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Evansville Wartime Museum

Organized in 2013 as the Freedom Heritage Museum, the museum opened in May 27, 2017, as the Evansville Wartime Museum. Evansville played a prominent role in World War II. During the war workers from the Republic Aviation manufactured the P-47 Thunderbolt and a shipyard on the Ohio River built the LSTs (Landing Ship, Tanks). The Evansville Wartime Museum acquired a P-47 Thunderbolt in 2020 from the Lone Star Flight Museum. Restorers repainted the aircraft in a paint scheme that mimicked the style of the P-47 manufactured in Evansville. The local Chrysler plant manufactured ammunition for the war effort. Continue reading Evansville Wartime Museum

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Sample Chapter – Indiana State Museum History

Indiana State Librarian R. Deloss Brown began a collection of minerals and curiosities that that he displayed in a cabinet. His goal was to try to preserve some artifacts from the state’s earliest history. This “Cabinet of Wonders,” grew as Civil War veterans and others gave him items to keep. The contents of the collection were varied and soon needed organizing and labeling. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Indiana State Museum History

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Visiting the Wilbur Wright Birthplace & Museum

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The Wilbur Wright Birthplace and Museum affords visitors an excellent place to learn about one of Indiana’s most famous native sons, Wilbur Wright. The Wright family had extensive ties to the Hoosier state, having resided at various places in Indiana during Orville and Wilbur’s formative years. The home is the site of Wilbur Wright’s birth. It is where he spent his early childhood. Continue reading Visiting the Wilbur Wright Birthplace & Museum