The "Hour Glass Museum" is open to the public without charge on the 3rd Sunday of each month from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. On some months during the year, the Historical Society will also sponsor a program at 4:00. See Calendar.
Trent Pendley, a well known author of local color fiction, will share his experiences writing about Porter County. The program will begin at 4:00 p.m. and be followed by a reception. All are invited.
Open House: Experience the History of Ogden Dunes
Octave Chanute and Northwest Indiana
Holiday Tea: Downton Abbey Revisited
Kim Swift, Chief of Education and a park ranger, at the Indiana Dunes National Park will present a virtual presentation describing the tremendous accomplishments of the women who made it possible for the larger public to enjoy the newest National Park. These women include Alice Mabel Gray, aka Diana of the Dunes, Dorothy Buell, Bess Sheehan, Charlotte Read, Lee Botts and many others. This is a Zoom presentation. The meeting ID is 846 1053 3833. For more information and password, contact dotkurtz16@gmail.com, Ken Thompson70@gmail.com, or rmeister@depaul.edu. This program is offered with Indiana Dunes National [...]
The Historical Society of Ogden Dunes presents online: A day for Remembering: A day to reflect and remember those who served our country from Ogden Dunes and also see pictures of previous Memorial Day parades and programs back to 1948. May 24th from 3-4pm – a Zoom Presentation Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: Left click on your mouse, shade, copy, then paste in your browser the following: https://depaul.zoom.us/j/94304997949?pwd=SDdtd2dMOGV3ekVsTTlFcEFSN2hVQT09 Password: 081039 Or Phone in: 312 626 6799 Meeting ID: 943 0499 7949. Password: 081039 To receive a Zoom connection, you do not [...]
The Historical Society of Ogden Dunes presents: The Battle to Save the Beach: the 1980s Dr. Richard Meister traces the efforts to save Ogden Dune beaches given the challenges of the lake levels and State and Federal Government promises and their level of actions. Part 1 will focus on the 1980s. Part 2, Nov. 15th on the 1990s. Sunday, September 20, 2020 at the Ogden Dunes Community Hall (firehouse) Limited Seating – Reservations Only ALL RESERVATION TAKEN, WE CANNOT ADMIN ANY MORE PEOPLE The presentation will be posted on U-Tube when editing [...]
