We welcome you! Come and visit us at the Fulton County Museum. Our museum, round barn museum and living history village are very easy to find. Located on US 31 only four miles north of Rochester, Indiana. Fulton County Museum is open Monday - Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed holidays.
Museum Staff - Front row from left: Shirley Willard - President Emerita; Melinda Clinger - Museum Director. Back row: Peggy Van Meter - Cataloguer, Lola Riddle - Typist & FCHS Treasurer.
Museum Volunteers - Front row from left: Mary Weir, Wilma Thomas, Verl Ginther, Joan Ginther. Back row: Ruby Reed - FCHS President, Berniece Bitterling, Phyllis Whitmore, Mildred Wagoner, Esther Sohl.
Experience frontier and pioneer life before 1840! Participate as a re-enactor, trader, etc.! FCHS was founded to enable interactive and historical reenactments in our Rendezvous, museums, and our living history village called Loyal. All these events make history come alive while making it interesting, fun, and most importantly, relevant. Read more about us
Visit our Fulton County Museum and Round Barn Museum, then stroll over to our living history village, called Loyal, which depicts the 1900-1925 time period. Come and see us during the Trail of Courage Living History Festival in September which depicts pre-1840 America, visit our Round Barn and our Fulton County Historical Power Show, come to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous portraying the Midwest Frontier in April.
The 2003 Trail of Courage Living History Festival had sunny weather and a crowd of 14,500. About 2000 families set up camps and demonstrated frontier living. Pre-1840 music and dance was enjoyed. See the Trail of Courage photos.
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