I must say I was very pleasantly surprised by the museum! It was included on a Christmas house tour so the fee was included in the tour cost. I thought we would breeze thru in no time, but there is really ALOT to see and do here. Enjoyed the local lore, great displays, wonderful cars, friendly staff, lots of fun!
Easy to find and in a lovely building, this was a step back into history. They had an engaging exhibit on Bridal Gowns through the decades and an entire floor dedicated to vehicles, including a Tucker that was featured in the Movie. Rooms throughout the decades so you can see what life was like. Very enjoyable.
Decided to visit last Saturday on a rainy afternoon. I had been wanting to visit and am so glad that I did. A real Halloween story is depicted in the display regarding Belle Gunness, a serial murderess on a farm just north of LaPorte. What a story! So many interesting displays. The recreation of a 1950's living room looked just like the one I remember from childhood! Am enormous gun collection! Many vintage automobiles. Something for everyone. GO!
Always fun to check out all the vintage pieces of history from my home town. BelLe Gunness exhibit is interesting. Many pieces of vintage clothing and vintage dishware. Kesling car collection is there as well.
This museum has one of the best gun collections in the world. They are old and vary rare guns. Also, many autos that have been restored and very rare also. This is a unique museum with items you will not see anywhere else.
This museum is one of my favorites. We had our grandchildren with us (ages 2 and 4) so it was a little difficult trying to concentrate on some of the exhibits. Being a doll collector I definitely loved the dolls. This museum has something for everyone. I was a little bit nervous when we went through the gun display. We were warned not to touch the guns because the alarm goes off and the police come running. Well you can imagine how tight we held onto the grandkids hands. The museum has two train displays which the grandkids loved. That gave us a chance to look more closely at some of the exhibits in that area. I definiety will be going back to the museum. They have a church that is turned on at Christmas time and from what I am told there are replica's of people that go in/out of the church.
First rate gun and auto collections plus local items of historical interest and period items of the upper Mid-west. You could easily spend a half day going through this little gem if you like off-beat information and local history .
Worth the stop ! It has the 3rd largest gun collection in the WORLD ! many other things as well. Every time I go, there are new things to see.
Finally got to visit here last year with the kids. Had no idea what to expect, but I didn't expect it to be so nice! Virtually free in price, it is filled will beautiful autos from years past as well as a amazing walk through of different areas of homes and businesses. Kind of a a time tunnel as my kids called it. Worth your 2 hours and then some.
We decided to take a side trip from Mich City just to see this museum after some uncooperative weather for our beach vacation. It was worth the 20 minute drive and the $6. admission to see these amazing collections. The car collection alone was top notch. It is basically a family's entire collection (the lady there said over 100 cars but I think she meant was the collection spans over 100 years. There were probably about 50 cars in all--still an impressive number indeed. They had a Delorean, a Tucker and several other very rare models to name a few. The museum also housed the world's largest gun collection, which had some of the most unique peices around. There were "rooms" set up to appear as they did during different eras in time. Make sure you check out the Belle Gunness serial killer display. Interesting to say the least! Allow at least two hours to take it all in.