Gary Land Company History Museum


*This Museum IS NOT Participating in Museum Day 2011*
1 East Gateway Park
Gary, IN 46402
(219) 882-6873
Gary Land Company History Museum Website »

  • Museum Day Hours of Operation
  • 12:00pm - 5:00pm





The Gary Land Company is Gary, Indiana's first building, built in 1906 the year of Gary's founding by executives of U.S. Steel. The Gary Historical and Cultural Society maintains it as a museum and visitor's center for the City of Gary.

Museum is open by appointment only.

Exhibits

1. Pictorial history and model of early Gary, Indiana,
2. Portraits of all Gary mayors,
3. U.S. Steel mini-exhibit,
5. Past and present exhibits of Gary Historical and Cultural Society programs,
6. Documents, books and historical articles,
7. EJ&E steel-hauling train on back lot




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