Berrien Courthouse Museum
The Midwest’s oldest surviving county government complex
1839 Courthouse - 1830 Log House - 1870 Sheriff’s House
1860/1873 County Records and Office Building
Open All Year - Free Admission
Exhibits
The History Center offers exhibits at Courthouse Square, a holiday exhibit at Orchards Mall and a traveling exhibit available for schools and community groups.
War Stories Exhibit Flyer
Courthouse Square houses permanent and temporary exhibits on many aspects of regional or American History


Orchards Mall hosts a special exhibition annually during the month of December and early January.

Traveling Exhibit Picturing the Twin Cities is available at no cost to middle and high schools. The exhibit includes 16 18”x22” photographs of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor taken by photographer J. Sherwin Murphy during the late 1950s and early 1960s. A complete study guide accompanies the exhibit that was funded by the St. Joseph/Benton Harbor Rotary Foundation and Indiana Michigan Power.
