Past Projects: Heritage Tourism

Past Projects: Heritage Tourism Advocacy

The National Trust for Historic Preservation defines heritage tourism as the act of, "traveling to experience the places and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present." Heritage-based tourism contains two benefits: it preserves local heritage, while at the same time serving as an economic tool that can create jobs, provide new business opportunities and strengthen local economies.

The Center for Historic Preservation at Ball State University has produced a variety of heritage-based projects for several communities and organizations across the state of Indiana. Projects range from standard walking tour brochures to local heritage reports and have helped to increase local and regional heritage tourism. The information included in such projects has been used to promote the development of heritage resources and museum exhibits.

A list of communities the Center has produced projects for is listed below.

Rush County, IN – Driving Tour Brochure of resources throughout the county
Wabash, IN – Four Walking Tour Brochures
Anderson, IN – Three Walking Tour Brochures
Rushville, IN – Two Walking Tour Brochures
Shelbyville, IN – Walking Tour Brochure
Vernon, IN – Walking Tour Brochure
Farmland, IN – Walking Tour Brochure
Columbia Club, Indianapolis, IN – Building Tour Brochure
Muncie, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Upper & Middle Class Neighborhood
Anderson, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Upper & Middle Class Neighborhood
Albany, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Middle & Upper Class Neighborhood
Gas City, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Worker's Neighborhood
Muncie, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Factory Suburbs
Hartford City, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Factory Suburbs
Elwood, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Factory Suburbs
Fairmount, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Main Street
Marion, IN – East Central Indiana Gas Boom Heritage Project: Boomer George Mason