Quilt Show and Luncheon Announced

The Shelby County Historical Society will be piecing stories together for this year’s annual quilt show, as this year’s theme is “Quilts That Tell a Story.” “So much of what we do here focuses on telling the story of our communities through the objects in our museum,...

Gift Shop Shifts Inventory

Beginning last year, the Grover Museum began introducing new items to Grover Gifts, the museum’s gift shop. The sale items were added following a gift shop interior redesign. New objects were added that had been influenced by community members suggestions and...

Putting the “Pop!” in pop culture

Popping off the pages and onto the walls and into the cases of the Warble Gallery at Grover Museum is the life work of Roger Slifer, a local comic book and animation editor, writer and producer. Additionally, visitors will be able to read some of the works of George...

Pioneer Fair Dates Announced

The Shelby County Historical Society will hold the annual Pioneer Fair on September 29 and 30, and we want to see you there! As this year marks the 50th year since the Pioneer Fair began, with the original fair titled the Blue River Valley Pioneer Fair and Craft Show,...

Annual Spring Dinner Reservations Now Open

The Shelby County Historical Society is hosting the annual Spring Dinner at Grover Museum on Thursday, April 19, beginning at 6 p.m. Tamara Hemmerlein, the director of Local History Services for the Indiana Historical Society and this year’s guest speaker, is...

Loans/Donations Needed for May Fest Exhibit

The Grover Museum will be opening a new exhibit this spring, “May Fest, A Shelbyville Tradition,” and is calling on the community to round out the exhibit. In 1924, Shelbyville Senior High School celebrated the graduating class by holding an event called May Fest on...