Free Guided Tours

Would you like more insight and detail about what’s currently on exhibit at the Porter County Museum? Stop by on Saturdays at 2p for a free guided tour.

No two tours are ever the same. There's a good chance you will hear additional stories that don’t appear on the exhibit labels.

No need to RSVP for our Saturday tours, although we ask that you arrive a few minutes before the start time as a courtesy to the other attendees.

CURRENT EXHIBITS

Life Work: The Artists Hazel & Vin Hannell

Closes October 26, 2025

Life Work traces the artistic journeys of Hazel and Vin Hannell, from early life to their move to Porter County’s Furnessville and beyond. Known for their passion, generosity, and versatility across media—sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking, and pottery—the Hannells became iconic regional artists of the mid-twentieth century.

This exhibition is part of a year-long community collaboration celebrating their legacy, with events hosted by the Art Barn School of Art, Chesterton Art Center, Pines Village Retirement Communities, and the Westchester Township History Museum.

Eunice Slagle & Montague/Urschel Galleries

Vin’s Farm Scenes: From the Collection of John Cain

Closes July 31, 2025

In the decade after he moved to Porter County in 1930, Vin Hannell documented the local barnyards and farm animals with imaginative and dramatic effect. The modernist sensibility he learned in Chicago was still fresh during this period, and his unique perspective helps transform the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Robert Cain Gallery