The Center for Culver History hosts the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library’s traveling exhibit through July 20th. The exhibit celebrates the life and work of Indiana’s premier social critic and writer, and features interactive displays and replicas of Kurt, Jr.’s typewriter, Purple Heart and more. Running along with the Memorial Library display is an exhibit curated […]
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The fifth grade classes of Culver Elementary immersed themselves in our area’s unique natural, historical and cultural heritage as part of a joint tour of the Center for Culver History and the Culver Academy History Museum on May 21st. The students learned about the State Exchange Bank robbery of 1933, the history of early Indian […]
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Launch PDF file. The spring, 2013 edition of the Culver History Quarterly, the newsletter of the Antiquarian and Historical Society, is online here, as it appeared in the May 9, 2013 edition of The Culver Citizen newspaper. Updates on summer events and exhibits, some great new donations to the museum, and much more!
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Attention, Class of 1963! Your Tomahawk yearbook is now online and fully searchable! Researchers can find the yearbook in our Publications Gallery, or by clicking on the thumbnail below in this post. The AHS wishes you all the best during your upcoming Class Reunion! Viewing this file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click the icon for […]
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Posted in Events, News on Apr 19th, 2013
Get ready for an exciting evening of Hoagy Carmichael music Saturday, June 8th, at the Culver Academy Legion Building at 7:30 p.m. The evening features hit song renditions by none other than Hoagy’s son, Randy Carmichael. The younger Carmichael has been delighting audiences for decades, keeping his father’s musical legacy alive. The show takes it’s title […]
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Posted in Boats, Buildings, Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Culver -- Town of, Culver Academies, Hotels, Lake Maxinkuckee, Lake Maxinkuckee -- East Shore, Lake Maxinkuckee -- Miscellaneous, Lake Maxinkuckee -- South Shore, Lake Maxinkuckee -- West Shore, News on Mar 26th, 2013
Check out our NEW set of 8 note cards! Send out Thank-You’s or Forget-Me-Not’s in high style with vintage images from Culver’s diverse history. They were commissioned by the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver, IN and were inspired by a collection of old photos and postcards. The images were selected by Judy Kimmel Sawhook […]
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Warner Williams exhibit at museum Ongoing at The Center for Culver History is a display of Culver Academy’s 20-year artist-in-residence and Culver citizen Warner Williams. This exhibit encompasses both works of art loaned to the museum from members of the public, as well as various memorabilia from the life of one of our community’s more […]
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Launch PDF file. The Winter (Feb. 21 publication date) issue of the AHS’ “Culver History Quarterly” was published in the Culver Citizen newspaper recently. As part of the AHS-Citizen partnership, every member of the AHS will receive a subscription to Culver’s weekly newspaper of record (read more in the newsletter itself). A number of […]
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Ask any long-time Culver citizen about Warner Williams, and you’ll probably hear a description of an eccentric man riding around town on his bicycle, his long beard flying behind him. Others may recall the geodesic dome he constructed in his back yard, out of from which he churned out countless plaster animal sculptures following his […]
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The Center for Culver History has an opening for a new museum director, a part time position (20 hours per week) paying $10 per hour. The Director should have previous leadership experience and will be responsible for operating and maintaining the museum and its collections. Responsibilities include researching and fabricating exhibits, acting as a museum […]
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