Living History at the PoCo Muse History interpreters Tom Wojcinski and Ian Baker with artifacts and tools associated with traditional maple sugaring.

Join our band of living-history interpreters, dressed in period attire, as they describe and demonstrate techniques used by both European settlers and Indigenous peoples in our region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This interactive, family-friendly program is free of charge, and visitors are welcome to drop in at any time during event hours.

The showcase will feature demonstrations of maple sap collection and syrup production - once a vital mid-winter industry in Porter County - as well as traditional leatherworking and candle making, trades typically undertaken indoors after the agricultural season ended. Artifacts representing the tools of these historic trades will be on display, and guests are encouraged to ask questions and engage with the interpreters.