The Indiana State Museum is an exciting place to visit. There are a number of routinely rotating exhibits that no doubt will offer visitors the opportunity for multiple return visits. On this occasion we viewed three of the special exhibits: Art for the Nation, Frugal & Fancy: Indiana Quilts, and Odd Indiana.
Art for the Nation
This particular exhibit was the reason for our visit to the museum on this particular day. The exhibit consisted of a vast collection of war propaganda posters from World War I and II. Overhead you could hear period music being broadcasted though out the room. Occasionally the voice of some famous men of the time - Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, et al - would come across and make announcements supporting the war effort, challenging listeners to plant victory gardens, and in the modern moment providing a surprisingly chilling emotion that delivers a sense of cool sobriety.
Many of the posters focused on such ideals as encouraging Americans to purchase war bonds, plant a victory garden, join a car club (car pool) with your neighbors, or becoming a member of organization such as The Boy Scouts of America, The YWCA, and The Red Cross.
Many of the posters focused on such ideals as encouraging Americans to purchase war bonds, plant a victory garden, join a car club (car pool) with your neighbors, or becoming a member of organization such as The Boy Scouts of America, The YWCA, and The Red Cross.
Frugal & Fancy: Indiana Quilts
After completing our viewing of the Art for the Nation exhibit we decided to poke our heads into the quilting exhibition. Quilting and needlepoint do not normal appear on our radar of special events, but this particular exposition was definitely worth the time. The exhibit was a sturdy collection of old quilts. It was blatantly obvious the amount of effort and immense attention to detail that each of the quilts must have required by the seamstress’ that made them. There were quilts as old at 150 odd years and the newest probably made for the exhibit no-doubt as it was a scannable QR barcode linking to the museum’s website.
Odd Indiana
This exhibit is a themeless collection of unique and odd museum items collected over the years. Items include on of the oldest known baseballs, hand grenades, (that were found to be still active when uncovered in the museum dozens of years later), and odd collections of salvaged hair.
It was a fairly short exhibit but well worth 30 minutes of your time while visiting the rest of the museum. The exhibit attempts to be moderately kid friendly with a canoe and bicycle horns with which to play.
Odd Indiana
This exhibit is a themeless collection of unique and odd museum items collected over the years. Items include on of the oldest known baseballs, hand grenades, (that were found to be still active when uncovered in the museum dozens of years later), and odd collections of salvaged hair.
It was a fairly short exhibit but well worth 30 minutes of your time while visiting the rest of the museum. The exhibit attempts to be moderately kid friendly with a canoe and bicycle horns with which to play.
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