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Friday, December 5, 2025 / 12:00pm - 1:00pm / Online (Zoom)
Join Sarah Marsom for a workshop on celebrating and sharing your family memories this holiday season.
Do you have a cherished photo, letter, recipe or memento? Join Sarah Marsom for this workshop to find ways to creatively transform, reuse, or replicate family mementos to create both gifts and connections to your family's history. Attendees are encouraged to bring their cherished object to the workshop to share its story and to collaboratively brainstorm caretaking strategies.
This series has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Saturday, October 18, 2025 / 10:00 am–12:00 pm / Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Red Room
Do you have a cherished photo, letter, recipe, or mement that connects to a place? Join Sarah Marsom for this hands-on workshop whether your looking for strategies to be the caretaker of that history or for ideas to creatively use those objects and mementos.
This series has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Saturday, August 23, 2025 / 1:00–4:00 pm / Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Red Room
Curious about uncovering the secret lives of a building? Join BCPL staff for this workshop to learn how to research buildings, including your home.
This series has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Thursday, August 7, 2025 / 6:00–7:00 pm / Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Red Room
Just two blocks from the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library in Columbus’ Historic District stands a house where, if we believe the stories, a Civil War doctor, a mayor, and two artists once lived. Join CIAA archivist Tricia Gilson as she untangles the house’s history.
This series has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 / 11:00 am–1:00 pm / Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Library Plaza
Celebrate Henry Moore’s birthday with the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives! Join designer Sarah Marsom to create one-of-a-kind cyanotype prints using archival images and sunlight.
This program has been made possible through a grant from the Columbus Museum of Art and Design.

Saturday, May 24, 2025 / 11:00 am–12:30 pm / The Commons
Join us to celebrate Jean Tinguely and his sculpture “Chaos No. 1.” This year marks 100 years since the Swiss artist was born, so we’re throwing him a party. We’ll kick off the birthday bash by showing two short films featuring Tinguely talking about the sculpture. Stick around to watch “Chaos No. 1” whirl and clang!
This program is in partnership with The Commons.

Thursday, May 22, 2025 / 6:00–7:00 pm / Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Red Room
Explore the history of the McEwen-Samuels-Marr Home, the current site of the Bartholomew County Historical Society with its curator and collections manager Jared Anderson. Jared will discuss the home’s former occupants and its architectural legacy, connecting them to historic preservation and our shared past.
This series has been made possible through a Historic Preservation Grant from Indiana Landmarks, Indiana Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.