Dr. Trembath-Reichert will present a public lecture at the Evansville Museum on Friday April 19th from 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Tickets are FREE but seating is limited. To reserve your seats, please visit https://emuseum.org/rsvp.
Enjoy all-day activities, special guests, catered lunch and snacks, and a stunning view of the total solar eclipse over the Ohio River.
You have plans for April 8th, but what about April 6th? Kick off your eclipse weekend with us, Saturday April 6th, at the Evansville Museum!
In partnership with USI, UE, and Kentucky Wesleyan the Evansville Museum is hosting Chemistry Day on October 22nd, 2023! This year, the theme is the Healing Power of Chemistry.
Join us on Saturday for an evening under the pale moonlight as we view craters, the lunar maria and craters on the Moon. Amateur astronomers from the @evansvilleastronomcial society be on hand on the Schroeder Plaza in front of the Museum with a variety of telescopes to assist.
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science invites you to a retirement celebration honoring our Director of Science Experiences, Mitch Luman on Sunday, June 11, 2023 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.
NATIONAL ASTRONOMY DAY on Saturday, April 29 with activities held at the Evansville Museum from Noon-4 PM and a public star party from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.
The Evansville Museum has announced that Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, will present this year’s Malcolm Koch Memorial Lecture Friday, April 7 at 7:30 PM in the Museum’s Old Gallery.
CHEMISTRY DAY
October 23 from 1-3 PM
From simple, to complex, chemical reactions play an important role in our daily life. In celebration of National Chemistry Week, we’ve invited students and faculty from the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville to help us celebrate a day of Chemistry.
The Evansville Museum is offering a workshop where children will learn all about gentle winds, breezes, and gusts. Participants will create their own wind-detecting device and test their device under a variety of conditions. The workshop includes admission to the Evansville Museum’s highly interactive exhibit, Airplay: A Hand’s-On Adventure. The cost is $10/child for Museum Members, $12/child for not-yet-members.
We’re offering a rewarding project where everyone--even those not handy with tools--can construct a working astronomical telescope. The class meets twice, once on 7/1 and once on 7/8. Both workshops take place at 1 PM CDT. All materials are provided at a substantial discount, made possible through an endowment from The Charles Vincent Statham Memorial Fund. The cost of the workshop is $50 for not-yet-members & $40 for Members.
Join us on Wednesday, July 6 for an evening under the pale moonlight as we view the lunar maria and craters on the Moon. Amateur astronomers from the @evansvilleastronomcial society will be on hand at the Schroeder Plaza in front of the Museum with a variety of telescopes to assist. The event is admission-free, weather permitting and as such, will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather.
We’re offering a rewarding project where everyone--even those not handy with tools--can construct a working astronomical telescope. The class meets twice, once on 7/1 and once on 7/8. Both workshops take place at 1 PM CDT. All materials are provided at a substantial discount, made possible through an endowment from The Charles Vincent Statham Memorial Fund. The cost of the workshop is $50 for not-yet-members & $40 for Members.
Our annual celebration of National Astronomy Day will take place on Saturday May 7.
Have that beverage you crave and feed your head. Join us in-person, or on Facebook Live Wednesday, October 20 at 6:30 PM. During this month’s moderated presentation, Katy Groves Mussat and Hubert Mussat, from The Farmer and the Frenchman Winery in Henderson will present an intriguing program on the Science of Winemaking. There’s no such thing as a dumb question at Science with a Twist. Not able to attend in person? On-line participants can watch the program live and interact in real time by posting your questions. For those who chose to do so, the @BokehLounge will be open for in person dining.
Join us for an evening under the stars as we take in views of the planet Jupiter. Amateur astronomers will be on hand from 7:30-9:00 p.m. with a variety of telescopes in which to view this gas giant.
Anyone familiar with our annual events knows that the celebration of Astronomy Day is one of the marquee events for astronomy enthusiasts in the Tri-State. This year we will celebrate the cosmos on Saturday, October 9 from Noon- 4 P.M. As always, knowledgeable volunteers from the local amateur astronomy community will provide telescopes and assist those attending in observing, learning, and exploring the wonders of astronomy.
Join us in-person, or on Facebook Live Wednesday, August 18 at 6:30 PM. During this month’s moderated presentation, physical therapist Jenn Gourlay has been invited to present an intriguing program involving the human body. There’s no such thing as a dumb question at Science with a Twist.
Join us for stunning views of the planets Saturn and Jupiter, both in the same telescopic view on Saturday, December 21st from 5-7:30 PM CST! See Saturn and its rings and Jupiter with its bands and belts when we use a large video monitor and powerful telescope for the best views of the year. This event will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather.
Join us on at the Bokeh Lounge either in-person or on Facebook Live
when Mike Linderman from Angel Mounds State Historic site presents the
intriguing program a "Native American Repatriation Project" that is under way.
You’re invited to visit the Museum on Thursday, November 12 during an evening where the admission is free and special guest speaker will present a program highlighting the importance of mathematics in science.
Ready to purchase that telescope you've had your eyes on? Not so fast, Director of Science Experiences Mitch Luman presents, "How to Buy a Telescope" at our November 6th Topics at Twelve.
Have that beverage you crave and feed your head at our monthly "scientific" at the Bokeh Lounge. Learn about cutting-edge topics in science and technology from leading experts, in an interactive, informal atmosphere where there’s no such thing as a dumb question. Everyone has fun at Science with a Twist, from those completely unfamiliar with science to self-identified “science geeks.” Science with a Twist is open to anyone adults 21 and over.
This month we will have Amie McKibban who will discuss “Destigmatizing the Stigmatized: An Honest Converstation about Sex and Sexuality”.
Leap into science during these family-friendly science nights while we take the concept of wind to a new level.
Have that beverage you crave and feed your head at our monthly "scientific" at the Bokeh Lounge. Learn about cutting-edge topics in science and technology from leading experts, in an interactive, informal atmosphere where there’s no such thing as a dumb question. Everyone has fun at Science with a Twist, from those completely unfamiliar with science to self-identified “science geeks.” Science with a Twist is open to anyone adults 21 and over.
This month we will have John Blair who will discuss “Propping up a Dinosaur: Indiana’s Race to the 20th Century”.
This class is intended for adults and teens (ages 13-18) interested in building a working telescope. The class will meet twice for hands-on instruction and construction of a working retractor telescope. At the workshop’s conclusion, participants will take home a sturdy, high performing 60mm telescope suitable for astronomical viewing. These museum-built telescopes should outperform most commercially available instruments of the same size. All materials are provided. The $55 registration fee for Not-Yet-Members is subsidized with funds from the Museum's Charles Vincent Statham Fund. An additional discount of $10 will be applied for Museum Members. The deadline for registering is Monday, November 18. Call the Museum at (812) 425-2406 to register.
This class is intended for adults and teens (ages 13-18) interested in building a working telescope. The class will meet twice for hands-on instruction and construction of a working retractor telescope. At the workshop’s conclusion, participants will take home a sturdy, high performing 60mm telescope suitable for astronomical viewing. These museum-built telescopes should outperform most commercially available instruments of the same size. All materials are provided. The $55 registration fee for Not-Yet-Members is subsidized with funds from the Museum's Charles Vincent Statham Fund. An additional discount of $10 will be applied for Museum Members. The deadline for registering is Monday, November 18. Call the Museum at (812) 425-2406 to register.
Get ready to sparkle! At the Jewelry Super Saturday, we will be celebrating all things shiny. We will make our own jewelry, get an up close look at crystals, play around with the molecular structure of some of your favorite minerals, and more.
The fourth Saturday of every month is designated a Super Saturday at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science. From 11:00 AM–3:00 PM the day is filled with crafts, activities, challenges and/or guest lectures, all on a different theme each time. Children, teens, adults and families are encouraged to have a fun day exploring new topics. All Super Saturday activities are included with Museum admission.
During the morning hours of Monday, November 11, an unusual celestial event may be observed from Evansville when the planet Mercury will be seen to cross the face of the Sun. The passage of a planet across the disk of the Sun—which is called a transit—is a fairly rare occurrence. Only transits of Mercury and Venus may be seen from the Earth. The last transit of Mercury occurred in 2016, but in any given century only about a dozen transits of Mercury occur.
This event may only be viewed using special telescopes that block the intense glare of the Sun. As is the case of a partial solar eclipse, persons may not casually view the Sun without proper protection. When viewed through a telescope equipped with a solar filter, the planet Mercury appears as a tiny, black disk slowly crossing the face of the Sun over a period of 5 hours.
The Evansville Museum and the Evansville Astronomical Society will co-host a viewing event on the date of the transit at the 200 block of Dreier Avenue on Reitz Hill from 6:30 AM until Noon. Telescopes allowing for the safe viewing of the event will be available at this location for those who wish to experience the transit. The event will be canceled in the event of heavy cloud cover or inclement weather.
Join us at Bokeh Lounge, every third Wednesday of the month, from 6:30-8:00 PM when the students team from the University of Southern Indiana, who built and deployed a satellite into orbit, present the engaging program: the UNITE CubeSAT program. Hope to see you there!
Made possible in partnership with the Indiana Academy of Science.
This event is for adults over 21.
