The Northwest Indiana Steel Heritage Project is an organization dedicated to preserving the steelmaking history that forged the identity of our region. We are determined to save, protect and preserve the stories, artifacts, machines and history of the entire steelmaking industry of Northwest Indiana for future generations. The Northwest Indiana Steel Heritage Project, (NISHP), is a 501(C)(3) organization chartered to establish an interactive regional steel industry museum.

 The envisioned museum would combine interactive displays with static pieces. The museum will display large equipment, such as steelmaking locomotives, hot metal sub cars, ingots and ladles at various sites to allow visitors to see and experience the artifacts and to provide local students with an opportunity for enriched, hands-on learning. .  Static displays will capture steelworker stories and the environment that they toiled in, forging steel by the tons as they forged a collective identity from the diverse ethnic groups drawn to the Region in pursuit of the American Dream.

 

Throughout history, human and natural forces conspired to create something very special.  For Northwest Indiana, that was and remains STEEL—its production and all that goes into it.  Steel in the area of Northwest Indiana is not just what our mills produce, but also defines us as residents. To define the identity of one is to capture the history and future of both.