If you're looking for a magnificent historic site that showcases an elegant, 38-room Victorian mansion, a charming cottage reflecting the 1930s, a gallery that chronicles local history, a gallery of Notre Dame history, a children's museum plus compelling exhibitions, that place is the Northern Indiana Center for History.
See WHAT’S NEW at the Center for History:
100 Years of Design
May 17, 2008 - January 4, 2009
100 Years of Design features upscale fashions dating from the 1830s to the 1930s from the Center for History’s heralded costume collection. The exhibit, set against backdrops of period furnishings also from the museum’s collections, offers a look at a century of history in South Bend and surrounding communities. Visitors can learn about “polite society,” a culture in which fashions of the day were found in homes designed by leading American architects. They will find themselves transported to an era where the elite donned top hats and tails, and designer gowns and furs to attend gala events at places like South Bend’s Oliver Opera House. The exhibit also explores the economics that drove the area’s success as a Midwestern manufacturing complex in America’s Industrial Revolution, thereby providing many local families the buying power to be active in international society.more...
West Washington Street Walking Tour
A downloadable brochure and mp3 podcast of a walking tour of the beautiful and historic West Washington Street is now available here. This National Register District showcases an exemplary and eclectic blend of architectural styles and structure. The brochure and pod cast has been produced by the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County in cooperation with Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
Rockne: A Notre Dame Legend
Opening August 31, 2007
Explore how Knute Rockne skyrocketed the Notre Dame football program
to national fame and became a man who will never be forgotten. By
popular demand, many of the components of the 2006 exhibit, Rockne:
Crossing the Last Chalk Line are showcased in this exhibit.
Hispanic Heritage Initiative Launched
The Center for History has launched a new initiative to tell the story of
the local Hispanic community. The exhibit is sponsored by
CommunityWide Federal Credit Union. more...
Please consider a donation to the Center for History. Remember, it's easy to double the dollar value of your gift if your company has a matching gift program.
www.shopformuseums.com
Did you know you can turn your online shopping into a donation to the Center for History? By going to www.shopformuseums.com, your purchases are converted into a donation to the Center for History. You first need to register (using your email address) and then select the Center for History as your museum partner. Once you have done that and are logged in, you can shop by using the category and store links (you must shop through these links for your purchases to be converted to donations). As you shop, the museum will receive a percentage of your total purchase amount. This amount comes from the retailers themselves and doesn't cost you anything. Many retailers, including Ebay, participate.
Spanish Tours of Copshaholm
The Center for History has launched a new program, Mansion de Oliver, in which tours of Copshaholm will be available in Spanish, by appointment. Individuals or groups who wish to schedule a Spanish tour may contact the Center for History at 235-9664. Standard admission rates apply, $8/adults, $6.50/seniors 60+, $5/youth 6-17, and $$6.50/groups of 20+.
The Museums at Washington and Chapin
The Museums at Washington and Chapin - It’s easy to do the math at the Center for History and Studebaker National Museum: one fabulous museum (Center for History) + one fabulous museum (Studebaker National Museum) = one outstanding museum campus (The Museums at Washington and Chapin). With the October 28 move of Studebaker National Museum to a new facility adjoining the Center for History, visitors can enter one front door, buy one ticket and can visit two museums. Click here to learn more about the Studebaker National Museum, now adjacent to the Center for History.
