In the presentation presented in partnership with the Vanderburgh County Historical Society, Tom Lonnberg will discuss Evansville’s link to the landings on the beaches of Normandy in June of 1944.
In this presentation presented in partnership with the Vanderburgh County Historical Society, historian Dr. James MacLeod will discuss Operation Overlord, one of the most significant military operations of the 20th century and then describe some of the most important American war cemeteries and memorials that commemorate the huge cost paid in American lives to secure the freedom of Western Europe.
Join us for an afternoon of fellowship and fun at The Club! This FREE event, sponsored by Solarbron and American Senior Communities, is open to all adults and takes place from 11 am to 1 pm on the first Friday of every month at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science.
On Sunday, April 14, at 2 pm, join the Evansville Museum’s 2024 Historian in Residence Dr. Nicole Etcheson for her talk for “The Goodly Land of Hoosier: How the Civil War Changed Indiana.
Join the Evansville Museum's chief curator & curator of history Tom Lonnberg on Sunday, February 18, at 2 pm for a gallery tour of "Evansville Then & Now" on the last day of this exhibition. In this walking gallery talk, Lonnberg will explore historic images of Evansville featured in the exhibition and provide insight into the locales of these early to mid-20th century photographs.
A second seating of Zoom-In Evansville will be presented Friday, February 2 at 6 pm. Join us for this program in the Evansville Museum’s Koch Immersive Theater and Planetarium.
On Thursday, January 18 at 6 pm join us for the program Zoom-In Evansville in the Evansville Museum’s Koch Immersive Theater and Planetarium. In this program, chief curator & curator of history, Tom Lonnberg, and 2023 history intern and history and archaeology major at the University of Evansville, Savanah Summerfield, will zoom in on select photographs featured in the current exhibition Evansville Then & Now.
In this program, chief curator & curator of history, Tom Lonnberg, and 2023 history intern and history and archaeology major at the University of Evansville, Savanah Summerfield, will zoom in on select photographs featured in the current exhibition Evansville Then & Now.
The Board of Trustees of the Evansville Museum invites you to a 2 - in - 1 Reception Saturday, December 9th from 6 - 8 PM.
On Sunday, November 19, 2023, from 12:00 PM-4:00 PM, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science will present its annual History Celebration. The event will feature informational booths from local organizations from Vanderburgh and adjoining counties that present history to the public—museums, libraries, and historical societies.
On Thursday, November 16 at 7 pm, Dr. James MacLeod will present the talk Evansville in a Time of Revolutionary Change based on his new book Lost Evansville.
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science Presents ITALY'S TREASURES, an art, food and wine tour of Italy hosted by Tom Lonnberg
12 days • 17 Fabulous Meals
TOUR DATE: September 23 - October 4, 2023
The Travel Show, Thursday, August 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the Evansville Museum, will provide information about this opportunity. An opportunity that also includes London; The D-Day Story Museum; an English Channel Crossing; Caen, France; Giverny, France; Paris; a Seine River cruise; and more.
This tour focuses on changes to the urban landscape of downtown primarily in the 1960s and 1970s, a period of great transition for downtown Evansville. Take this opportunity to explore and learn about one of downtown Evansville’s most interesting periods when many landmarks met their demise.
On Thursday, May 25 at 6:30 pm, at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Vanderburgh County Historian Stan Schmitt will present the admission free talk "Connecting the Tri-State: Interurbans & Streetcars" recalling the era of these forms of travel in our area.
Noted historian and Abraham Lincoln scholar Dr. Matthew Pinsker, the Evansville Museum’s 2023 Historian in Residence, will present the talk “Getting Right with Lincoln, Now More than Ever” on Tuesday, April 18, at 6:30 pm.
In this talk “Prohibition in the Vanderburgh County Courts”, Amber Gowen, Archivist for the Vanderburgh County Clerk, will explore the ways prohibition laws impacted the court system.
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science Presents: ITALY'S TREASURES
An art, food and wine tour of Italy hosted by Tom Lonnberg
12 days - 17 Fabulous Meals
TOUR DATE: September 23 - October 4, 2023
Join collector David F. Brown for a walk through the Evansville Museum’s current exhibition “From the Hand of the President”. He will highlight the origins of his outstanding collection of presidential signatures and documents and talk about some of the key items in his collection—a collection spanning all 46 chief executives.
On Sunday, November 13, from 12:00 - 4:00 PM, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science will host its annual History Celebration.
In this talk, Kelley Coures will discuss Evansville in the 1920s. He will explore the city’s social and psychological state during the post WW I period and how the Ku Klux Klan gained control of various aspects of life in Evansville during this period.
On Saturday, October 20 at 6 pm, the Evansville Museum’s chief curator and curator of history Tom Lonnberg, will present the slide illustrated talk Hail to the Chiefs and Wannabe Chiefs.
Join Tom Lonnberg and Terry Hughes as they lead a walking discussion of how Main Street looked in the 1960s. Starting at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Main Street, the tour will walk the seven blocks to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and will return via Sycamore Street.
Join collector David F. Brown for a walk through the Evansville Museum’s current exhibition “From the Hand of the President”. He will highlight the origins of his outstanding collection of presidential signatures and documents and talk about some of the key items in his collection—a collection spanning all 46 chief executives.
On Thursday, September 29 at 6 pm, Charles Hyde will present the talk Benjamin Harrison’s Republic & the Spirit of Democracy.
Join collector David F. Brown for a walk through the Evansville Museum’s current exhibition “From the Hand of the President”. He will highlight the origins of his outstanding collection of presidential signatures and documents and talk about some of the key items in his collection—a collection spanning all 46 chief executives.
Talk to Look at Evansville in Post World War II Period. On Thursday, September 8 at 6 pm, Dr. James MacLeod will present the talk Lost Evansville: The Transformation of a City, 1945-1975 at the Evansville Museum.
The Board of Trustees of the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science invites you to an opening reception for three new exhibitions.
Join collector David F. Brown for a walk through the Evansville Museum’s current exhibition “From the Hand of the President”. He will highlight the origins of his outstanding collection of presidential signatures and documents and talk about some of the key items in his collection—a collection spanning all 46 chief executives.
Dr. James H. Madison’s most recent book, The Ku Klux Klan in the Heartland begins with this sentence: “The Ku Klux Klan was a dark as the night and as American as apple pie.” In his Thursday, April 21, 6 pm presentation, Madison will attempt to explain that seemingly contradictory statement. He will focus on Indiana’s Klan of the 1920s, its goals and methods, its members and opponents, and its place in larger contexts down to our own time.
On Sundays, December 12, January 16, and February 13 at 2 p.m., Pearl Harbor collector Rex Knight will be present gallery talks in the Remembering Pearl Harbor exhibition at the Evansville Museum. Knight will discuss specific items with the exhibition and the collection in general whose stories share intimate details about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
On Sundays, December 12, January 16, and February 13 at 2 p.m., Pearl Harbor collector Rex Knight will be present gallery talks in the Remembering Pearl Harbor exhibition at the Evansville Museum. Knight will discuss specific items with the exhibition and the collection in general whose stories share intimate details about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
