Feb. 1-29: Black History Month Exhibit! We are celebrating Black medical professionals La Porte County this year. Many Black doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals have helped keep La Porte County healthy and changed thousands of lives.

Belle Gunness Exhibit
Package of 58 copies of pages of transcriptions of Coroner's Inquisitions -- victims recovered at Belle Gunness farm...
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Period Rooms
There are 14 “period room” displays that depict different times in history. Guests of the museum step back in time and visit an authentic...
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Kesling Auto Collection
On view in the La Porte County Historical Society Museum is the Kesling Automobile Collection, consisting of more than 30 vintage automobiles...
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Many Other Exhibits
La Porte County History Museum has many permanant exhibits as well as seasonally-changing exhibits...
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W.A. Jones Collection
The majority of the downstairs level of the museum is given over to the W. A Jones Collection of Ancient Weapons. There are nearly 850 weapons on display...
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Historic La Porte, Indiana
Before 1830, all of La Porte and Starke Counties were a part of the Pottawatomie Nation. All of the land from the Wabash River to Lake Michigan belonged to...
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