Musings • March 2026

Baseball is Right Around the Corner

March means baseball is back! Get ready for the season with a cold one at Washington Street Tap Room on Wednesday, March 4. At this baseball-themed History on Tap, talk local history with friends, history professionals, and amateur historians. At 6pm, Executive Director Kevin Matthew Pazour will give a short talk about baseball in Porter County.

P.S. — Have you been following along with History at Home? Each Saturday through the end of March, we’ve been sharing a variety of historical Porter County stories narrated by PoCo Muse staff. Find the complete archive on Sound Cloud and Spotify.

Listen to the Complete Audio Archive

WHAT TO DO

Listen to History at Home

Every Saturday until the end of March

On Sound Cloud and Spotify

Saturday Hours at Hebron’s Stagecoach Inn & Panhandle Depot

Saturdays from 10am-2pm

127 N Main Street, Hebron, IN

Free and open to the public

History on Tap: Baseball in Porter County

Wednesday, March 4, 6pm

Washington Street Tap Room, 11 Washington Street, Valparaiso, IN

21 and older; drinks not included

Guided Museum Tour with Quinn

Saturday, March 14, 10am

PoCo Muse, 20 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso, IN

No RSVP Required

Serena Ard on the Bailly Family Legacy

Thursday, March 26, 1pm

Pines Village Retirement Communities, 3303 Pines Village Circle, Valparaiso, IN

No RSVP Required

WHAT TO SEE

From A Bailly Point of View

Through April 26, 2026

Though Joseph Bailly looms large in the memory of Porter County as its first nonnative settler, the lives and work of three generations of Bailly women—Marie, Rose, and Frances—truly shaped the Bailly homestead and public perception of the family legacy.

The PoCo Muse believes objects tell stories, and our new featured exhibit, From a Bailly Point of View (expanded from a 2018 exhibit of the same name), looks closely at artifacts from our Bailly Family Collection to shed new light on their legacy in Porter County.

Eunice Slagle & Montague/Urschel Galleries

Hillstrom Organ Works

Through April 26, 2026

Hillstrom Organ Works manufactured organs between 1869 and 1912. The company moved from Chicago to Chesterton in 1880 and became one of the town’s main industries at the turn of the century.

Robert Cain Gallery

Lowenstine WWII Roll of Honor

The Lowenstine WWII Roll of Honor was displayed on the courthouse square from 1943 until 1973 in commemoration of the Valparaiso citizens who contributed to the war effort during World War II. It was installed in the PoCo Muse in December 2022.

MORE TO EXPLORE

Muse News: January through March 2026

Stay up-to-date with all that’s happening at the PoCo Muse by checking out our most recent newsletter, Muse News.

PoCo Muse Magazine: Issue No. 11

The digital version PoCo Muse Magazine is free to read for everyone. This issue features topics from our exhibit, "From a Bailly Point of View," giving particular attention to the county’s thriving Swedish immigrant community in the late nineteenth century.

Looking Back: March 1926

Each day on social media, the PoCo Muse looks back by featuring century-old historical excerpts selected from the Evening Messenger and Valparaiso Daily Vidette newspapers.

At the Intersection of Art & History

The 25-minute video slideshow called "At the Intersection of Art & History" presents highlights from our permanent art collection and spotlights a few common themes found in the artworks.

Unidentified baseball players, circa 1910s; Warren Wright (1899-1962) listens to the radio with headphones; the Stagecoach Inn at 127 N. Main Street in Hebron; Visitor Experience Manager Quinn Albert, Albert Photographic; Marie and Joseph Bailly’s daughter Rose Bailly Howe (center) and her daughters Rose Frances (right) and Frances Rose (left), courtesy of the Westchester Township History Museum; rosewood rosary belonging to Bailly family; unidentified parlor with Hillstrom organ; two unidentified men sitting on the courthouse square with a view of the Lowenstine WWII Roll of Honor in the background, circa 1968.