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During World War II, Evansville was the site of a Republic Aviation factory that built Republic P-47 Thunderbolts. [1]Plans to obtain an aircraft for display in the city began as early as 1986, when a former supervisor at the plant, Frank Whetsel, purchased the wreckage of a P-47D, serial number 42-8320, that had crashed in Lake Kerr in Florida and founded the P-47 Heritage Commission.
In 1919, a 4,000 pipe concert organ was installed as a memorial to Prof. Milton Z. Tinker, for years supervisor of music in the local public schools. At the time of its installation it was among the largest municipal pipe organs in the world. In 2013, the University of Evansville purchased the pipe organ, dismantled it, and put it into storage ...
A military museum or war museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and education of the significance of wars, conflicts, and military actions. These museums serve as repositories of artifacts (not least weapons), documents, photographs, and other memorabilia related to the military and war.
This list of museums in Indiana is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
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St. Benedict Cathedral (Evansville, Indiana) St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Evansville, Indiana) Salem's Baptist Church; Michael Schaeffer House; Siegel's Department Store; Skora Building; Robert Smith Mortuary; Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum; St. John's United Church of Christ (Evansville, Indiana) Sunset Park Pavilion
The Evansville Museum has received a $52K grant from the State of Indiana to finally display a long-lost Pablo Picasso piece.
A major change came in the late 1990s, when the museum realized that it needed to focus on finding a new location. [8] A number of objects were loaned to the Casino Aztar in Evansville, Indiana for a temporary exhibit in 2000. [9] Shortly thereafter, the museum closed to undergo renovations supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment. [5]