On-going events at your Lawrence County Museum of History and Edward L. Hutton Research Library:

  • The Historical and Genealogical Society Meetings take place the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. for a short business meeting, followed by an exciting speaker. The speaker and topics change each month. If you're missing our meetings, you're missing out on an educational and entertaining experience! Just ask anyone who attends.

  • The Friends of the Museum are having an ongoing used book sale in the meeting room of the museum. Books are priced from $0.50 to $2.00 and all funds raised go to support the museum. There are many books to choose from including current fiction novels, romance, history, sports, and childrens books.

Currently on Temporary Display

  • Come see the flea wedding, the mongoose and other popular exhibits!

 

Exhibits

  • May 14 - September 3, 2010 - "Bedford Through the Ages", an exhibit of photographs showing Bedford at various stages of its history.
  • August 9 - November 30, 2010 - "A Look Back at the Greystone Hotel", an exhibit of artifacts and photographs celebrating the Bedford hotel that was once the finest in the area.

Traveling Exhibits

  • September 7 - October 2, 2010 - "Indiana Through the Mapmaker’s Eye”. This exhibit examines four ways people have used maps through the years: as documentation, as tools, as political images and as art. Some of the maps included in the display are an 1833 tourist pocket map of Indiana, a 1910 Sanborn Company fire insurance map of Bloomington, Thomas Kitchin's 1747 map of French settlements in North America, a circa 1880 scale model map of the University of Notre Dame, and an 1881 bird's-eye view of Mount Vernon, Indiana.

  • October 5-30, 2010 - “The Hoosier Centennial: A Look Back at the 1916 Celebration”.   The pageantry and spectacle surrounding Indiana's 1916 statehood centennial is showcased in this exhibit. The statewide centennial celebration in 1916 would prove to have a lasting effect on the state, establishing the first state parks, spurring the production of lavish historical pageants and prompting steps toward an improved highway system. 

 

Local Events

  • "A Harvest of Quilts" - October 1, 2010 9am to 6pm and October 2, 2010 9am to 5pm. Sponsored by Quarry Quilters of Bedford (an NQA chapter). Location: Masonic Temple, 931 15th St. in Bedford, IN with additional displays at the Lawrence County Museum. The show features Guild Challenges, demonstrations, a Treasure shop of quit related items and an opportunity quilt. Guild members are available and eager to answer questions regarding quilting techniques, and quilting in Lawrence County and Southern Indiana.

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