Evansville in the Progressive Era, October 15, 2017 - January 7, 2018, interprets the impact of the national progressive movement (1890-1920) on Evansville and the social, political and infrastructure changes this entailed.

The exhibition examines the social reform of the era including the work of Evansvillian Albion Fellows Bacon, women’s suffrage, prohibition and child labor—the latter illustrated through the photographs of Lewis Wickes Hine. Buildings and parks projects, another important facet of this era, are also detailed.