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The Indiana Historical Society is one of the nation's oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana’s storyteller". The Indiana Historical Society is located at 450 West Ohio St. Indianapolis, Indiana, alongside the Indiana Central Canal and across from the Indiana State Library, which houses the Indiana Historical Bureau. The Indiana Historical Society is the oldest state historical society west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Founded in 1830, the Indiana Historical Society connects people to the past by collecting, preserving, interpreting and disseminating Indiana history. It is an independent, nonprofit organization that publishes books and periodicals; sponsors teacher workshops; provides youth, adult and family programming; assists local historical groups throughout the state; and maintains one of the largest collections of material on the history of Indiana and the Old Northwest. Thanks to the generosity of Eli Lilly, a former president of the Society, the Indiana Historical Society is one of America's wealthiest historical societies.
Among the items held by the Indiana Historical society is a 130-year-old Bible used to swear in mayors of Indianapolis. Another object held is the leg lamp used in the move A Christmas Story.
