Comments from Exhibit Notebook

Driftwood: The Life of Harlan Hubbard

Exhibit Notebook

Visitors to the Driftwood exhibit have the opportunity to leave comments about the exhibit and the "Hubbard way of living" in a notebook located on the second level of the Atheneum Visitors Center. We will update this collection of images every week until the end of the exhibit's run in New Harmony, Indiana, on Saturday, July 12, 2025.

Transcriptions of Comments

May 17, 2025
Spectacular exhibit! (left by a visitor from New Harmony, Indiana)

good stuff!

What an intriguing place...

May 20, 2025
Great exhibit full of inspiration and determination - from a searcher who eventually found his beloved place. (left by a visitor from Munich, Germany)

May 22, 2025
Thank you! I have been following the life and times of Harlan & Anna when the opportunity presented - Wonderful to have this exhibit here! (left by a visitor from New Harmony, Indiana)

A remarkable life! So beautifully presented. We love the story. (left by a visitor from New Harmony, Indiana)

May 24, 2025
Great place! My first time here & enjoyed the experience! (left by a visitor from Texas)

Great visit. (left by visitors from Indianapolis, Indiana, on a 67th birthday) 

May 25, 2025
Thanks! (left by a New Harmony resident)

May 29, 2025
Exhibit is amazing! Jesus is the only way [drawing of a heart and a smiling face]

May 30, 2025
Thank goodness for the arts & sciences, for writers & dreamers.

What a beautiful commemoration of wildness and love of rivers that this exhibit stories for us.

May 31, 2025
This exhibit brought back memories of my reading "Shanty Boat" as a teen. 

[Drawing of a heart] Beautiful

June 1, 2025
Great exhibit!

A very nice addition. Very interesting. 

Thank you for bringing this thought provoking exhibit to New Harmony for our enjoyment!

June 3, 2025
"Dope" [Drawing of a smiling face]