As Chesterton High
School celebrates the 125th anniversary of its first graduating class, the
Westchester Township History Museum is requesting donations of CHS
memorabilia, ephemera, photographs, and artifacts.
The donations will
be preserved with care and will be used for exhibition at both the museum
and high school. The main goal is to fill new display cases at CHS with
artifacts, information, and images that celebrate the history of the school.
The new display
cases, being built by CHS Teacher Jeff Larson and his building trades
classes, will line the wall inside Entrance 31 near the Auditorium, and will
help connect the 15-year old Chesterton High School building to its previous
110 years. The plan is to have the display cases completed and the display
fully operational by the Oct. 2-3 homecoming weekend of the 2015-2016 school
year. The artifacts will also be featured in the museum’s collection and
exhibits.
Donations must be
brought to the Westchester Township History Museum, 700 W. Porter Ave.,
Chesterton, during operating hours, Wednesday-Sunday from 1:00-5:00 p.m. A
Deed of Gift must be signed by the owner and filed with the museum.
The museum reserves
the right to decline donations that are in poor condition, duplicates of
items already owned by the museum, or too large to properly store at the
museum.
Anyone with
questions regarding the donation of CHS artifacts please contact the museum
at 219-983-9715.