During the Highlights Tour, your Docent guide will lead you on an overview tour of the Evansville Museum. During this fast-paced, 45-minute tour you will be able to explore the Museum’s permanent galleries.
· Hands-on Science: Explore and play in the hands-on science exhibits
· History: Travel back in time and take a walk through Rivertown, USA
· Art: Look closely and learn about the artwork on display
Discover the history of transportation in Evansville! Students learn about early river and rail travel and the development of street transportation and aviation in Evansville. Highlights include a model railroad vignette and the Evansville Museum train, a real beauty composed of a 1908 steam engine, 1926 club car and circa 1900 caboose. This 45-minute tour includes the entire Museum Transportation Center and train. Note: The train is not handicap-accessible. If this is a concern, please contact the Museum Curator to discuss options for your group.
Join Gabby the puppet on a fun Museum introduction tour that gives young students their first look at fine arts, history displays and exhibits featuring science.
Students will be introduced to the elements of art in this fun program! They will get to see real art on display in the Museum and create their own story with what they have learned.
Science is for everyone! This fast-paced and interactive program gets young students asking questions and thinking like a scientist. During this program, Museum Docent Scientists will introduce science concepts during engaging experiments. This program highlights experiments that can be done with materials found in the average household kitchen and is perfect for encouraging science exploration at home.
2nd & 3rd grade students will travel back in time to discover pioneer life and learn how the European founders and settlers of our communities lived. This interactive tour will have students exploring Museum artifacts and exhibits, learning about pioneer life and meeting one of the region’s most famous pioneers, Abraham Lincoln.
Want to touch a real fossil? Then this is the program for you! Students will get to touch & see real fossils such as fossil ferns, fossil teeth, ammonites, eggshells, and even fossil poop. This program is ideal for students who have been studying fossils but have not gotten to see real examples.
Guests will experience the Evansville Museum's art collections through a variety of hands-on and interactive activities. They will be encouraged to look, listen, compare, examine, evaluate, and imagine! This fun, non-traditional tour can be customized to suit specific interests or grade-level academic standards.
In this hands-on workshop, students will use the scientific method to discover the culprit behind the mystery of the missing cheese doodles! Students will analyze ink samples, handwriting, and study fingerprints in this engaging and silly program.
This program, designed for grades 4 and up, gives students a first-hand look at one of the greatest wonders of the world: mummification. Many cultures practiced mummification besides the Egyptians, including the Aztecs, Incas, Chinese, and Japanese. Students will explore the myths and truths about ancient Egyptian culture and witness the mummification of EMASHOTEP, an ancient Egyptian Royal.
In this 45–55-minute session, students will view and discuss selected works exhibited in the Museum galleries, give close attention to a work of their own choice, prepare an evaluation / critique of the work, and present their critique to their peers.
Explore Evansville’s influence on WWII while discovering how the war changed the city. This 45-minute, interactive tour spotlights Evansville’s wartime production through artifacts, images, and stories, as well as how wartime shortages and sacrifices changed daily life. In addition, participants will discover the impact that Evansville women and African Americans had on the city’s manufacturing power.
Audio for many languages other than English available for most shows! Contact education@emuseum.org to learn more.
Explore the stars and the Moon with the characters from Sesame Street:
*Can Be Combined with the Sun, Moon, & Stars Planetarium Show*
See the sun, moon, and stars in this planetarium show.
*Can Be Combined with One World, One Sky Sesame Street Show*
Join a family of aliens traveling through our solar system looking for the best place to go on vacation:
*Can Be Combined with a Short Planetarium Show*
Travel back in time to the time of the dinosaurs to learn about the evolution of flight:
Learn about the sea creatures that created the fossils we find today:
Our live, customizable planetarium show that discusses the constellations in the night sky:
Learn about NASA’s on-going Artemis mission:
Our live, customizable planetarium show that takes viewers on a tour of the solar system.
Explore the cosmos:
*Available in Many Languages Upon Request*
Learn about how and who makes the big discoveries in astronomy happen!
Learn about the stories in the stars of the Mayan people and how these astronomical observations influenced the building of temples:
*Available in Spanish Upon Request*
Learn about the search for dark matter:
Travel to the North Pole on a science research vessel to learn how scientists are studying climate change:
Our Christmas musical show featuring holiday classics with animated imagery:
A Note about Pricing: The Evansville Museum is excited for your group to visit! The Museum recently updated its prices to better reflect the actual costs of our field trips (staff wages, administration, building costs, etc.). However, along with this new pricing structure came additional scholarship funds!
As you look over the options below, please keep in mind that your visit could be subsidized by the Museum’s Every Student Initiative Scholarship. To learn more about the scholarship process, please contact education@emuseum.org. All groups (public, private, homeschool, special interest, etc.) can be considered for the scholarship.
Remember: teachers, chaperones, and bus drivers are always free!
- Theater show only: $5 per student
- Self-guided exploration + theater show: $9 per student
Details:
Groups may select which theater show is playing at a specific time if scheduled at least 6 weeks in advance. There is a maximum of 65 seats per theater showing.
Groups must have a ratio of at least 1 adult for every 10 students with a maximum of 90 students.
Self-guided visits are available to groups of 3rd grade and up-aged students.
- Theater show only: $7 per guest
- Self-guided exploration + theater show: $14 per guest
- Choose to Add on a Docent guided tour: $35 per hour per group of up to 12 people
Details:
Groups may select which theater show is playing at a specific time if scheduled at least 6 weeks in advance. There is a maximum of 65 seats per theater showing.
Groups can schedule visits outside of the Museum’s public hours.
- Theater show only: $5 per student + $50 per showing. Max 65 guests per showing.
- Custom Schedule: $9 per student + $250 fee per day.
A Custom Schedule is a 3-hour visit built around your learning objectives! Your visit can include a variety of Docent-led tours, guided programs, and theater shows, all aligned to your grade(s) academic standards. Contact education@emuseum.org for your no-obligation schedule options.
Groups must have a ratio of at least 1 adult for every 10 students with a maximum of 90 students.
Groups may add on the option of eating a sack lunch in the Museum’s pavilion at no additional charge (subject to pavilion availability). No tables or chairs are provided, but we do have trash cans and brooms.
- Theater show only: $7 per adult + $50 per showing. Max 65 guests per showing.
- Custom Schedule: $14 per adult + $150 fee per day. Max 90 adults.
A Custom Schedule is a 3-hour visit built around your group’s interest! Your visit can include a variety of Docent-led tours, guided programs, and theater shows. Contact education@emuseum.org for your no-obligation schedule options.
Reservations for all field trips can be submitted by filling out our registration form or contacting education@emuseum.org.
Bring the Museum into your classroom! Outreach programs include 45-minute interactive presentations brought to your school by Museum Docents. These programs can be a great complement to a Museum visit, or perfect for those who are unable to visit the Museum. Cost for Outreach programs is $2 per person for all schools. Outreach programs are also available to local organizations at a cost of $2 per person.
Learn about what life was like for the European pioneers when they moved to what is now the Tri-State region. During this outreach program, students will get to see and touch pioneer artifact replicas and learn how the pioneers used them during their daily life.
Aligned to Indiana State: the Nature of Science Process Standards
In this hands-on workshop, students use a scientific method to discover the culprit behind the mystery of the missing cheese doodles! Participants analyze ink samples and handwriting, study fingerprints and more in this engaging and silly program.
Designed for grades 4 and up, this program gives students a first-hand look at one of the greatest wonders of the world: mummification. Many cultures besides the Egyptians once practiced mummification, including the Aztecs, Incas, Chinese and Japanese. Students will explore the myths and truths about ancient Egyptian culture and witness the mummification of EMASHOTEP, an ancient Egyptian Royal.
Free to borrow! Want to touch a real fossil? Check out the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science's CenterPoint Energy Fossil Kits! These kits are hands-on fun for kids of all ages and are targeted to 2nd and 3rd grade. Educators of all types can borrow these kits for free to use in their classroom (or scout troop or homeschool co-op). The kits include videos you can play for your students – no prior knowledge about fossils is needed!
Free to borrow! Looking for a way to incorporate mathematic standards into science (or vice versa)? Designed for 4th and 5th grade students, this kit includes: a handheld anemometer, a teacher’s guide, a presentation slide deck, and a digital worksheet. You will need access to the internet and your preferred graphing method (paper, digital, etc.).
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science is committed to providing programming that is accessible to the widest possible audience. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our programs, facilities and website, and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines. A limited number of wheelchairs are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Museum Reception Desk, and motorized wheelchairs are permitted. Our goal is to be as inclusive as possible. If you need an accommodation, please contact us or call 812-425-2406.
Currently, the train exhibit in EMTRAC is not wheelchair accessible. If this is a concern any member(s) of your group, please contact the Museum before your visit. We are happy to work with you on alerting the program to fit your group’s accessibility needs.
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