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7+856'$< &/8% ³ Night at the Museum rehearsals were held Sept. 28, overseen by Nappanee Center Manager Martha Owen, far right. Also pictured are, from left, Jessica Sword, Hope Sword and Iyaka Aleo. The girls will be playing members of the Thursday Club, which helped bring the public library to Nappanee.
7H[W DQG SKRWRV %\ '$9,' +$=/(',1( 6WDII :ULWHU From 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, Nappanee history will once again come to life with ‘“Night at the Museum: Blast from the Past” at the Nappanee Center. The event marks 10 years the Evelyn Lehman Culp Heritage Collection has held the event, in which vignettes based on actual events and characters are staged by live actors throughout the center. This year, four of the eight scenes will be culled from the roughly 80 created over the last 10 years, according to Martha Owen, Evelyn Lehman Culp Heritage Collection manager, who started the event in 2011. “It was hard to narrow it down.” “Night at the Museum” was inspired by “lights out” programs at Milford and Goshen libraries, although, as Owen noted, “we do it on a larger scale … We use the entire museum collection as a backdrop.” Audience members will be greeted by a tour guide who then leads each group by flashlight through the museum to each of the staging areas. For the second year, Night at the Museum will also be recorded and released on YouTube. This practice was started in 2020, when COVID prevented audience viewing. Two of the actors are Lisa Orn and her daughter Elizabeth Orn. The former plays Evelyn Lehman Culp, whose home now makes up a large part of the museum. Lisa, who has lived in Nappanee for 26 years, said she learns something new every year. “It’s a fun way to learn about history.” One gets the sense Culp herself would have approved of Night at the Museum. She once said, “I’ve heard so many people say that they hate history. It’s been my goal for them to love it.” Elizabeth has also learned quite a bit about Nappanee, including about her grandfather, Robert Orn. She discovered while looking through an old school yearbook he had been voted “The biggest flirt with the women.”
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the police bust of a “tiger blind” or speakeasy during Prohibition, and letters written by veterans in the Civil War, World War I and World War II. Another scene was about the first person arrested in Nappanee, for running his horse too fast. “Night at the Museum” is usually well-attended, so if you don’t want a long wait, call (574) 773-7812 to reserve fast passes Oct. 8 or 9. The Evelyn Lehman Culp Heritage Collection at the Nappanee Center is located at 302 W. Market St. For more information, visit www.nappanee.org/event/night-at-the-museum/