INDIANAPOLIS (September 6, 2022) — Enjoy free admission to the Indiana Historical Society (IHS) on Saturday, Sept. 17 to celebrate Smithsonian magazine Museum Day.
Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian magazine. Participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. The IHS is a Smithsonian Affiliate.
Stop by the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, located at 450 W. Ohio St. in downtown Indianapolis, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, and experience IHS’s exhibits, Stardust Terrace Café by Jonathan Byrd’s and Basile History Market.
Visitors can also celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with craft activities and a Smithsonian poster exhibit, Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964.
For free admission tickets, visit: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/museum-day-2022/indiana-historical-society/tickets/.
Other IHS exhibits include From Indiana with “Love: Photos and Stories from Cold War Indiana,” “Documents That Shaped America,” and two exhibits highlighting the life and legacy of Holocaust survivor Eva Kor. “Eva Kor from Auschwitz to Indiana” tells the remarkable story of Eva Mozes Kor, who survived Auschwitz as a child and the experiments of Dr. Joseph Mengele, and grew up to be one of the most influential Holocaust educators and activists in the world. “Dimensions in Testimony” is an initiative by USC Shoah Foundation to record and display testimony in a way that will preserve the dialogue between Holocaust survivors and learners far into the future.