Description: The John Dillinger Museum closed in August of 2017. It held a great collection of artifacts about the Depression Era gangster and the FBI agents that chased him.
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The John Dillinger Museum permanently closed its doors at its Crown Point location on August 31, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. The museum was moved to Crown Point from Hammond in the summer of 2015.
Since the reopening of the Dillinger Museum in Crown Point, the museum welcomed approximately 20,000 people from around the world, made national headlines, and has been featured on major news networks and the Travel Channel. The South Shore CVA created a number of special events to increase visitation at the Museum and the City's downtown including a public viewing of the infamous wooden gun, screenings of the movie, "Public Enemies," and special admission promotions.