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    PUBLIC PROGRAMS DIVISION :: Group Tours  
 

Plan a Field Trip
Don't let rising fuel costs keep your students from experiencing history in a whole new way. The IHS is offering funding for transportation to the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center between Sept. 1, 2008 and Jan. 2, 2009. For details, call (317) 234-1595 or e-mail us.

You Are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front
Step back in time through a historic photograph to January 1945. In this re-created grocery store setting, costumed interpreters share details of everyday life during World War II.

Destination Indiana

Send your students on a time-travel journey through IHS's vast collection of historical photographs and documents.

W. Brooks and Wanda Y. Fortune History Lab

Don a lab coat and participate in a hands-on paper mending activity.

INvestigation Stations

Grab a personal research log and do some detective work to investigate clues, ask questions and record conclusions about people, places and events of the past.

Don't miss these new experiences!

Group visits are available through Jan. 2, 2009. Group visits include reserved time in the History Lab; the You Are There interpretive experience; the Destination Indiana experience; INvestigation Station activities; a World War II-themed session of the teachers' choice (experiences tied to academic standards); World War II crafts and activities for younger students; and group guides to assist throughout the visit.

Group visit hours are Wednesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance reservations are required for groups of 15 or more. Cost is $2 per student;; no fees for adult chaperones.

 

You Are There is presented by Kroger with support from Clabber Girl

Destination Indiana is presented by Citizens Gas

More Group Tour Options

The Faces of Lincoln This changing exhibition gallery showcases items from the IHS's extensive Lincoln collections. Group tours are available through Jan. 2, 2009, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free gallery guides are available.

   
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Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-232-1882 or 800-447-1830