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La Porte County Historical Society 
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Meetings and Events Regular meetings of the La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. are held at the La Porte County Historical Society Museum, 2405 Indiana Avenue, Suite 1. The museum is located on the east side of US#35 at the south entrance to La Porte. Dinner meetings (May and September) are held at the Activity Center for Older Adults Main Floor, 910 State Street, La Porte, IN. This is the old Central Fire Station building east across Madison Street from La Porte Hospital. Unless otherwise noted, meeting time is 7:00 p.m. Both facilities are handicapped accessible.GUESTS are WELCOME! *********** The Society does not meet during the months of June, July, August and December
The next meeting of the La Porte County Historical Society, Inc. will be Tuesday, February 21st, 2012, 7:00 p.m. at the museum, weather permitting. This will be the Annual Meeting of the Society. The program will be a presentation by Mike Fleming entitled "A Modern Day Discussion of the Dunescape of Michigan City, 1880-2000." He will have DVDs containing early photographs available for purchase. Growing up in Michigan City, Mike has been intrigued by the changing lakefront and has a vast collection of photographs.
Click HERE for extra photo page. MONTHLY MEETINGS
PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY To promote historical inquiry and the study of Indiana history and the history of La Porte County by a program of education for the general public and by a program of meetings and activities for members of the society. HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY At that time, the Society's collections were put on display in the basement of the La Porte County Circuit Court House. There the Museum remained until the La Porte County Complex was designed and an area was included to provide a much needed increase in space for the Society and its collections. On September 17, 1978, the Museum opened to the public with 17,788 square feet of display rooms, office and storage space. The Society is a non-profit organization, incorporated October 24, 1921. Its Museum is manned by three part-time, paid employees who work under the direction of a 12 person Board of Directors. Staff is assisted by a number of volunteers. All are devoted to the accumulation, identification and presentation of items of historical and educational significance to La Porte County--to the end that people may have a more appreciative understanding of the glorious heritage handed down from the works of man and from the realm of nature. |
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