# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gallery Talk - Elkhart's Ivory Towers: A History of Higher Education in Elkhart County
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Event Description**: Jay VanderVeen, Ph.D., Director of the University Center for Excellence in Teaching Indiana University South Bend, will present a Gallery Talk on "Elkhart's Ivory Towers: A History of Higher Education in Elkhart County", on Thursday, December 4 at 11 am at Ruthmere.  

REGISTER HERE: https://ruthmere.org/event-6088307

Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection, a person or event in local history, or a topic from the Victorian/Edwardian eras. Can't attend? All of Ruthmere's Gallery Talks are recorded and uploaded onto our YouTube page (youtube.com/ruthmeremuseum) within a few weeks after the event. Visit Ruthmere.org/Gallery-Talks to learn more.

Our Gallery Talks are free and open to the public thanks to our sponsors.  This Gallery Talk is sponsored by Karen Nicholson. Thank you!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/elkhart/gallery-talk-elkharts-ivory-towers-a-history-of-higher-education-in-elkhart-county/200029137045405
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://ruthmere.org/event-6088307?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=elkhart-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Elkhart
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 302 E Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514-2719, United States
- **lat**: 41.69355
- **long**: -85.97333
- **full address**: 302 E Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514-2719, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Ruthmere Museum (https://allevents.in/org/ruthmere-museum/26026202)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 302 E Beardsley Ave, Elkhart, IN 46514-2719, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ruthmere Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Gallery Talk - Elkhart's Ivory Towers: A History of Higher Education in Elkhart County ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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