La Porte County Historical Society Museum

La Porte County Veterans Exhibition Opens
2022-09-01
From September 1 to November 19, a special exhibit of thirty-nine military uniforms and associated artifacts will be on display at the La Porte County Historical Society Museum! Uniforms from the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, Korean War, and Desert Storm/Gulf War will be displayed around the museum, along with a variety of other artifacts from each war. An exhibit catalog is available to learn more about the people who wore the uniforms on display. If you would like to take one home with you, we ask that you please give a donation on your way out.

New Scavenger Hunt
2022-09-01
Cozy up with our newest scavenger hunt, featuring fall colors of yarn!

Travelling Exhibit
2022-08-25
We are hosting the Indiana Historical Society’s Travelling Exhibit “Hoosiers and their Hooch: Perspectives on Prohibition” until September 27th, 2022.

Veteran's Free Day, Coast Guard Founding Day
2022-08-04

New Scavenger Hunt
2022-08-01
Before school is back in session, check out our new summer scavenger hunt!

Travelling Exhibit
2022-07-29
Last day to see the Indiana Historical Society’s Travelling Exhibit “Indiana Disasters”

Car Show
2022-07-23
LaPorte County Historical Society 14th Annual Car Show

SS Eastland Program by Jim Retseck on Saturday, July 16th at 11:00 am
2022-07-16 11:00 (America/Chicago)
Jim Retseck from the Old Lighthouse Museum will be giving a talk and answering questions about the SS Eastland disaster. If you’re curious about the Eastland, boats, or boating accidents, be sure to stop by the Museum!

New Scavenger Hunt
2022-07-01
In honor of our car show, a new tire scavenger hunt is available.

Traveling Exhibit
2022-06-24
We will be hosting the Indiana Historical Society’s Travelling Exhibit “Indiana Disasters” through July 29.

Coloring Book Signing
2022-06-18 13:00 - 16:00
A special book signing of the new “City of La Porte Historical Coloring Book” by illustrator Peggy Michaels and author Bruce Johnson will be on Saturday afternoon from 1:00 to 4:00 June 18th at the Museum. The cost per book is $5.

Veteran's Free Day, Army Founding Day
2022-06-14

New Scavenger Hunt
2022-06-01

Veteran's Free Day
2022-05-31

Memorial Day
2022-05-30

Veteran's Free Day, Armed Forces Day
2022-05-21

Program by Ted Rita
2022-05-17 19:00
7:00 PM. at the Museum.

Historical Society Meeting
2022-05-17 19:00, 2022-04-19 19:00

New Scavenger Hunt
2022-05-01
A new scavenger hunt showcasing lace from the Museum’s collection will be available this month.

Photo Display
2022-05-01
Photo Contest submissions will be on display all month long.

Winners of the 2022 Photo Contest announced!
2022-04-29

Photo Contest submissions due
2022-04-22

Program by Liam Hobbs
2022-04-19 19:00
Liam Hobbs is Assistant Principal and instructor of languages at Sacred Heart Apostolic School in Rolling Prairie. Mr. Hobbs grew up in rural Howard County and graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville. He started his education career in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Upon moving to LaPorte County in 2005, Mr. Hobbs was intrigued by the murals on the walls of the Rolling Prairie post office, which led him to begin studying local history. He has assembled a small archive of materials related to the property at Silver Lake, which five different educational institutions have called home over the past hundred years.

Museum Artisan Fair
2022-04-10 10:00 - 15:30

Plow Day
2022-04-10
2022 Spring Plow Day with La Porte County Draft Horse Association at the field near the Door Prairie Barn. The public is invited to come and watch the different breeds of draft horses using horse-drawn implements in the field. This is a free event. The viewing public should park in the La Porte County Historical Society Museum parking lot. Event participants with horse trailers will park to the north of the round barn. The address of the museum is 2405 Indiana Ave, La Porte, IN. Rain date is Sunday, April 24

Free Day!
2022-04-10
Museum open free of charge!

New Scavenger Hunt
2022-04-01
Search for gloves around the Museum with our new scavenger hunt!

Travelling Exhibit
2022-03-28
This is the last day to view the Indiana Historical Society’s Travelling Exhibit “Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana”

Program by Dorothy Palmer
2022-03-15 19:00
“Michigan City, Indiana: Businesses & The People That Made Them Prosper” 7:00 PM. at the Museum.
Michigan City sprang from “a place of sand” and grew to a thriving town of large and small businesses. The people who kept them running and made them successes are captured in these over 400, fully indexed pages covering 1832-1890. For three years, the authors collected business names from county and city directories, state gazetteers, newspapers, historical files and publications. Family data was collected from those sources as well as online databases. If you had an ancestor working in Michigan City in these years, you will, likely, find them within these pages. The researchers, Gloria D. Arndt and Dorothy Germain Palmer, have published, separately or with others, a number of La Porte County genealogy and history books.
