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Evansville Museum, a museum in Kentucky
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Evansville Museum, a museum in Kentucky
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Evansville Museum, a museum in Kentucky
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Evansville Museum, a museum in Kentucky
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Evansville Museum is a museum in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Dyson Knob stands 197 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Four Freedom's Monument, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 15 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science is a general-interest museum located on the Ohio riverfront in downtown Evansville, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1904, it is one of Southern Indiana's most established and significant cultural institutions, with comprehensive collections in art, history, anthropology and science. It has a permanent collection of over 30,000 objects including fine arts, decorative arts, historic documents and photographs, and anthropologic and natural history artifacts. Also on the museum's campus is the Evansville Museum Transportation Center, featuring Southern Indiana transportation artifacts from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1904.

Wikidata Q5416035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.96525, -87.57319
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunset Park East: 0.2 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sunset Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 0.4 mi
  • 4th and Main Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 24
Peaks: 15
  • Mound F: 6.4 mi
  • Mound H: 6.4 mi
  • Mound E: 6.5 mi
  • Mound C: 6.5 mi
  • Mound A: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 7
Gardens: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Four Freedom's Monument: 0.1 mi
  • USS LST-325: 0.6 mi
  • Gilmore Haynie's Monkey Ship: 2.6 mi
  • Labrynth: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Evansville Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dyson KnobNE 42°197 m23.3 mi
Big Ditney HillNE 44°193 m16.2 mi
Wilson HillNNE 29°190 m24.3 mi
Ringham HillNE 39°186 m22.3 mi
Moore HillNNE 27°178 m24.7 mi
Little Ditney HillNE 38°149 m12.4 mi
Lost HillNNE 30°132 m17.4 mi
Thompson MoundWNW 282°107 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2819:02
June solstice05:2919:3820:17
September equinox06:3918:1418:49
December solstice07:0315:5416:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353948606877807973624940
Precip in3.53.44.75.24.84.44.53.13.43.34.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evansville Museum, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/354181269

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