.
Currently — Vast collection of Red Skelton’s career memorabilia: costumes, scripts, tapes, diaries, makeup, props, jokes, plans for songs and symphonies, original paintings and prints.
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
IUPUI University Library, Level One Lobby, 755 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday; noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Call (317) 274-8278.
National Art Museum of Sport, University Place Conference Center and Hotel, 850 W. Michigan St.
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free admission. For weekend hours or group tours, call (317) 274-3627.
Herron School of Art and Design, 1701 N. Pennsylvania St.
Permanent exhibit — Job sculpture in bronze by Judith Shea, in Allen Whitehill Clowes Pavilion, main entrance, New York Street, Herron Gallery.
Through Nov. 20 — “Between History and Memory.”
Through Dec. 31 — Dillinger! Forging a Hoosier Legend.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m Thursdays.
Eastern Illinois University
Tarble Arts Center, Ninth Street at Cleveland Avenue., Charleston, Ill.
Currently — Outdoor sculpture collection includes Landspan East and Landspan West by Jeffrey G. Boshart.
Through Nov. 29 — Graphic design alumni exhibition opens; symposium, reception, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Through Dec. 6 — “Arte Popular: Mexican Folk Art from the Tarble and Private Collections.”
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Mondays; (217) 581-2787.
Lincoln Trail College
Eagleton Learning Resource Center, 11220 State Highway 1, Robinson, Ill.
Hours: Call (618) 544-8657, ext. 1123; 544-8657, ext. 1460.
DePauw University
Richard E. Peeler Art Center, 10 W. Hanna St., Greencastle.Through Dec. 11 — How Soon is Now: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection.
Through Dec. 11 — Sonja Hinrichsen’s multi-media installations that map the cultural, social and historical aspects of natural, urban and industrial environments.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art, 204 E. Seminary St., Greencastle.
Hours: Closed during the 2009-10 academic year.
Indiana University
IU Art Museum, 107 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington.
Currently — 16 Thomas Benton mural panels, IU Auditorium lobby; two panels in Woodburn Hall, two panels in old University Theatre building.
Hours: Call (812) 855-8978.
IU Lilly Library.
Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave., Bloomington.
Through Dec. 20 — In the Shadow of Cortés: From Veracruz to Mexico City.
SoFA Gallery, Fine Arts 123, 1201 E. Seventh St., Bloomington; (812) 855-8490.
Through Nov. 20 — William Itter: A Retrospective Paintings and Drawings 1969-2009.
Hours: noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; closed Sunday, Monday.
Butler University
Clowes Memorial Hall, Indianapolis campus.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Wabash Valley College
Brubeck Arts Center, Mount Carmel, Ill.
Hours: 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 24; noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 25.
Museums
Museums and Exhibitions: Nov. 13, 2009
- Museums
-
-
Terre Haute museums keeping history alive
Even if you don’t have a mystical Egyptian tablet that brings museum inhabitants to life at sunset like character Larry Daley in the “Night in the Museum” movies, history can come alive for you, your friends and family at the many museums in the Wabash Valley.
- Museums and Exhibitions: Feb. 9, 2012
-
Friends of Ernie Pyle takes ownership, renames Dana museum
The western Indiana home in which renowned Hoosier journalist Ernie Pyle was born, and an adjacent museum dedicated to preserving his legacy as a World War II correspondent, have a new owner.
-
Bolte Taylor exhibit will feature 5-foot-tall brains
An Indiana brain scientist whose memoir about her recovery from a stroke became a best-seller has dreamed up an exhibit featuring giant brains that will be mounted around Bloomington this spring.
-
Original copy of 13th Amendment at Lincoln Library & Museum
A fully signed and recently restored copy of the Congressional resolution for a 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the official act that would abolish slavery in the United States, will be on display in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum’s Treasures Gallery.
-
River Wools’ Stitch Red/Wear Red part of First Friday events
Downtown Terre Haute’s First Friday is a monthly evening that encourages collaboration among downtown merchants, museums, galleries, and university and commercial venues.
- Museums and Exhibitions: Feb. 2, 2012
-
Museums and Exhibitions: Jan. 26, 2012
• CORPORATE SQUARE
• KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
• MARSHALL PUBLIC LIBRARY
• OUT-OF-TOWN
• EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
-
Museums and Exhibitions: Jan. 19, 2012
• HALCYON CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
• TERRE HAUTE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
• BICENTENNIAL ART CENTER & MUSEUM
-
Museum partners with ISU to show kids math is fun
The Terre Haute Children’s Museum and the Indiana State University Center for Mathematics Education are preparing for another fun-filled session of their popular “Go Figure” program.
-
Museums and Exhibitions: Jan. 12, 2012
• TERRE HAUTE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
• CLABBER GIRL HULMAN & CO. MUSEUM
• COVERED BRIDGE ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY
-
Learn about luging at Children’s Museum
Terre Haute Children’s Museum guests will have the opportunity to build and decorate a small-scale single luge and learn about the science of luging from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
-
Abe Lincoln Museum offers look at artifact of the month
January Artifact of the Month at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill.:
-
Children’s Museum plans New Year’s Noon party
The Terre Haute Children’s Museum is planning a New Year’s Noon Celebration from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
-
One of Clabber Girl’s own showcases photography at museum
Denise Turner, a graphic designer at Clabber Girl Museum Gallery, will showcase her photography through Jan. 31 in the museum gallery at Ninth Street and Wabash Avenue.
-
Museums and Exhibitions: Dec. 15, 2011
• Downtown
• Vigo County
-
Holidays have arrived at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum
We might not yet be dashing through the snow, but the holidays have arrived at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.
- Museums and Exhibitions: Dec. 8, 2011
-
Museums & Exhibitions
Museum listings for Dec. 2, 2011
-
Museums & Exhibitions
Museums listing for Nov. 18, 2011
-
Gov. Daniels adds father of Indiana’s parks system to Hoosier Heritage Gallery
A portrait of Col. Richard Lieber, founder of Indiana’s state parks, is the newest addition to the Hoosier Heritage Gallery that adorns the south wall of the Governor’s Office.
-
SLIDESHOW: Columbus Day at Terre Haute Children's Museum
Vigo County schools were out on Monday, Oct. 10, but learning continued in the Terre Haute Children's Museum with its Columbus Day program.
Free coffee and hot chocolate were part of the hands-on activities as children learned about Christopher Columbus and his adventures.
The museum is at the corner of Eighth Street and Wabash Avenue in downtown Terre Haute. Regular admission is $7 for adults and children 2 and older; free for children up to 24 months. (Tribune-Star photos/Bob Poynter)
-
Thomas Edison to visit Children’s Museum
At 2:30 p.m. Sunday Thomas Edison, inventor, lecturer and prankster, will pay a special visit to the Terre Haute Children’s Museum. The appearance is part of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s Family Discovery Series.
- Museums and Exhibitions: Sept. 23, 2011
-
Terre Haute Children’s Museum celebrates anniversary
The Terre Haute Children’s Museum has been operating in its new home at Eighth Street and Wabash Avenue for nearly one year, and to celebrate, the museum is planning a Birthday Bash with discounted admission prices and special appearances by Silly Safaris, Spider-Man and some one-of-a-kind LEGO MINDSTORMS creations.
- Museums & Exhibitions, Sept.16, 2011
-
Take kids to ‘Night at the Museum’
Parents who are looking for a way to enjoy Blues at the Crossroads while their children enjoy an evening of educational fun can look no further than The Terre Haute Children’s Museum.
-
Bridges, CARS to offer ‘Exceptional Explorations’ at Children’s Museum
Bridges of Indiana and CARS (Child Adult Resource Services) are teaming with the Terre Haute Children’s Museum to sponsor a unique opportunity for individuals with disabilities to experience the facility.
-
HISTORICAL TREASURE: Fort Harrison to be subject of major exhibit
As we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, the story of our own Fort Harrison will be the subject of a major exhibit opening at the Vigo County Historical Museum on Aug. 21.
-
Teutopolis Monastery Museum offers tour
Visitors can view more than 30 rooms of the Teutopolis Monastery Museum on Aug. 7. The hours are from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Patrons should come early to see the many unique and interesting articles on display. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children.
- More Museums Headlines
-








