Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science

Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science

The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science is a general-interest museum located on the riverfront in downtown Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1904, it is one of Southern Indiana's most established and significant cultural institutions, with comprehensive collections in art, history, anthropology and science. A Science Center offers exhibitions and programs to inspire and instruct students of all ages. The Koch Planetarium provides explorations of the solar system. The Anthropology Gallery offers a look at cultures from 13,000 BC to the present. Artworks from the 16th century to the present are in the museum’s permanent galleries. Visitors can also stroll down the street of a 19th Century American rivertown to see ornately decorated homes and shops. The Evansville Museum Transportation Center traces the history of transportation and features the Sprinklesburg, Goosetown, and Independence Steam Locomotive.

The museum has produced notable solo exhibitions of artists such as John Stuart Ingle, Don Gummer, and Theodore Clement Steele, sometimes in collaboration with other institutions, including the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Indiana State Museum.

Expansion

In May of 2008 the museum unveiled plans for a $15 million expansion. It will include a new plaza with a water fountain, a 2 1/2-story glassed pavilion, a new museum shop and commercial art display area, and a planetarium and theater designed to look like a floating dome. [cite web| title=Museum unveils expansion | publisher=Evansville Courier & Press | url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/may/23/museum-unveils-expansion/ | accessdate=2008-09-19] The museum intends to complete the expansion in 2010.

References

Bibliography

*John Camp; John Stuart Ingle; Evansville Museum of Arts and Science; Wadsworth Atheneum. "The eye and the heart : watercolors of John Stuart Ingle" (New York : Rizzoli ; Evansville, Ind. : Evansville Museum of Arts & Science, 1988) (Worldcat link: [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/17798397?tab=details] ) ISBN 0847808882; ISBN 9780847808885
*Don Gummer; Peter Plagens; Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science.; Butler Institute of American Art.; Indiana State Museum. "The lyrical constructivist : Don Gummer sculpture" (Chesterfield, Mass. : Chameleon Books ; Evansville, Ind. : Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, 2001) (Worldcat link: [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/49808090?tab=details] ) ISBN 0915829703; ISBN 9780915829705; ISBN 9780915829705
*William H Gerdts; T. C. Steele; Evansville Museum of Arts and Science; Valparaiso University Museum of Art. "Theodore Clement Steele, an American master of light" (New York, N.Y. : Chameleon Books, 1995) (Worldcat link: [http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/33132008?tab=details] ) OCLC 33132008

NB: Some Worldcat listings and other sources refer to this museum as the "Evansville Museum of Arts and Science". It is also commonly called the "Evansville Museum".

ee also

*Frederick Carder
*Jane Frank
*William Gropper
*Jerry Wilkerson

External links

* [http://www.emuseum.org/ Website of the Evansville Museum]


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