Special Exhibit from IHS: Indiana Through the Mapmaker's Eye

Visit the Havilah Beardsley House for a special traveling exhibit!

Most people today are familiar with maps as tools used to locate a specific destination or for figuring out a route from point A to point B. Before today's more modern tools like apps and the internet, people relied on printed maps and mapmakers for a variety of reasons.

This exhibit shows maps used as documentation, tools, political images, and even art. Maps reflect the needs of the people who create and use them -- from topographical to transportation maps. They can depict areas as large as the world or as small as a neighborhood.

Indiana Through the Mapmaker's Eye explores how maps can show how an area developed throughout the years, showing how counties were drawn, land was seized, and infrastructure was created.

Tours of the Havilah Beardsley House are Tuesday-Saturday on the hour at 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm, or Sunday at 1, 2, and 3pm. Call (574) 264-0330 to make a reservation.

You can also see the exhibit on Free Family Sunday at the Havilah Beardsley House on July 6th from 1-4pm!

You may also like the following events from Ruthmere Museum:

• This Wednesday, 2nd July, 11:00 am, Gallery Talk - Blondes Have More Fun: How Yellow Bricks Have Made Vibrant Great Lakes Communities in Elkhart
• This Thursday, 3rd July, 10:00 am, Patriotic Program Series - Independence Day Observed in Elkhart
• This Sunday, 6th July, 01:00 pm, Free Family Sunday - The Havilah Beardsley House in Elkhart

Also check out other Arts events in Elkhart.