Porter County Museum

On Friday, October 25, the Porter County Museum will be taking part in downtown Valparaiso’s Fall Harvest Festival. Children of all ages will find no shortage of activities in which to participate from 4-6pm, when the museum opens its doors to...

The Central Stories Project, an oral history project focused on the Valparaiso’s downtown central neighborhood, was recently named History Project of the Year by the Indiana Historical Society. The project is a part of the Porter County Museum...

The Central Stories Project at the Porter County Museum of History has cast a fresh light on the everyday history of Valparaiso’s Central neighborhood. Over the past year, researchers have explored the rich stories of the people who have lived,...

You don’t see many mastodons these days, but if you happen to be wandering around downtown Valparaiso in the next couple of weeks, you may just see one walking the three blocks from the Valparaiso Public Library to the Porter County Museum. This...

The relationship between nature and industry has not always been a peaceful one in Porter County. In the 1960s a battle raged between industrial interests on the shores of Lake Michigan and groups of passionate individuals committed to protecting at...

Valparaiso’s Central Neighborhood is not unlike any other. Kids have learned to ride their bikes on the streets, residents walk their dogs, life is lived here no differently that it is in any other place. For anyone learning to see it for the first...

When Mary Catterlin started hand-carving a 2600 lb cottonwood tree into a dugout canoe, Amy Lukas knew they were in for an adventure. “The sailing was rarely easy and the paddling was even worse, but every moment of this adventure was worth it,”...

Spring is around the corner, as are new exhibits at the Porter County Museum of History and it promises to be a spring of adventure. Throughout the last few months of winter, the exhibit teams have been working on bringing a story to life that has...