Events & Programs

WFHB’s long-running monthly concert series in front of a live audience at the Monroe County History Center. Every second Saturday! To find out this month’s performers, check out WFHB’s Facebook page.

The Indiana High School Basketball Historical Society and the History Center’s Sports History Committee team up to share how Indiana’s love of basketball got its start in Bloomington and Monroe County. Be sure to stop in and see our exhibit Where Hoosiers Found Hysteria: Monroe County High School Basketball after a special presentation by Roger Robison on the early basketball tournaments.

Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter

Our Memory Walks are a great way to share stories inspired by our exhibit galleries! These dementia-friendly Memory Walks highlight objects on display while our own stories of Monroe County.

Memory Walks are a part of the Living with History program initiative in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Resource Service at IU Health.

Janine Giordano Drake presents her research on the Hoosier suffragists supported concerns on labor, temperance, and the rights of women to lead churches. Illuminating the resiliency of the suffrage movement and its tensions along the lines of class and race, Drake shares the stories of working-class women in honor of the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial.