The museum was founded in 1916, when the Porter County Historical Society gathered artifacts from all 12 townships to display as part of Indiana’s centennial celebration.
"A Calumet Tapestry: Artistic Views of the Region" is now on display at 20 Indiana Avenue at the southwest corner of Indiana Avenue and Franklin Street in downtown Valparaiso.
An architecture firm that started in Valparaiso a half century ago has gone on to design many landmark buildings in Northwest Indiana, including the Duesenberg Welcome Center at Valparaiso University,