"You Are There: 1945 Hoosier Home Front" *** 1/2

Where: Indiana History Center - 450 W. Ohio St.

More info: www.indianahistory.org.

NUVO Says:
It’s 1945 and the USA is at war, just as it is now. Intended or not, this meticulously replicated exhibit begs us to draw comparisons between a war in which the administration made citizens be engaged and one in which the administration prefers we be disengaged. This is an exhibit you need to connect with, as a way of getting real here and now. Exhibit personnel speak of a literal treasure hunt of material culture. As visitors, we finish the job by finding authenticity in ourselves as citizens of a country doomed with a gigantic deficit and bereft of hopefulness. Through Dec. 31. --Rita Kohn