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Gallery Talks

Ruthmere presents Gallery Talks the first week of each month.  The day of the week often changes to provide maximum opportunity for the public to attend, and start time is always 11am. 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. Gallery Talks are free and open to the public.

SPONSORS NEEDED: Ruthmere Private Members and Business Members can sponsor an individual Gallery Talk for just $100!  To reserve your sponsorship contact Executive Director Bill Firstenberger at bfirstenberger@ruthmere.org

2025 Gallery Talks

February 4 "Boot Lake" --Sherry Plank, Book Lake Nature Preserve Manager - 11 am at Ruthmere
March 5 "Arthur Rubinstein: His Life, Career & Artistry" --Tehillah Moses, Program Educator - 11 am at Ruthmere 
April 3 "Silk Industry in America" --Beth Hall, Ruthmere Docent - 11 am at Ruthmere
May 2 "The History of Baseball in Elkhart County" --Jenifer Blouin Policelli, Curator of Education, Elkhart County Historical Museum - 11 am at Ruthmere 
June 3 "The History of Importance of the Native American Trials in the Old Northwest" --Cecil Wilson, Historic Research Specialist for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians- 11 am at Ruthmere
July 2     TBA -11am at Ruthmere 
August 7 TBA- 11 am at the Beardsley Discovery Center
September 5 "Hysteria: Women's Health in the 1800s" -- Andrea Hutslar, Outreach Curator - 11 am at Beardsley Discovery Center
October 7 TBA -11am at the Beardsley Discovery Center
November 5  TBA--Travis Childs, Archivist, The History Museum -11am at the Beardsley Discovery Center
December 4 TBA- 11 am at the Beardsley Discovery Center

Recent Gallery Talks


December 4th, 2024 -

"Toys in the Attic"


with Cathy Ellsworth, Ruthmere Docent



November 5th, 2024 -

"Overbeck Art Pottery"


with Randy Roberts, Assistant Curator of the Midwest Museum of American Art



October 4th, 2024 -

"Introduction to Birding"


with Melissa Gunter, Education Chair of the South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society



September 5th, 2024 -

"The Lincoln Highway: Not Just a Blue Line"


with Joyce Chambers, Indiana Director of the Lincoln Highway Association



August 7th, 2024 -

"The Melodeon and Making Music in the Home"

with Brenda Tudor, Ruthmere docent


July 2nd, 2024 -

"Ralph A. Blakelock: American Landscape Painter" 


with Ann Knoll, Raclin Murphy Museum of Art Associate Director and Ruthmere Board Member


June 7th, 2024 -

"Hoosier Fashion Designers"


with Jennifer Johns,

Curator



May 2nd, 2024 -

"Preserving Architectural Heritage: The National Register vs. the National Trust"


with Mark Doddington, Membership Coordinator



April 3rd, 2024 -

"Refrigeration Before Refrigerators"


with Steve Barton, Ruthmere Docent



March 5th, 2024 -

"The Curious History of Cursive Writing"

with Beth Hall, Ruthmere Docent



February 2nd, 2024 - 
"Five Medals: His Life and Times"

with Mike Judson, Historian


See all of our past Gallery Talks on our Youtube page, www.youtube.com/ruthmeremuseum


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Elkhart, IN 46514

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