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Exhibit

Voices and Votes

The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street, in partnership with Indiana Humanities, is bringing its traveling exhibition Voices and Votes: Democracy in America to small towns across the Hoosier state in 2026. 

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Resource

Food for Thought Revisited

In 2024, we brought our time with Unearthed to a close by gathering around the dinner table, spending the year in fellowship with our neighbors as we discussed the work and the recipes that bring us together as Hoosiers.

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News

2024 Indiana Authors Awards Winners

We are proud to announce this year's winning authors for the 2024 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards

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Think. Read. Talk.

Welcome. We're glad you're here. Whether on purpose or by accident, you've turned to Indiana Humanities because you're someone who enjoys the humanities (history, literature, cultural studies, philosophy or ethics, etc.), or as we like to say: you enjoy thinking, reading and talking.

Maybe you've come to find resources for your community, to learn about something or to have conversations (online or in person). Take a look around—we hope you find what you're looking for. And if not, just ask. We're here to help.

About us
What we do

create

We engage Hoosiers in statewide conversations by asking questions and working with a variety of partners to create one-of-a-kind programs that encourage us all to think, read and talk.

support

We support communities by partnering, providing resources, building capacity, connecting, listening and uplifting.

convene

We serve as a neutral convener for people to come together, since community grows from conversation.

fund

We support Indiana nonprofits with grants for public humanities projects.

Featured Program

One State / One Story

One State / One Story invites Hoosiers to engage deeply with a book as part of a statewide conversation tied to Indiana Humanities’ current theme.

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SPOTLIGHT

Kay Hawthorne: Humanities Hero

We caught up with Kay Hawthorne of at Friends of the White River as she talked about history, the White River and her favorite books.

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Featured Events

Upcoming Events

Check out these upcoming events to help you think, read and talk around Indiana.

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StoryCon at Huntington University

Northeast

Whether you prefer a novel, play, epic poem, screenplay, or graphic novel, StoryCon is all about celebrating stories and the writers who tell them.

February 22 9:00am—4:00pmView Event

Last Sunday Poetry: George Kalamaras

South

Join the Writers Guild at Bloomington for their Last Sunday Poetry program with featured reader, George Kalamaras!

February 23 7:00pm—8:30pmView Event

Hope Is a Duty: The Revolutionary Life of Adrienne Lafayette

Southeast

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Jeffersonville, Indiana, by attending a talk about his wife Adrienne, presented by award-winning author Kathryn Goodwin Tone.

February 28 6:00pm—7:00pmView Event

The Secret Lives of Buildings: 5th and Washington (Columbus, Indiana)

South

Join the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives for the first of four presentations highlighting important buildings that continue to shape downtown Columbus, Indiana.

March 20 6:00pm—7:00pmView Event

Curious Conversations Speaker Series: Bryan Glover

Central

Join Conner Prairie for a talk about the history of the Roberts Settlement, a historic Black community founded in the 1830s in Hamilton County.

March 25 7:00pm—8:00pmView Event

Marabai Rose at Putnam County Public Library

West

Join us for Holding Hope, a presentation by author Marabai Rose!

April 24 6:00pm—7:30pmView Event

Are you curious about all-things-Indiana?

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