Grandpa Make A Scene: the Yenawine Dioramas March 12, 2009

Merle Yenawine was an ordinary country man with an extraordinary talent for carving and tinkering. During his years of retirement, he created over 60 hand-carved scenes which he proudly displayed in his his home for many years. He sold some of the dioramas to the New Albany-Floyd County School Corporation, which were later acquired by the Carnegie Center. The animated, hand-carved dioramas which Merle Yenawine created depict scenes from the Pilgrims to the pioneers and the events and places he remembered from his childhood in Georgetown, Indiana.