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Children's Museum of Evansville - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 37°58′17″N 87°34′9″W / 37.97139°N 87.56917°W

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Central Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The museum
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Location	22 SE. 5th St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates	37°58′17″N 87°34′9″W / 37.97139°N 87.56917°W / 37.97139; -87.56917
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1931
Architect	H.E. Boyle Associates; Walker and Weeks
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Downtown Evansville MRA
NRHP reference No.	82000086^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 1, 1982

The Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville is an interactive children's museum in Evansville, Indiana. The museum educates and inspires children about the world. Exhibits include deconstructing objects, a water exhibit that spans multiple floors, experiences about the human body and its senses, and a gallery for freedom of expression.^[2]

Built inside the historic old Central Library, the museum opened in September 2006. The Art Deco building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now offers visitors three floors of interactive exhibits and galleries.^[3]^{: Part 1, p. 14} The museum was designed by Roto Studio, a museum design and engineering firm specializing in creating interactive educational environments and experiences for children as well as adults.

Permanent galleries

Live Well: The Live Well Gallery exhibit provides children with hands on experiences about the human body, sun protection, healthy eating, and the importance of exercise in order to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. Activities in the exhibit include opportunities to explore being a doctor, test reaction time, memory, a hands-on play kitchen, bistro, and farmers market.
Speak Loud: The Speak Loud exhibit encourages children to dramatize a familiar story, play instruments from around the world, create an artistic masterpiece and express their feelings through music, drama and the visual arts.
Quack Factory- Upper Deck: Every visitor has a role to play in feeding the Great Duck Machine. Visitors are "workers" and each have a task as balls and ducks are hoisted, dropped, launched, and pushed.
Quack Factory- Wet Deck: Water flows through the exhibit in amazing ways. Send a duck around the basin or see if it can survive the nearby lock system. Create a spouting masterpiece out of pipes and see if it springs a leak.
Work Smart: is a place things can be built and taken part. Exhibit activities includes digging for dinosaur bones in the Dino Dig, estimating weight, and deconstructing tools and objects.
Aluminate: a new play tower inspired by aluminum and renewable energy. Come play and slide down the two-story indoor slide!

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Children's Museum of Evansville". Children's Museum of Evansville. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01., and Accompanying photographs

External links

Children's Museum of Evansville website

City of Evansville

Annual festivals
Evansville Freedom Festival Frog Follies Germania Männerchor Volksfest Jazz & Wine Festival ShrinersFest West Side Nut Club Fall Festival Vanderburgh County 4H Fair

Arenas and venues
Alhambra Theatorium Bosse Field EVSC Fields Ford Center Goebel Soccer Complex Mesker Amphitheatre Metro Sports Center Old National Events Plaza Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum Swonder Ice Arena Victory Theatre

Corporate headquarters and major employers
Accuride Atlas Van Lines Berry Global CenterPoint Energy Cleveland-Cliffs Mead Johnson Old National Bank OneMain Financial Shoe Carnival TJ Maxx Toyota

Education
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Indiana University School of Medicine Ivy Tech Community College University of Evansville University of Southern Indiana ITT Technical Institute Harrison College Oakland City University Willard Library

Neighborhoods / districts
Bayard Park Culver Downtown Haynies Corner Jacobsville Lamasco Lincolnshire Historic District Riverside Historic District Washington Avenue Historic District

Attractions
Angel Mounds Bally's Casino Burdette Park Children's Museum of Evansville Evansville Museum Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra Ford Center LST 325 Museum Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden Reitz Home Museum Old National Events Plaza Old Vanderburgh County Courthouse Wesselman Woods

Malls & other commerce
Downtown Eastland Mall Washington Square Mall

Sports
Evansville Purple Aces USI Screaming Eagles Evansville Otters Evansville Thunderbolts Evansville Legends FC Demolition City Roller Derby Southern Indiana Athletic Conference Refrigerator Bowl Hoosier Nationals Thunder on the Ohio

Transportation
CSX Transportation Evansville Regional Airport Metropolitan Evansville Transit System I-64 I-69 US 41 Lloyd Expressway SR 57 SR 62 SR 65 SR 66 SR 662

Healthcare & emergency
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville Deaconess Midtown Hospital Deaconess Gateway and Women's Hospital Southwestern Indiana Mental Health System IU Evansville Medical Center

Regional
Center Township German Township Knight Township Perry Township Pigeon Township Vanderburgh County Evansville Metropolitan Area Southwestern Indiana Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area Area codes 812 and 930

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