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LEG 27 · ITEM 11 · RUN B #138 · THE COUNTY'S NEWEST MUSEUM AS OF NOVEMBER 2026
The newest museum in the county opened in the summer of 2024, and it is a private collection made public: the Indiana Dinosaur Museum at 7102 Lincolnway West, South Bend — built by Mark Tarner, founder of the South Bend Chocolate Company, and his wife Julie to house their private fossil collection, on a 90-acre complex with the relocated chocolate factory, its museum (item 10), a restaurant and a bison conservatory. The museum's opening day conflicts in its own press, and the conflict prints whole: the museum's pre-opening releases of June 2024 and the reference record give the opening as 12 July 2024, while the museum's later standard boilerplate states it "opened on July 24, 2024." The month and year are certain; the day is carried at both strengths and not merged. Its published contents are carried at press-release strength: some 30 dinosaur skeletons, 43 sculptures and a research laboratory, including dinosaur skin from the Tanners' Edmontosaurus discovery. It stands open in November 2026, the newest museum seat in the county and the last dated entry in this section's roster — at boundary size, its whole belonging to the South Bend side of the line; no museum has opened in Osceola or Penn Township in the period, and none is newer there than the township's absence itself.
Verdict, item 11 — DUG (boundary size; opening-day conflict printed whole).
Sources: Indiana Dinosaur Museum releases via EINPresswire (17 June and 26 June 2024: opening 12 July 2024; 3 July 2026 release: "Opened on July 24, 2024"); Livability, South Bend profile (Sept 2025); South Bend Chocolate Company record (7102 Lincolnway W complex, July 2024). Searches run 11 Nov 2026.