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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉 Curator of Hi

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🎉

Curator of History Mary Figueroa is here to share a little bit about her family’s hispanic heritage along with her family members. We visited @indianahistory to see Mary’s great-grandmother’s traditional dance costumes.

Special thanks to IHS Curator of Multicultural Collections Nicole Martinez-LeGrand.

#HispanicHeritageMonth #IndianaStateMuseum #ISMHS #Indiana #history #hispanicheritage #indy #indiana

in our space era! 🚀🪐☄️ students at the

in our space era! 🚀🪐☄️

students at the museum today explored all things space with our amazing partners! 🔭

#indianastatemuseum #ismhs #visitindy #indy #indianapolisindiana #space #science #technology #stem #stemeducation #fieldtrip

The humble elevator is something many of us take f

The humble elevator is something many of us take for granted. Sure, they save us countless steps, but do we really take notice of them until they are out-of-order, and they really let us down?

Our latest blog, Going Up! The Archaeology of Elevators, tells the story of elevators in Indianapolis and what we can learn from its history!

📲Read the blog at our link in bio.

#INArcheoMonth #IndianaArchaeologyMonth #ISMHS #IndianaStateMuseum

What would you re-name this shipwreck? ⬇️ #Ha

What would you re-name this shipwreck? ⬇️

#HappyArchaeologyMonth #INarcheoMonth #archaeology #archaeologist #shipwrecks #shipwreck #indiana #indianapolis #visitindiana #visitindy #ismhs #indianastatemuseum

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

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