Porter County Jail and Sheriff's House
About Porter County Jail and Sheriff's House
The Porter County Museum (PoCo Muse) is a museum that is located at 20 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso, Indiana.
From May 11, 1975, until March 12, 2020, the museum was located in the old Porter County Jail and sheriffs residence, located at 153 Franklin Street, Valparaiso, Indiana, across the street from its current home. The jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The museum was founded in 1916 by the Porter County Historical Society (now the PoCo Muse Foundation), the PoCo Muse is the oldest institution devoted to the history and culture of Porter County, Indiana.
Artifacts were displayed in the lower level of the Valparaiso Public Library from 1916 until 1937, on the top floor of the Porter County Courthouse from 1938 until 1973, and inside the 1871 Porter County Jail and Sheriff's Residence from 1975 until 2020. Currently The PoCo Muse is located across from two of its previous homes at 20 Indiana Avenue in downtown Valparaiso.
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01ValparaisoChris Light (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
02Front RoomChris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0
03Old Sheriffs Hse w JailPChris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0
04S&H CornerstoneChris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0
05S&H Front Door PCChris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0
06S&HChris Light · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 9.7 miles of Porter County Jail and Sheriff's House; the closest, Brauer Museum of Art, is about 1 mile away.
