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The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science is a general-interest museum located on the riverfront in downtown Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1904, it is one of Southern Indiana's most established and significant cultural centers. For other places named Evansville see Evansville (disambiguation). ...
The museum houses a $10 million permanent art collection ranging from 16th century paintings to modern sculptures by world-renowned artists. National and local traveling exhibits are available year-round.
Other exibits include a turn-of-the-century Main Street and the Sprinklesburg, Goosetown, and Independence Steam Locomotive. Additionally, the museum offers a hands-on science interactive exhibit, a planetarium, and gift shop. A planetarium is a theater built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ...