Elkhart County Historical Museum

10/20/2026

Gather up your favorite preschooler(s)!

Curiosity Club returns this week on Wednesday (10/21) at 10am. This month, we'll be learning all about LIBRARIES!📚

Join us for a craft, snack, story, and scavenger hunt! We meet at the Museum at 10am, and will walk across the street to Bristol Public Library about halfway through the program!

Sign up for $4/child at the link in the comments!

10/16/2026

💀Mark your calendars!

Celebrate Día de los Mu***os with us this November 1st.

Bring the whole family to experience:
💃🏾🎶Performances from Tierra Viva Mexican Folkloric Dance Group and ECoSistema Music
💀admire ofrendas
🎨get a design from Creative Face Painting by Diana
✂create beautiful arts & crafts
💀find hidden sugar skulls in a scavenger hunt
📕get a free book from Elkhart Public Library
🫔eat delicious traditional Mexican foods
And more!

This event has free entry! Tamales, flautas, and beverages will be available for purchase.

Thank you to our sponsors and donors for this year's event: Bristol American Legion Post 143, Centier Bank, Key Bank, Panaderia hernandez , and Camille's Floral.

10/15/2026

📸🏙 It’s Throwback Thursday with Michael, longtime volunteer at the ECHM! Today, we’re examining a John Inbody photograph of the surface car terminal on South Main Street between Franklin Street and Marion Street (looking southward toward the Marion Street intersection) in downtown Elkhart, Indiana, during the year 1910. Streetcar route signs on the cars included Beardsley and Jefferson. The Bucklen Opera House was in the background at the Harrison Street intersection. Michael captured the second image of the cityscape as it appears in more recent times.

10/12/2026

🪜Reach new heights with Trail Running Club!

👟Our last meeting of the year is TOMORROW (10/13) at Corson Riverwoods County Park in Middlebury. We hit the trail at 5:30pm.

Sign up for free in the link in comments⬇

10/09/2026

Our last trail running club for the year is next Tuesday!

Hit the trail with us at Corson Riverwoods County Park in Middlebury at 5:30 on October 13th.

Sign up for free by clicking the link in the comments!

10/08/2026

Thanks to ABC57 for their reporting on Hispanic Heritage Month! Watch or read the interview linked here for an update on some of our work to preserve Latino history in Elkhart County. And keep watching this page for upcoming announcements about our annual Día de los Mu***os Family Celebration on November 1st!

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. It's a time to honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of the Hispanic and Latino communities across the nation.

10/07/2026

Are you facing grief or supporting a grieving friend? Consider joining us at the Grief Walk - Tuesday, October 13, 5-7pm at Ox Bow County Park.

Sometimes words are difficult to find when we are grieving. Art can provide another way to express what is in our hearts.

During the Grief Walk, participants will have the opportunity to visit an Art Station where they can slow down, create, reflect, and express their feelings through art.

Whether you choose to create something in memory of someone you love or simply take a quiet moment for yourself, this station is about finding your own way to process and remember.

- Grief Walk: Loss & Remembrance
- Tuesday, October 13
- 5:00–7:00 p.m.
- Ox Bow County Park – Lower Fields
- Free public event

Join us for an evening of remembrance, reflection, and connection.
https://elkhartcountyparks.org/events/grief-walk-10-13-26/

10/06/2026

This Friday is your last chance to experience Streams of Power, our new premium program with Bonneyville Mill, for the year!

Sign up and explore the ways water has shaped Elkhart County for centuries. You'll get guided tours of the Museum and Mill, visit the banks of two rivers, and go home with two souvenirs (including fresh stone-ground cornmeal!).

We dive in Friday, October 9th, at 10am.

Register for $20/person today at: https://parks.elkhartcounty.gov/events/streams-of-power-10-9-26/