Children's Museum of Evansville
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The Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville is an interactive children's museum
in Evansville
, Indiana
, USA. The goal of the museum is to educate and inspire children about the world in which they live. 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.
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. 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.
Speak Loud: Children naturally gravitate toward the creative arts in their everyday play. The Speak Loud exhibit encourages children, among other activities, 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: Meet cMoe's favorite duck and mascot "Moe" as 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. Guests learn that when we work together- great things happen!
Quack Factory- Wet Deck: Bubbling, gurgling, swirling, rising- water flows through this exhibit in amazing ways. Send your duck around the basin or see if it can survive the nearby lock system. Create your own spouting masterpiece out of pipes and if it spring a leak, try again! A space visually connected to the Upper Deck of the Quack Factory, guest will certainly get wet!
Work Smart: Roll up your sleeves and get busy, because Work Smart is a place where you can build things and take things apart! Exhibits give visitors an inside view of the technical and mechanical side of our world. A sampling of the exhibit activities includes digging for dinosaur bones in the Dino Dig, estimating weight, and deconstructing a variety of tools and objects.
Children's museum
Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs to stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are designed to be...
in Evansville
Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, USA. The goal of the museum is to educate and inspire children about the world in which they live. 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.
Built inside the historic old Central Library, the museum opened in September 2006. The Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
and now offers visitors three floors of interactive exhibits and galleries. 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 Big: The Live Big Gallery exhibit provides children with hands on experiences about the human body in order to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. Activities in this exhibit include opportunities to explore the senses, test your reaction time, see the phenomenal length of the small intestine, and much more!Speak Loud: Children naturally gravitate toward the creative arts in their everyday play. The Speak Loud exhibit encourages children, among other activities, 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: Meet cMoe's favorite duck and mascot "Moe" as 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. Guests learn that when we work together- great things happen!
Quack Factory- Wet Deck: Bubbling, gurgling, swirling, rising- water flows through this exhibit in amazing ways. Send your duck around the basin or see if it can survive the nearby lock system. Create your own spouting masterpiece out of pipes and if it spring a leak, try again! A space visually connected to the Upper Deck of the Quack Factory, guest will certainly get wet!
Work Smart: Roll up your sleeves and get busy, because Work Smart is a place where you can build things and take things apart! Exhibits give visitors an inside view of the technical and mechanical side of our world. A sampling of the exhibit activities includes digging for dinosaur bones in the Dino Dig, estimating weight, and deconstructing a variety of tools and objects.