There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
We will be closed on Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
We will be closed on Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Get a glimpse of the inner workings at our small, award-winning museum on this behind-the-scenes tour with the Executive Director.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
Talk local history over a drink with friends, history professionals, and amateur historians at the Washington Street Tap Room between 5-7p, and hear a short program about the history of the Porter County Courthouse at 6p.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
Get into the holiday spirit by stopping in for a visit during the Holly Days celebration.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
We will be closed on Tuesday, December 24, and Wednesday, December 25, for Christmas.
We will be closed on Tuesday, December 24, and Wednesday, December 25, for Christmas.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
Come interact with our favorite reenactors at Hebron’s Stagecoach Inn to learn about the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a veterans’ organization of former Union soldiers from the Civil War.
We invite you to attend a guided tour of Old City Cemetery on Saturday, November 2, 2024. Participants are asked to meet at the cemetery’s gates on Union Street in Valparaiso at 2p for an hour’s walk highlighted by stories of the many veterans buried there.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
PoCo Muse donors and special guests are invited to this (invitation-only) V.I.P. reception for The V&N: Porter County’s Electric Interurban Rail Line between 4-6p.
We will be closing at 2p on Wednesday, October 23, in preparation for our invitation-only V.I.P. Reception for "The V&N: Porter County's Electric Interurban Rail Line" between 4-6p.
Lace up your walking shoes and join us for a new guided tour in collaboration with Indiana Landmarks’ Northwest Field Office. Tourgoers on October 19 will learn about the history and architecture of beloved commercial and residential buildings in downtown Valparaiso.
There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels during this complimentary highlights tour.
Learn about Porter County’s electric rail line in our newest featured exhibit. The museum will be open late until 6p for downtown trick-or-treating.
Learn more about Building Memory and Connections, currently on exhibit. Hear a variety of stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels.
Plan your Saturday visit with family and friends, as this will be our final guided tour of Against the Grain. Hear a variety of stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels.
We invite you to attend a guided tour of historic Adams Cemetery in Morgan Township on Saturday, October 5, 2024. Participants are asked to meet at the cemetery’s gates at the intersection of County Roads 150E and 250S at 2p for an hour’s walk highlighted by stories of the many early residents buried there.
Ticketholders are encouraged to stop by the PoCo Muse to pick up a Pumpkin Spice Caramel bonbon by Evolution Artisan Confections and a reprinted postcard from our historical collection during Valparaiso Events' 2024 Autumn Promenade event.
The PoCo Muse will be closing early at 4p this afternoon.
Would you like more insight and detail about the exhibits currently on display? Stop by the PoCo Muse at 2p for a free thirty-minute guided tour.
Help us celebrate the release of our new exhibition catalog by attending a special gallery talk about Against the Grain. Learn more about the exhibit and pick up your copy of the catalog.
Stop by the PoCo Muse at 2p (new time!) for a free thirty-minute guided tour.
How do we work to create better, more positive relationships with the people and natural world around us? Join Jason Wesaw, multidisciplinary Potawatomi artist, and Billie Kerner, Potawatomi biologist and naturalist, for a curious, intellectual, and heartfelt conversation about how we make space for each other in today's world, in these places that we all love and consider home.
Serena Ard will present "Duneland's Indian Boundary Line" on Thursday, September 19, at 1p inside the Hawthorne Park Community Center.
Stop by the PoCo Muse at 2p (new time!) for a free thirty-minute guided tour.
We are closed to the public on Saturday, September 7, during the 2024 Valparaiso Popcorn Festival.
Enjoy additional evening hours every Thursday between Memorial Day and Labor Day from 4-6p, an opportunity made possible by our donors.
Throngs of people view the 1980 Popcorn Festival parade at Lincolnway and Washington Street in Valparaiso
Talk local history over a drink with friends, history professionals, and amateur historians at the Washington Street Tap Room in downtown Valparaiso.
Porter County Historian and PoCo Muse Executive Director Kevin Matthew Pazour will present a short talk about the 1980 Popcorn Festival at 6 o’clock, with a Q&A session to follow.
Free event for 21 and older; drinks not included.
We are closed to the public on Sunday, September 1, in observance of Labor Day.
Stop by the PoCo Muse at 2p (new time!) for a free thirty-minute guided tour.
Learn more about these maple shoe lasts in Against the Grain during the final free late afternoon guided tour.
Enjoy additional evening hours every Thursday between Memorial Day and Labor Day from 4-6p, an opportunity made possible by our donors.
Stop by the PoCo Muse at 2p (new time!) for a free thirty-minute guided tour.
Learn more about The Drama of the Dunes during this final free late afternoon guided tour.
