The Indiana Historical Society has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in Washington, D.C., to support its Indiana Experience project. The Indiana Experience, which opens in March 2010, will be located in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick History Center and expand both on-site and statewide delivery of IHS mission to connect people to the past, IHS President and CEO John Herbst said in a written statement ...
The Indiana Historical Society is scaling back its staff and spreading out work a renovation project after a nearly one-third drop in the value of its endowment in the past year ...
The Indiana Historical Society cut seven of its 82 staff positions today in a move to save $1.3 million over the next three years.CEO John Herbst said the cuts were necessary to prepare for endowment losses that will be realized in 2011 and 2012. Herbst already had trimmed the societys $6.38 million budget by more than $500,000 at the beginning of this year.In 2010 ...