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Stargazing: Re/Imagining the Life of Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Breckenridge was a multi-media performance of artists and scholars who came together to contemplate the life of the IU first family's paid domestic servant.

The historic 1835 home of the first president of IU, Wylie House, welcomes students and their families to enjoy free tours and croquet on the lawn.

In 2022, the Wylie House Museum launched a newly interpreted bedroom to imagine the living space provided to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Breckenridge, the Black woman who lived and worked in the home as a domestic servant for more than fifty years.

The first annual seed saving showcase and exchange took place at Wylie House Museum on March 5, 2022.

Carissa Carman's Fall 2021 Fibers intermediate/advanced course through IU's Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design focused on using a 3 step natural dyes

Thanks to a newly established Wylie House Collections Fund and an IU Day crowdfunding campaign, IU may soon be able to purchase authentic versions of original murals by Laura R. Post, sized for portrait-gallery display at the Wylie House.

This spring, I started transcribing Louise Bradley’s 1930s diary and was soon captivated by the quirky brilliance of Theophilus and Rebecca Wylie’s great-granddaughter.  In a series of diary entries in the summer of 1930, Bradley “rearranged [her] books,” “wonder[ed] what literary vitamin [she] lack[ed],” and began “hunting for the perfect book to tune [her] soul on.”1  Bradley […]

The Wylie family members, living at a time before refrigeration or the ability to transport foods over long distances, were required to preserve much of their harvest. People used a variety of techniques that required intricate knowledge of the products and methods involved. Without these practices, surviving through the cold winter months would have been […]

Award-winning #gingerbread artist and IU student, Mary Figueroa, built a gingerbread replica of the Wylie House. Children added the additional decorations durin