Indiana Historical Society

Indiana experience: the Indiana experience is a number of guest experiences and programs at the eugene and marilyn glick Indiana history center. In addition to the you are there experience spaces, there are other programmatic offerings including festival of trees and circus day. All Indiana experience spaces and offerings were developed by pan-institutional teams. 33,745 people visited the history center, including 3,855 school children.

Public programslocal history services: at the heart of ihs's emphasis to impact all regions of the state is the work of local history services (lhs). Ensuring the success of our partners in local communities, lhs staff work with each of the state's 86 county historians and provide consultations and training to county and local Historical organizations across in. In 2023, lhs made 4,464 contacts traveling 11,634 miles.104,753 guests visited traveling exhibitions throughout the state.education: the education department provides audiences of all ages with opportunities for engaging and life-long learning. The education staff works closely with educators and students throughout in. 4,590 students participated in the national history day in Indiana program, with 50 state winners advancing to the national competition and 4 projects receiving an award.projects and grants: ihs awarded 36 heritage support grants totaling $624,389.

Libraryat the heart of the Indiana Historical Society is its archives and library collections, which feeds all the other activity areas of ihs. Without our substantial collection of photographs, documents, personal papers and other records from the past, we would not be able to tell the stories of our rich Hoosier heritage. Often, that storytelling becomes very personal as our staff assists both novice family history seekers and more scholarly researchers in their quest for knowledge. The library assisted 2,483 visitors and answered 3,195 remote requests for information. The most popular subjects included families, communities, african-american history, notable hoosiers, architecture, and businesses. 1,093 images were added to the images in ihs's digital online collection, bringing the number of images available to more than 91,479. 23,655 collections/items were cataloged, processed, and made accessible to the public. 153 new manuscript, visual and printed items were added to the collection. Conservation lab conservators and volunteers treated 392 collection items. The historic document preservation program provided consultations to 24 small museums and non-for-profit organizations across the state. In addition to individual reference requests, collections and library staff wrote articles for both ihs and external publications, contributed content to ihs and external exhibitions, and continued the development of the destination Indiana high technology exhibit, adding 1 journey, as part of the new Indiana experience programs, bringing the number of journeys available to 338 containing more than 4,189 images.