About Evansville IN

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The City of Evansville is home to a variety of entertainment venues. In the first place, there is the Ford Center, which is a multiuse inhouse arena situated in the downtown area, and has a seating capacity of 11,000. The Ford Center is mostly used to host basketball games, ice hockey games and even musical concerts. There is also the Old National Events Plaza that is noted for hosting diverse concerts, plays, expositions, conventions along with many other special events in its 2,500 seat auditorium and convention center. Evansville as well boasts of the Victory Theater, which currently serves as the home base for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. The Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra showcases 7 concert classics series, 4 double pops, shows and special events concerts over the course of the year. The Victory Theater is also home to a number of local ballet and modern dance companies, theatre companies and even hosts touring productions. There is as well the Evansville Civic Theater that has the distinction of been south Indiana’s longest running community theater and dates back to the 1920s.
 
The City of Evansville is also home to a variety of regionally and nationally acclaimed museums. One of the most prominent of which is the Angel Mounds State Historic Site, which is widely acknowledged to be among the best preserved prehistoric Native American sites in the country. There is as well the Children’s Museum of Evansville that is housed in the historic Central Library, an Art Deco structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Children’s Museum of Evansville provides a grand total of 3 different floors crammed to the hilt with interactive exhibits and galleries. Evansville also boasts of the Evansville African American Museum whose main objective is to serve as a resource and cultural center that collects, preserves and educates the public on the history and traditions of African American    families, organizations and communities. There is as well Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, which has the distinction of being one of south Indiana’s most established and significant cultural centers. The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science comes complete with the Koch Planetarium that has the distinction of been the oldest of its kind in the state of Indiana.
 
The City of Evansville is also home to the Reitz Home Museum, which is renowned for being the city’s sole Victorian house museum, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On the other hand, Evansville boasts of the Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Garden that was first opened in the late 1920s, and is one of the biggest zoos in Indiana. The Mesker Park Zoo and Botanical Garden is spread over a 50 acre piece of land, and showcases over 700 animals sourced from 200 different species. The City of Evansville as well boasts of extensive parklands.
 
First of all, there is the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve that features almost 200 acres of virgin bottomland forest, and is the biggest tract of virgin forest within any city limits in the US. Its Nature Center offers fascinating exhibits, wildlife observation areas, meeting rooms, a library and a gift shop. In close proximity to the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve is the Wesselman Park offering a par 3 golf course, basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, softball pitches and a children’s playground.
 
Evansville’s municipal park system comes complete with over 60 parks and 21 special facilities covering over 2,300 acres of land in the city and the Vanderburgh County. There is a hiking and biking trail that extends into nearby counties and ties into the American Discovery Trail. This given trail system features the Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage, which is a 6.8 mile biking and hiking trail. There is also the riverfront Dress Plaza that houses the Four Freedoms Monument, and provides a paved walkway above and tiered seating beneath, offering scenic views of the Ohio River.



Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science