Our Mission is to Enrich Lives in Northwest Indiana by
Sharing
Sharing
Preserving and Telling the Story of Beverly Shores, Indiana
Providing
Providing
Featuring Shows by Artists from Our Region
Providing
Offering
Connecting Community and People Through Museum and Gallery Events

Mid-April Through Labor Day:

Fridays 12pm – 4pm CT
Saturdays 10am – 4pm CT
Sundays 12pm – 4pm CT

Post-Labor Day – Mid-December:

Saturdays 10am – 5pm CT
Sundays 11am – 3pm CT

Last day open in 2023 will be December 17th

Openings Second Fridays 5 – 7 PM Central Time

Gift Shop open during regular hours AND online throughout the year ANYTIME.

Admission is FREE

Our Location

525 South Broadway
Beverly Shores, IN 46301

Contact Us

gallery@bsdepot.com

Make a Donation

Beverly Shores Museum and Art Gallery, Inc. (affectionally known as “The Depot”) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.

You can also mail donations to us at PO Box 305, Beverly Shores, IN 46301

The Depot Building

Arthur Gerber Beverly Shores Train Depot

In 1929 Chicago architect, Arthur L. Gerber designed the station, along with others on the South Shore Line, in the Mediterranean Spanish style. This train depot was one of two stations serving Beverly Shores. It also served as the residence of the Station Master. When the last Station Master retired, this building slid into disrepair. In 1988, like its sister station at Central Street, it was headed for demolition.

Thanks to a gift from Ann Carlson, daughter of the original builder of residences in town, many photos of original buildings in Beverly Shores were preserved and donated to the town in the interest of preserving history. This gift triggered the curiosity and creativity of a number of courageous, inventive, and determined people. Over the course of 10 years they set about the task of saving this station from demolition.

A group of Beverly Shores residents, along with others like the Superintendent of the Indiana Dunes National Park at the time, NIPSCO, and Save the Dunes, and others banded together to preserve this building. With a major effort, they obtained a designation for the building on the National Register for Historical places. These tenacious residents then collected funds totaling some $500,000.00 from residents, organizations, companies, grants, and anywhere else they were able. Restoration of the structure then began.

Beverly Shores South Shore Train Depot

In 1998, the South Shore Train Depot opened its doors once again, and, in February of 1999, the Beverly Shores Museum and Art Gallery, Inc. was born. Today, the building, the single South Shore station of its kind remaining on the line, continues to serve visitors and commuters. The building is owned by NICTD, the Northern Indiana Commuter Train District. Half of the building serves as a train station. An agreement between the town and NICTD provides that the other half serves as our town’s history museum, a regional art gallery, and a gift shop attracting both residents and others from Northwest Indiana. These are managed by The Beverly Shores Museum and Art Gallery, Inc., a 501(c) (3) non-profit governed by a wholly volunteer board of directors. Any commissions from sales in the Gallery or Gift Shop go directly to supporting programming at The Depot.

You can learn more about Beverly Shores at the Town of Beverly Shores website or read our Wikipedia article on the South Shore station. We also invite you to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.

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Land Acknowledgement
The Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery wishes to acknowledge with great respect that the land on which we are built is within the traditional lands of the Bodéwadmik/Potawatomi and Myaamia/Miami Peoples. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Indigenous Peoples who inhabited it and cared for it throughout the generations.

We are working with Indigenous artists to enrich our community by bringing First Voice to our exhibits and programs.