Monroe County History Center

Join the Monroe County History Center at a festival showcasing African American writers.

Learn about the 199-year history of Monroe County’s local newspaper industry and the papers, the people and the technology that made it possible.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to review uncaptioned images from the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper archive and see if you can help add names, dates and other details to the people, places and events pictured.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to Family Day, featuring an afternoon of activities related to its Breaking the News exhibit.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to review uncaptioned images from the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper archive and see if you can help add names, dates and other details to the people, places and events pictured.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to review uncaptioned images from the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper archive and see if you can help add names, dates and other details to the people, places and events pictured.

Take part in a show-and-tell-and-touch presentation with original newspapers published from 1685 to 1941.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to review uncaptioned images from the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper archive and see if you can help add names, dates and other details to the people, places and events pictured.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to review uncaptioned images from the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper archive and see if you can help add names, dates and other details to the people, places and events pictured.

Join a panel of Bloomington journalists for a discussion about the history of local news in their community.

The Monroe County History Center invites you to review uncaptioned images from the Bloomington Herald-Times newspaper archive and see if you can help add names, dates and other details to the people, places and events pictured.

Learn about the history of barns in Monroe County and how the design of barns has assimilated and adapted to an evolving landscape.