Tentative plans are being made to hold our 18th Annual Jay County Heritage Festival on September 25 and 26, if there is not a rise in the cases of COVID-19 before then. 

Although several vendors and reenactors have indicated an interest in participating in the festival, there is still room for more. All items being sold should be handcrafted or ...

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Because of COVID-19, there will not be a Monthly Program Meeting in April. We are resume going to resume meetings in May.  The new large screen tv and sound system which were purchased through a Heritage Support Grant last year are set up and waiting for meetings to be held.

Due to an unexplained glitch in the museum’s Facebook page, we have set up a new account. It may be accessed the same as the original account at “Jay County Historical Society.”

Please be sure that you are accessing the updated page and that you “like” our new page so that posts will appear on your timeline. We will try to keep it ...

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If you are planning to come to the museum to do genealogy research and might need to use probates or need help in doing your research, please call ahead a day or two before coming. Volunteers are not always here to help unless we are notified ahead.

The museum is still in need of more volunteers to help with sorting, indexing, and making data bases of materials. Some of this work can be done at home. Simple-to-follow directions will be provided.

We also have many journals which were published by the Indiana Historical Society in the past. We would like to have someone who is willing to look through these ...

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Two of our “models” at the museum appear to have had their COVID vaccinations and are ready for an evening out after being “cooped up” for the past year.

The black man’s suit is from the late Gordon Meeker, a resident of Portland. The blue lace dress worn by the lady was donated from the Alwyn Carder estate. The Carder family resided near ...

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Show your pride for Jay County throughout the summer and at our Heritage Festival in September.  Get your "Only Jay in the USA" shirt now!

Jay County was named after John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  To publicize that we are the only Jay County in the USA, the JCHS is selling t-shirts.  The shirts are ...

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