Posted in Culver -- Town of, Culver Citizen Newspapers, News, Publications -- Newspapers on Sep 2nd, 2014
The Vietnam War was winding down…Nixon hadn’t yet resigned…and Culver Community High School was just five years old, two drug stores in Culver still had soda fountains, and Culver Academy for Girls was just two years old. It was 1973 in Culver, and the entire year is available, full-text and searchable, to add to our […]
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Events, News on Jul 3rd, 2014
After months of planning and effort, the newly renamed museum has opened at 102 W. Jefferson Street, Suite B (south entrance of the First Farmers Bank and Trust Building in downtown Culver)! The museum can be reached by phone at 574-635-0053. We’re sharing space with the newly-opened Culver and Lake Maxinkuckee Visitor Center, and both […]
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), News on May 5th, 2014
Launch PDF file. Launch PDF file. to read the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver’s Spring, 2014 newsletter, which was featured in the April 17, 2014 Culver Citizen newsletter. Included are updates on museum progress, meeting our new museum director, this summer’s concert event, and more!
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Culver Visitors Center, Libraries -- Public, News, Organizations -- Clubs, State Exchange Bank on Feb 1st, 2014
Prospective volunteers came past the AHS Museum’s table during the annual Clubs and Organizations Fair at the Culver Union Township Public Library last month. Members of the public got a glimpse of a floorplan for the new museum space, located next door to the Carnegie building in the Jefferson Street entrance to the First Farmers […]
Posted in Culver Academies, Events, Lake Maxinkuckee, News on Oct 14th, 2013
Please join the Antiquarian and Historical Society this Saturday, October 19th for a Historic Hayride and Moonlight Paddle. The Historic Hayrides will be from 4:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. and will begin and end at the Culver Depot. Jeff Kenney will narrate the hayrides with interesting facts of Culver’s past. The Moonlight Paddle will be […]
Posted in News, Organizations -- Historical Societies, Publications -- Newsletters on Aug 13th, 2013
Launch PDF file. to read the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Culver’s Summer, 2013 newsletter, which was featured in the Aug. 8, 2013 Culver Citizen newsletter. From the new LMEC collaborative exhibit, to upcoming programs, memorials, and much more, the AHS newsletter may focus on history but keeps it fresh and exciting.
Posted in Lake Maxinkuckee, News on Jul 25th, 2013
Lakes don’t want to be lakes. They were created by nature. Over time, if not protected, sediment plants and debris will fill them in, and make them land once more. – Jody Arthur, Indiana Dept. of Enviromental Management (2009) The Lake Maxinkuckee Environmental Council has been working in our community for over three decades […]
Posted in Culver -- Town of, News, Publications -- Newspapers on Jul 23rd, 2013
What do the posting of Culver’s first-ever street signs, the launching of the Maxinkuckee Playhouse, and the dedication of the war memorial stones outside the Culver Public Library all have in common? They all took place in 1950, and they’re all featured in the latest batch of Culver Citizen newspapers uploaded to the AHS site! […]
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Famous People, Lake Maxinkuckee -- East Shore, News, Orchards, Vonnegut-Schnull-Mueller on Jun 21st, 2013
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 […]
Posted in Center for Culver History (AHS Museum), Culver Academies, News, Schools on Jun 5th, 2013
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 […]
