Historical Society of Ogden Dunes

Artists of the Dunes
2023-11-19 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)
Artists of the Dunes with Serena Ard (Curator, Westchester Township History Museum). A review of talented people who have made their mark in oil, watercolor, and photographs over the past decades.

Holiday Tea
2023-12-03 12:00 - 15:00
A lovely get together in the spirit of an English Tea with music and wonderful sweets – a long tradition in the community.

Holiday Tea
2023-12-03 12:00 - 15:00 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
Please join us for a traditional tea at the newly renovated Hour Glass cottage now with a lift/elevator to the main hall. This year at Nutcracker Exhibit, bring your favorite nutcracker!

Ogden Dune Historical Society - Community Art Walk
2024-06-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Ogden Dunes, IN
Obtain free map of who are all exhibiting at the Community Center or the Historical Society Hour Glass Museum 8 Lupine Road.

History of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Nation
2024-07-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Community/Fire Hall, Hillcrest Road, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
This Sunday at the Community Center (in the Fire Station building). Open House at the Museum from 2-4p (8 Lupine)

Dr. Patel presentation
2024-11-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States

Holiday Tea Dec 8
2024-12-08 12:00 - 15:00 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States

Sunday, Feb 2
2025-02-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Community/Fire Hall, Hillcrest Road, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States

Open House - Sunday, August 24, 2025 - 2 to 4 p.m.
2025-08-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
Join us at the Hour Glass from 2 to 4 p.m. for an open house!

Hoosiers in Sports
2025-09-21 16:00 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
Come hear the amazing, admirable, and inspiring stories of people from Indiana who excelled in everything from basketball, football, and baseball to boxing, bicycle racing, and horse racing.
Bruce Johnson, the County Historian for LaPorte County, will speak at The Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, in Ogden Dunes on:
Sunday, September 21, 2025, at 4 p.m.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and complimentary refreshments will be served.

Underground Railroad Program
2025-10-12 15:00 | Community Hall (Volunteer Fire Department), Next to Fire Department, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
Dr. Larry McClellan: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Illinois and Northwest Indiana

In the decades before the Civil War, more than 4500 enslaved people escaping from the South traveled across Illinois, with many coming to and through the Chicago region. With maps and images, we explore their stories and those of the people who responded to them and became the Underground Railroad.
After graduate work at the University of Chicago, in 1970, Larry helped create Governors State University south of Chicago and served there for 30 years. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Community Studies. In the mid-70s, he was mayor of University Park (then Park Forest South). He spent four years as a senior consultant with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, and throughout his career, served as a pastor with diverse congregations.
His consulting, research, and writing focus on freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad, and on African American and regional history south of Chicago. Major publications include 25 articles in the Encyclopedia of Chicago [2005]; The Underground Railroad South of Chicago [2019], co-author of To the River, The Remarkable Journey of Caroline Quarlls, a Freedom Seeker on the Underground Railroad [2019]. Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois [2023], published by Southern Illinois University Press. This received the national 2023 Memorial Prize for the Advancement of Knowledge from the Underground Railroad Free Press and a book award from the Newberry Library in 2025. In 2022, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illinois State Historical Society for his contributions to Illinois history, and in 2024, he served on the Illinois Underground Railroad Task Force reporting to the state legislature.
Larry has spoken at 6 Illinois state history conferences and 3 national conferences of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. He was the principal researcher for listings on the NPS Network to Freedom national register of Underground Railroad sites in Crete, Lockport, and Chicago. Some of his work will be found at illinoisundergroundrailroad.info
For ten years, he wrote a monthly regional history column for The Southtown/Star newspapers. Larry graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles, with a year at the University of Ghana in West Africa, and additional studies in Great Britain and Jerusalem. He has served on the boards of the Illinois State Historical Society and the Will County Historical Society and has given lectures and programs across Illinois. Currently, he is President of the Midwest Underground Railroad Network (MURN).
Larry McClellan, 3430 W. Oak Hill Drive, Crete, IL 60417 mcclellan.larry@gmail.com

Planting for the Spring
2025-11-09 15:00 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
More info TBA!

HSOD Holiday Tea – December 7, 2025
2025-12-07 | Hour Glass Museum, 8 Lupine Lane, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
Join us for a delightful Holiday Tea at the Hour Glass Museum on Sunday, December 7th, hosted by the Historical Society of Ogden Dunes. Choose between two seating times at 12:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. and enjoy a cozy, festive atmosphere.

Sunday, December 7th 2025
The Hour Glass Museum | 115 Hillcrest Road, Ogden Dunes, Indiana 46368
Seatings @ 12 p.m. & 3 p.m.
$30 Adults | $20 Children

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Walking Chicago's Coast, Presentation by Michael McColly
2026-03-15 15:00 | Community/Fire Hall, Hillcrest Road, Ogden Dunes, IN, 46368, United States
