Southern Indiana Living - March / April 2024

The Dubois County Museum
began in Jasper in 1999. It
soon outgrew its first location
and moved to 2704 N.
Newton Street (along U.S. 231 N)
in the spacious home of a former
wood factory.
The Dubois County Museum
calls itself one of the largest county
museums in the state of Indiana,
with over 50,000 square feet of display
space and over 63,000 pieces
in its collection (with over 10,000
pieces on display).
You are invited to take a step
back in time by viewing the exhibits
on archaeology, German heritage,
schools, religion, Memorial Hospital,
wood manufacturing, sports,
antique agricultural machinery and
model trains.
The museum salutes the military
in an exhibit that features the
many conflicts in which U.S. soldiers
have fought. You can step into
a complete German Log House that
was moved and reassembled inside
the museum, and you can view the
Wildlife Adventure Exhibit Room
that displays local taxidermy animals,
pictures of area wildlife enthusiasts,
and many of the animals
taken from North America and
Africa from the collection of Frank
Fromme.
You can stroll Main Street
Dubois County and view the 17
rooms portraying life at the turn
of the 19th century. Children can
visit the hands-on Little Pioneers
area that allows them to play in the
one-room schoolhouse, Wava Wonderlab,
Lewis and Clark expedition
boat, dress-up and photo op area
and the log reading nook.
You can enjoy seeing the
model trains running and take in
the 15 beautiful hand-painted murals
of towns and cities in Dubois
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County. You can salute the business
pioneers of the county with
the new Business Hall of Fame and
Junior Achievement area, and you
can learn about the ATHENA Leadership
Award for women of the
county through the exhibit created
by the Jasper Rotary Club.
Memberships to the museum
are available. Admission is charged,
but it’s free to all members with a
paid yearly membership. Call 812-
634-7733. Come see, discover and
celebrate our heritage at the Dubois
County Museum.
Visit duboiscountymuseum.
org and follow the museum on
Facebook and X, formerly known
as Twitter. The museum is funded
in part by the Dubois County Visitors
Center; for more information,
go to visitduboiscounty.com or call
800-968-4578.
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