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The Emancipation Proclamation is back out on displ

The Emancipation Proclamation is back out on display until October 29 inside the exhibition: Influencing Lincoln, The Pursuit of Black Freedom.

With extraordinary artifacts and a trove of historic documents (like the Emancipation Proclamation), visitors will experience another side of the story that led to the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments.

#IndianaStateMuseum #ISMHS #EmancipationProclamation

Happy first official day of fall, Indiana! 🍁🍂

Soon, our sites across the state will look like this... and we just can't wait! What's your favorite site to visit during the fall season?

#ISMHS #IndianaStateMuseum #Fall

Historic Site Highlight: Vincennes State Historic

Historic Site Highlight: Vincennes State Historic Sites! 🎬🏠📚

Do you notice anything different about this part of our museum system? It's the only one of our 11 Historic Sites that is plural! There are multiple locations in Indiana’s oldest city that make up our Site.

Tour the Original Indiana Territory Capitol Building, an original French Creole style home built in 1809, the first school of higher learning in Indiana, Fort Knox II, The Old State Bank, AND MORE at Vincennes.

Some of our favorite programs and events of the year are Colonial French Day, our spooky Downtown Ghost Story Walk and our movie series showcasing famous Vincennes actors and actresses!

#Vincennes #ISMHS #IndianaStateMuseum

Calling all space cadets! 🪐🚀 Join us on Oct

Calling all space cadets! 🪐🚀

Join us on October 11 in Firefly Landing for an out-of-this-world experience where you’ll learn about space and prepare an astronaut teddy bear for its first mission!

With the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse this spring, our bears need to prepare to be sure they are safe both on earth and in space. Your little one will enjoy story time and design a space suit for their teddy bear.

This program is recommended for little learners, ages 3-6.

There are only a few spots left for this program, register at our link in bio.

It's about that time for it to get SPOOKY at our #

It's about that time for it to get SPOOKY at our #HistoricSites! 👻🎃

With programming happening across the state, you're sure to find something to spook your interest! Here's a few you don't want to miss:

🦉 Owl-oween at Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site
🕯️ A Reading of Poe in the Parlor Lanier Mansion State Historic Site
👻 Ghost Stories Under the October Sky at T. C. Steele State Historic Site
🎃 Real Haunted Happenings: Dark Corners of Corydon at Corydon Capitol State Historic Site

Visit our link in bio to see all our SPOOKTACULAR events all across the state!

⚠️ Before asphalt roads in Indianapolis, there

⚠️ Before asphalt roads in Indianapolis, there were:

• paver bricks
• granite pavers
• wood pavers

Each of these paving trends tells us about the way Hoosiers lived and traveled throughout our history! 🚗

#INarcheoMonth #IndianaArchaeologyMonth #archaeology #archaeologist #streets #streethistory #IndianaStateMuseum #ISMHS #indiana #indianapolisindiana #indy #visitindy #visitindiana

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