New History of the Museum Room completed

The new History of the Museum room has been completed at the Ingersoll Museum.

The changeover from the former Local History Room at the Ingersoll Birthplace Museum has been completed. New signs were installed highlighting the history of the museum building itself—from its beginnings as a parsonage for the local church through the eventual rehabilitation of the building turning it into the Museum under the auspices of the Center for Inquiry.

Additionally, there were two other signs created for the new room. The first deals with what we are calling Luminaries. These are the folks who had a very large impact on the creation of the museum.

The other sign created concerns Ingersoll’s father John. Many preachers in Ingersoll’s day tried to make the connection that Ingersoll’s father was so strict that it turned RGI away from the church, hence his agnosticism. According to a passage written by RGI, his agnosticism was a result of his father’s influence, just not in the way the preachers intended.

John Ingersoll made it clear to RGI that if there was something incorrect in the Bible, that Robert not only should discuss it, but that he had a duty to bring it to light. This is a far cry from what is supposed to have happened.

Come visit the new Museum Room from Noon until 5 pm, weekends through the end of October.