Learn about the exhibition "Remembering Pearl Harbor", on display at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science from November 21, 2021 to February 13, 2022.

The exhibition is sponsored by SKO, AARP Indiana, Anchor Industries and Rick and Janet Zeiher.

About the Exhibition

From November 21, 2021-February 13, 2022, the Evansville Museum will feature the exhibition Remembering Pearl Harbor. This exhibition recalls the fateful day of December 7, 1941, that drew the United States into World War II 80 years ago.

Remembering Pearl Harbor provides an overview of the events surrounding the attack and shares personal stories of the era. Key to the telling of these stories is the collection of Rex Knight, a Hoosier who began collecting Pearl Harbor artifacts in 1999. The collection tells the lesser-known, intimate, and individual stories that occurred just before, during, and immediately following the attack. The Knight collection uses surviving artifacts from the attack to introduce some of these stories, of both Americans and Japanese. The collection is an ongoing study in matching a personal human history with a surviving artifact. Also key to the interpretation are items from the Indiana Military Museum in Vincennes, Indiana, and from the collection of the Evansville Museum.

Below are videos featuring Collector Rex Knight presenting in-depth information on the exhibition and its artifacts.

Hear from collector Rex Knight as he talks about how the collection came to be as well as his favorite piece in the collection.

Collector Rex Knight shares the story behind the cribbage game on display in the exhibition.

Collector Rex Knight shares the story behind the keys on display in the exhibition.