Scott County Heritage Center and Museum

Events at the Museum

2017 History Dinners and Programs

Scott County Historical Society, Inc. has released their Historical Dinner Programs schedule for 2017 and is shown below.

Tickets are $20.00 per person and must be purchased in advance.  Tickets may be picked up at the Scott County Museum during their regular hours.  Open on Tuesday – Friday, 10-4 and Saturday 10-1, excluding all major holidays. To order tickets by mail, send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope with your check to Scott County Museum, PO Box 122, Scottsburg, IN 47170-0122. The tickets will be mailed to you in your SASE.  There is a 50 person space limit per program.

If you would like additional information, please call 812.752.1050 or email contact@schcam.org


Upcoming Dinner and Programs:

Sept 15, 2017, 6:00 p.m.

Ed Cozart gives a history talk on D.C. Stephenson’s Rise and Fall.   D.C. Stephenson was a prominent politician and member of the Indiana KKK in the early 1900s.

Call 812.752.1050 to order your tickets now.  Don’t delay as a limit of 50 available due to space.  

 

October 5, 2017,  Noon Luncheon

“Gracing our Lives, Linens and Lace”

 Debra Sloane presents a new program from her Historical Speaking Series.    Learn the history of these remarkable textiles through examples of vintage lace and embroidered handwork.
Tickets are $15.00.   Only 50 seats available 

Previous Dinner and Programs:

July 21, 2017, 6:00 p.m.

Ernie Pyle was a newspaper reporter during World War 2, born in Dana, Indiana his columns offered a foxhole view of the war. He was killed in 1945 while traveling with a group of infantrymen on a small island west of Okinawa. Come hear about his life and legacy.


May 19, 2017
Sally Perkins, The Charms and Harms and the Daring Dillinger. Traces 14 months John Dillinger outwitted Law Enforcement on a wild chase in and around Indiana.

 

March 17, 2017
Dolly Madison – enjoyed by all.