Indiana Welcome Center

Upcoming Events

Date/Time	Event
09/25/2020 - 09/28/2020 All Day	St. John Oktoberfest (Octoberfest) Cancelled St. John Evangelist Old Parish, St. John Indiana
09/25/2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Busy Bees Art Club - At School, Home, or Online! Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio – Southlake Mall, Merrilville Indiana
09/26/2020 8:00 am - 12:15 pm	Farmer's Markets In Nwi
09/26/2020 2:00 pm - 9:15 pm	Native Plant Symposium St. John Community Center, St. John IN
09/26/2020 9:00 am - 12:00 pm	Fight Breast Cancer Walk Marquette Park Pavilion, Gary in
09/26/2020 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Kids Fishing Day at Hammond Marina Hammond Marina, Hammond IN
09/26/2020 - 09/27/2020 10:00 am - 5:00 pm	Fall Harvest Craft Festival Griffith Cancelled Central Park, Griffith IN
09/30/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
09/30/2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Busy Bees Art Club - At School, Home, or Online! Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio – Southlake Mall, Merrilville Indiana
10/01/2020 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Busy Bees Art Club - At School, Home, or Online! Busy Bees Pottery & Arts Studio – Southlake Mall, Merrilville Indiana
10/01/2020 10:00 pm - 4:30 am	Hobart Summer Market, Movies & Concerts! Festival park, Hobart IN
10/02/2020 - 10/03/2020 11:00 pm	Hunt & Gather Market Lake County Fair Grounds, Crown Point IN
10/03/2020 - 10/04/2020 9:00 am - 4:00 pm	FIGHT Fall craft Bazaar American Legion Post 100, Lake Station IN
10/03/2020 9:00 pm - 5:00 am	Oktoberfest - Crown Point (Octoberfest) Crown Point Farmers’ Market, Crown Point IN
10/07/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
10/08/2020 10:00 pm - 4:30 am	Hobart Summer Market, Movies & Concerts! Festival park, Hobart IN
10/10/2020 10:00 am - 11:30 am	Family Nature Hikes at Gibson Woods Gibson Woods Nature Preserve, Hammond IN
10/14/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
10/17/2020 9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Craft and Vendor Show Chicago Heights Moose Lodge, Chicago Heights Illinois
10/21/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
10/24/2020 - 10/24/2020 1:00 am - 3:00 pm	Hebron Haunted House Hebron Middle School, Hebron IN
10/25/2020 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Wheelchair Inclusive Hayride Oak Ridge Prairie Park, Griffith, IN
10/28/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/04/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/07/2020 4:00 pm - 5:45 pm	Veterans Day Parade Hessville Park, Hammond IN
11/11/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/14/2020 10:00 am - 11:30 am	Family Nature Hikes at Gibson Woods Gibson Woods Nature Preserve, Hammond IN
11/18/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/21/2020 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Indoor Garage Sale Lincoln Center, Highland IN
11/25/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
11/28/2020 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Highland Fall Craft Show Lincoln Center, Highland IN
12/02/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
12/04/2020 11:00 pm - 2:00 am	East Chicago Celebration of Lights Veterans Park, East Chicago IN
12/05/2020 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Winter Jam Craft & Vendor Fair Lake County Fair Grounds, Crown Point IN
12/07/2020 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm	St. Matthias Craft & Vendor Fair St. Matthias Chruch, Crown Point IN
12/09/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
12/12/2020 9:00 am - 3:00 pm	Lake Central Craft Fair Hal E. Clark Middle School, St. John IN
12/16/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN
12/23/2020 12:15 am - 4:00 am	Tuesday Night Bingo St. Mary Church Hall, Griffith IN

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Home 7770 Corinne Drive Hammond IN 46323 United StatesWork Phone: (219) 989-7979Work Phone: (800) 255-5253Work Email: info@southshorecva.comWebsite: http://www.southshorecva.com/about-south-shore/indiana-welcome-center/

Biographical Info

Stop by the Indiana Welcome Center if you are visiting the South Shore area or just passing through. While you stretch your legs, you can view the unique building structure, enjoy the different exhibits in the W.F. Wellman Exhibit Hall and browse the gift shop. You can also pick up a lot of information about all there is to see and do, not only in the South Shore area, but brochures from all over Indiana.

The building design encompasses some of the main, most memorable images of Northwest Indiana and uses them in the building language. The solution is as diverse as the community itself; its people, the natural environment, and man made developments.

The structure starts with the most dominant natural feature in our area, Lake Michigan. The large exhibition space is created with the form of stainless steel “waves” glistening in the sun. These waves crash into the undulating “sand dunes” which are juxtaposed to the industry; Steel denoted in the gray office form (second story) and the smoke stacks of the entry canopy. The natural terrain then rolls into the plains and farms, which is bordered to the south by the free flowing Kankakee river depicted in the south facade of the building.

From this, the composition has sculpted a structure that symbolically tells the story of the area, houses the necessary functions for the Welcome Center, and leaves one with an image unseen elsewhere.

Let us think of water, waves, sand dunes, industry, farming, rivers, and last of all, the people of our region. What we have is as unique and singular as the South Shore.

Visit us at the Indiana Welcome Center to find:

Free Travel Brochures & Maps
Restrooms with Baby Changing Tables
Exhibit Hall
Gift Shop
Vending Machines
Picnic Area
Pet Exercise Area
Copies of PanoramaNOW Entertainment Magazines
Location:

Off of I-80/94 on Kennedy Ave. South
7770 Corinne Dr., Hammond, Indiana

Hours:
Labor Day up to Memorial Day
Everyday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Summer – Memorial Day up to Labor Day
Everyday 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
(Building closes at 5:00 pm on July 4th)

Extended hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Call 800-ALL-LAKE or 219-989-7979 for exact times.

Days closed:
New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

Phone:
219-989-7979 or 800-ALL-LAKE

W. F. Wellman Exhibit Hall6500 sq. ft. of contemporary exhibit space fashioned after the rolling waves of Lake Michigan. Varying exhibits from Model A Fords to “A Christmas Story” window displays to a steel-framed house have all called the Exhibit Hall home. Admission is FREE. Call 219-989-7979 for a complete schedule of upcoming events.

“A Christmas Story” Comes HomeEvery November and December, the Exhibit Hall hosts “A Christmas Story” Comes Home featuring window displays from Macy’s in New York, photos with Santa (see site for Santa dates and times), and themed events like the Oh Fudge Relay Race.

South Shore Gift Shop – temporarily closed for renovationsThe gift shop includes vintage South Shore Line posters, “A Christmas Story” movie memorabilia, Region Rat T-shirts, Albanese gummies plus Indiana and Chicago postcards, mugs, and key chains.

The In-Vision Theater
The theater is available for corporate meetings and group rentals. Contact us at 219-989-7770 to reserve a space.There are also five films available in the theater for visitors to watch by request. Films include “Everglades of the North,” a 24-minute documentary on the history of the Grand Kankakee Marsh; “Indiana Dunes: Child of the Northwest Wind,” an orientation film to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; US Steel “Big Stuff: Earth,” a short film covering steel manufacturing; ArcelorMittal’s “Forging Ahead,” an exploration of the steelmaking process; and a unique view of The Pig Adventure at Fair Oaks Farms.

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