Pendleton Historical Museum

05/21/2026

Visit the museum and take a trip down memory lane. The museum is open Saturdays 9:00 to 1:00 and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00. While you are visiting the farmers' market or the park, stop in, it is free to visit.

05/02/2026

We are having a great opening day! So good to see everyone.

05/02/2026

The Museum opens for the season on Saturday, May 2.
Hours are Saturdays 9:00 to 1:00 and Sundays 1:00 to 5:00 (except holidays).
Be sure to plan your visit!
As always, the Museum is free to visit.

04/06/2026

As members of Historic Fall Creek, Pendleton Settlement, Tammy Bowman and Nikolas Pappas follow history’s paper trail to reveal the hidden stories behind the walls and windows of Pendleton’s National Register Historic District.

They’ll share some of the resources they use and introduce you to some of the characters they’ve met from Pendleton’s past.

The Pendleton Historical Museum in partnership with Pendleton Falls Park presents Winter Speaker Series: Pendleton’s Historical Architecture. Sunday, April 19 from 2 pm to 4pm at the community building.

03/02/2026

The Pendleton Historical Museum in partnership with Pendleton-Falls Park presents Winter Speaker Series. The Falls at Pendleton with guest speaker Madison County Historian Stephen Jackson. Sunday, March 15 from 2 pm to 4pm at the community building.

Learn about the formation of Fall Creek and its waterfalls. How early settlers used the creek to power their industries and the deplorable conditions caused by dumping. Discover the individual whose suggestion led to the creation of Falls Park as we know it today.

02/15/2026

Join us today!
Pendleton Historical Museum in partnership with Pendleton-Falls Park Winter Speaker Series Sunday, February 15th, from 2-4 at the Falls Park Community Building.

This session will cover the growth and success of girls’ sports at Pendleton Heights from the school’s founding to the current day. The impact of Title IX and the opportunities it brought to the Lady Arabians will be shared by speakers who have fought for, been through, and benefited from this historic legislation.
Title IX was a 1972 civil rights provision which
promoted opportunities for girls in not only athletics but also STEM fields and other traditionally male dominated areas. Indiana’s own Senator Birch Bayh was instrumental in the passing of this act which has expanded girls sports all over the country including the Indiana High School Athletics Association
(IHSAA), NCAA. and even the growth of women’s sports in international and Olympic competitions.

The panel will include former coaches and athletes including state champions Ellie McCardwell, Ava Jarrell, Alex Buck, and recently crowned three time state and national champion Maddie Marsh. This program is a prelude to a new and upcoming display
at the Pendleton Historical Museum which will
include celebration of the accomplishments of our Arabian athletes and coaches.

All are welcome to attend the free event.

01/29/2026

Save the Dates

2026 Historic Museum's Speaker Series

In partnership with Falls Park the following presentations will be held in the Community Building from 2:00 to 4:00 on the following dates. The presentations are free and open to all.

February 15—Women in Athletics at Pendleton Heights since 1970. When the legislation approved Title IX, which required schools provided with federal funding to offer equal access to women in sports, PHHS had many female athletes ready to compete. Participants will include an all-female panel of coaches, athletes and community members.

March 15—The Falls at Pendleton with Stephen Jackson, Madison County Historian. Nature has been more than kind to Fall Creek Township and seems to have had in view the changes that time has brought about.
The water that flows over the falls, which once was utilized to turn the wheels of the carding machine and the flour mill, both of which have long since ceased to exist, now, by the assistance of the handiwork of enterprising men of the community, passes through a beautiful little park that is known by people from Maine to Georgia.
Thousands of dollars might be spent in an attempt to duplicate this place, but it can’t be done. God and man finished the job, and any other endeavors in the matter would only result in crude imitations.

April 19—Investigating Pendleton’s historical district architecture and ownership with Tammy Bowman and Nikolas Pappas. Tammy Bowman, a volunteer Board member of Historic Fall Creek, Pendleton Settlement, follows her curiosity about the built environment and local history into the archives to find the stories of the people who built the homes of Pendleton's National Register Historic District and helped create the Town where we reside today. In this session, she'll share some tips for researching your home's history and capturing the colorful stories of the past.

12/07/2025