Museums Are Here

A blog celebrating the resiliency of museums

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Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County

As part of last year’s exhibit on emergency preparedness, the Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County handed out safety kits to visitors. “We distributed masks last year. How weird is that?” executive director Kat Burkhart...

Midwest Museum of American Art

Two close-up photos show young Black children holding “Black Lives Matter” signs at a Chicago protest this year. Like a cross on a wall, they flank two hand-colored lithographs of a white boy and...

Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

At the entrance, a mannequin is dressed in a delicate white dress and matching hat. A bright yellow sash hangs across her chest with three words printed across it — “Votes for Women.” Almost...

Midwest Museum of American Art

The exhibit “Politics & Religion” continues through Oct. 2 at the Midwest Museum of American Art, 429 S. Main St. The museum’s director, Brian Byrn, has spent three years curating the exhibit, which features...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

Race fans looking to take one of the brightest journeys through motorsports history can look no further than the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. Now open in the North Hall and Gallery is a new...