This list will be updated with more classes and programs as news becomes available. Nature Programs WILD Wednesday Kids Summer Nature SeriesEvery Week at 2:00 p.m. Explore the wonders of nature and science with our WILD Wednesday Kids Summer Nature Series! Science experiments, nature activities, animal encounters, hikes, games, crafts, and more. These one-hour programs
The 29th annual juried exhibit, A Fresh Perspective, is now on display in the Audubon Museum at John James Audubon State Park. This show runs May 14th through August 8th, 2021. Stop by to see 62 pieces of beautiful, original art from the Tristate area. For more information about the exhibit, contact Kim McGrew-Liggett at
Starting on March 31st and running through Easter Sunday, the Audubon Museum Gift Store is offering a special Easter promotion. Any customer who spends $50 in the store may select an egg off the “Easter Tree.” Two of the eggs on the tree have a $25 gift certificate for anything in the store. One egg
On Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, the Audubon Museum will temporarily close its galleries to the public to allow museum staff to switch out artwork. Visitors will still be able to access the Nature Center and museum gift shop that day. The museum galleries will reopen as normal at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 7th. For
Now available for sale on the Friends of Audubon online shop are restrikes of the American Bittern and Tell-tale Godwit taken from the original engraving plates of John James Audubon’s Birds of America. In 2002 and 2013, the Friends of Audubon issued limited edition restrike prints from the museum’s original copper plates of the Tell-tale
Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday bonus video about paper marbling and the Audubon Museum’s set of Birds of America Double Elephant Folios. She discusses the history of paper marbling and the patterns found in
Museum Monday videos feature stories from the museum collection and the history of John James Audubon State Park. Join our curator, Heidi Taylor-Caudill, for a new Museum Monday video about the Audubon Museum’s set of Birds of America Double Elephant Folios. She discusses the history and provenance of the folios, which are one of 120 complete sets
This spring, the Audubon Museum and Nature Center at John James Audubon State Park will be offering free admission to everyone on ‘Museum Mondays.’ Visitors can explore the museum, nature center, and art gallery free of charge, all day, every Monday. Regular Hours The Audubon Museum and Nature Center will change over to regular hours
**The Audubon Museum lost the Sweet Sixteen round, but we encourage you to continue voting in the Archives Madness competition** For the fifth year, the University of Southern Indiana (USI) is hosting an Archives Madness contest to crown the most popular historical item in the Evansville, Indiana area. The Audubon Museum and seven other libraries
In our Recent Research series, curator Heidi Taylor-Caudill shares answers to questions sent to the Audubon Museum about John James Audubon and his family, the museum’s collection, and the history of John James Audubon State Park. John James Audubon (1785-1851) is famous for his illustrations of birds and other wildlife, but did you know that