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Museums & Attractions 1-6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Group tours by appointment. Free admission. Donations appreciated. Info: (765) 489-4005 and on Facebook. Email: tom@ hagerstownmuseum.comcastbiz. net.
Wilbur Wright Birthplace and Interpretive Center: 1525 N. County Road 750 E., Hagerstown, Ind. Features: Highlights include a 950 F-84 bomber, replica of the Wrights’ first flyer, copies of family correspondence, a video of the family history and Main Street, a replication of shops from the early 1900s, including a bicycle shop and a print shop. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday from April 1-Nov. 1. Admission: Adults, $4; seniors, $3; students $2; younger than 5, free. Family price (two adults and accompanying schoolaged children), $10. Info: (765) 332-2495, www.wwbirthplace.com and on Facebook. LIBERTY, IND. Union County Historical Museum, Railroad Street, Liberty, IN 47353. Features: Items highlighting Union County’s history since its founding in 1821. Operated by the Union County Historical Society, along with the Templeton Cabin on the courthouse grounds. Hours: Open for community events or by appointment. Info: (765) 458-5294. RICHMOND Gaar House and Farm Museum: 2593 Pleasant View
Road, Richmond. Features: Elegant Victorian mansion built by Agnes and Abram Gaar in 1876. Tours: 1-4 p.m. on the first and third Sundays in June, July and August and first three Sundays in December. Group tours for 10 or more by appointment year-round. Cost: $5 adults, $2 for ages 18 and younger. Garden and pool area also rentable for outdoor events. Info: Sarah Bradley, (765) 966-1262. Website: www.waynet. org/nonprofit/gaar_mansion.htm .
Indiana Football Hall of Fame: 815 N. A St., Richmond. Exhibits feature the state’s high school, college and professional American football players from the early 1920s to the present. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tueday through Saturday. Other times and group tours available by appointment. Donations accepted. Info: (765) 966-2235. Mail goes to P.O. Box 40. Indiana University East’s The Gallery and Meijer Artway: Whitewater Hall, 2325 Chester Blvd., Richmond. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, weekends by appointment. Free. (765) 973-8605 or www.iue.edu/gallery. Joseph Moore Museum of Natural History: Earlham College, 801 National Road W., Richmond. The museum is near the D Street entrance off College Avenue. Features: Skeletons, a mummy, live snakes and various displays. Some of the items that draw visitors include a 15,000-year-old mastodon skeleton, a giant ground sloth skeleton and an allosaurus (dinosaur).
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Richmond Art Museum The museum’s claim to fame, a giant fossil beaver skeleton, is the only virtually complete specimen in the world. The Ralph Teetor Planetarium also offers star shows. Group tours available. Hours: 1-5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, except New Year’s Day, Earlham graduation day, July 4, Christmas Eve and Christmas. Admission: Free. Donations: Welcome. Info: (765) 9831303 or www.earlham.edu/josephmoore-museum/ or on Facebook. Blog: http://josephmooremuseum. wordpress.com. Email: josephmooremuseum@gmail.com
Madonna of the Trail www. waynet.org/facts/madonna_of_the_ trail at entrance to Glen Miller Park, 2200 E. Main St., Richmond. One of 12 statues along U.S. 40 from Maryland to California. Model T Ford Museum: 309 N. Eighth St., Richmond. The Model T Ford Club of America’s museum showcases the car that “Put the World on Wheels.” Exhibits include a 1917 TT dump truck, 1923 English-built Town Car, fire truck, farm truck, cutaway demo, 1924 Army ambulance, Model T-powered airplane and a Fordson Tractor. A gift shop offers books, videos, toys, clothing, and Model T-era memorabilia. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Other hours by appointment. Admission: Free.
Donations: Welcome. Info:, (765) 488-0026, website www.mtfca.com/ clubpages/museum.htm or on Facebook. Email: museum@mtfca.com or Barbara@MTFCA.com.
Richmond Art Museum: 350 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond. Features: The museum was founded in 1898 and has a permanent collection of American Impressionists, Taos School, the Hoosier Group, the Richmond School and other regional artists. It also has works by local ceramic artists, including potters of the arts and craft movement, the Overbeck Sisters and the Bethel Pike potters. The museum is the only museum in the United States to be housed in a public high school. The museum offers educational opportunities for youth and varied classes. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays, Saturdays and national holidays. Admission: Free. Donations: Welcome. Info: (765) 966-0256, website www.richmondartmuseum.org or on Facebook. Email: Executive director Shaun Dingwerth at shaund@rcs.k12.in.us. Starr-Gennett Walk of Fame: Turn off East Main Street and head south onto South 1st Street, just east of the Main Street Bridge, Richmond. Medallions embedded in the sidewalk feature some of the Gennett Records recording artists. It’s along the White-
water Gorge Trail at the former site of the Starr Piano Company. Free. Artists included range from Louis Armstrong to Bix Beiderbecke, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael and Gene Autry. Annual music festival in early September. Info: starrgennett.org or (765) 962-2860.
Wayne County Historical Museum: 1150 N. A St., Richmond. Features: Founded in 1930 by Julia Meek Gaar to display local and international culture for Wayne County residents, the museum boasts an extensive history collection that includes a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy and a wide range of local, regional and international artifacts, including Native American items. Highlights include period clothing, furniture, portraiture, two log cabins of local origin, a genuine Conestoga wagon, a blacksmith shop, print shop, bakery, a collection of early Richmond-made automobiles, steam-powered tractors and the first Davis airplane manufactured in Richmond in 1929. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Sundays during the winter. Admission: Adults, $7; ages 6-18, $4; ages 5 and younger, free; members, free. Info: (765) 962-5756 , website www.waynecountyhistoricalmuseum.org or on Facebook. Email: office@wchm.org.