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Previous Exhibitions

 

William Blake at 250
Nov 07 - Feb 08
East Asia in the Midwest: 40 Years of the International Writing Program
July - October 07
Making No Compromise with the Public Taste
March - June 07
Indigenous Peoples of Iowa: Converging Histories and Cultures
Nov 06 - Feb 07
Words Like Feathers Fly: The Chronicles of Iowa Birders
July - October 06
cARTalog
April - July 06
Tiny Tomes:  The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books  
Connecting you to a World of Ideas for 150 Years: The University of Iowa Libraries
Nov 05 - Mar 06
Beyond the Bun: A Look Inside Librarian Culture
Sept - Oct 05

Bookbinding Across Time and Cultures

Apr 05 - Aug 05
Liberated Images: The Subversive Culture of Collage and Zines
Dec 04 - Mar 05
Velocipedomania: The Origin and Evolution of the Bicycle
Jul - Nov 04
Four Decades of Hamady and the Perishable Press
Mar - Jul 04
Fleeting Are The Shadows: A Century of Yearbooks from The University of Iowa
Nov 03 - Feb 04
Comforting Creatures: The Human - Animal Bond in Western Culture
May - Oct 03
Women Making History: Selections from the Iowa Women's Archives
Nov 02 - Apr 03
New Social Movements in Latin America
Jun - Oct 02
A More Varied Union:  Diversity in American Society
Feb - May 02
Cheating the Wind:  Streamliners on the Rails
Oct 02 - Jan 02
Hypatia's Hidden Heritage:  Women in Science
Jun 01 - Sep 01
Into the Sunset:  Views of the American West
Feb 01 - May 01
The Fifties:  From Atomic Power to American Pie
Oct 00 - Jan 01
Romancing the Rose:  Flowers in American Culture
Jun 00 - Sep 00
Celebrating Dance!  Documenting Dance
Feb 00 - May 00
Open Book - The Book Studies Community at The University of Iowa
Oct 99 - Jan 00
Driven:  America's Obsession with the Automobile
June 99 - Sep 99
Fifty Years of Hope:  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Mar 99 - May 99
Keeping Our Word:  Preserving Information Across the Ages
Oct 98 - Feb 99
Mississippi River:  The Life and Landscape of the Father of Waters
Jun 98 - Sep 98
Enchanted and Enchanting Kingdoms
Feb 98 - May 98
Books for the Millions:  Publishers' Bindings of the 19th Century
Oct 97 - Jan 98
Intrepid Travelers:  Women on the Road, 1850-1950
Jun 97 - Oct 97
Crime Does Pay
Mar 97 - May 97
Iowa 150:  A Thematic Celebration
Dec 96 - Feb 97
Belles Preries:  The American Grasslands
Sep 96 - Nov 96
 
Jun 96 - Aug 96
The Szathmary Collection of Culinary Arts
Mar 96 - May 96
Jazz in the House!
Dec 95 - Feb 96
Fine Printing in Iowa:  The Work of K.K. Merker, 1957-1995
Sep 95 - Nov 95
The Dream and the Deal:  Federal Support of the Arts and Public Projects in the 1930s
Jun 95 - Aug 95
Faces of Buddhism:  Images from East Asia
Apr 95 - May 95
Focus on the Sciences
Jan 95 - Mar 95
Evolving Images:  Library Resources for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies
Nov 94 - Dec 94
The Magical Worlds of the Inklings:  Narnia, Middle-Earth, and More
Aug  94 - Oct 94
Good Books:  From Author to Reader
Mar 94 - Jul 94
The Gastronomic Lens
Jan 94 - Feb 94
John DePol:  Wood Engraver
Nov 93 - Dec 93
Antonin Dvorak and Iowa's Czech Tradition
Sep 93 - Oct 93
Making Crime Pay or The Mystery
Jul 93 - Aug 93
The Reel Thing:  Behind the Magic of Movies
Mar 93 - May 93
A Century of Iowa Basketball
Dec 92 - Feb 93
Presencia Latina/Latino Presence:  Reworking the U.S. Aesthetic
Sep 92 - Nov 92
The Short Story:  A Singular Effort
Jun 92 - Aug 92
Carroll Coleman:  Publisher
Apr 92 - May 92
Our Environment
Feb 92 - Mar 92
Mozart:  200 Years After
Nov 91 - Jan 92
Women of Courage
Sep 91 - Oct 91
Publish and Perish:  Printed Ephemera and Social History
Jun 91 - Aug 91
Iowa Authors
Apr 91 - Jun 91
The People, The Place:  Native Americans in Iowa
Feb 91 - Mar 91
The Haunted Imagination:  Edgar Allan Poe
Nov 90 - Dec 90
Book As Image:  A Selection of Artist's Books from the UI Libraries
Sep 90 - Oct 90
The Dog Days of Summer
Jun 90 - Aug 90
Intellectual Freedom:  The Foundation of Democracy
Mar 90 - May 90
Black History Month:  The African-American Experience at the U of Iowa
Feb 90 - Mar 90
The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson
Nov 89 - Dec 89
100 Years of Iowa Football:  1889-1989
Aug 89 - Oct 89
The Golden Age of Railroading
Jun 89 - Aug 89
The Arts of Barry Moser
Apr 89 - May 89
Chronicle of Achievement: In Honor of the World's Women
Feb 89 - Mar 89
Saving Our Books and Words: Conservation and Preservation of Books
Dec 88 - Jan 89
Where Wonder Waits: The Triumph of Story
Oct 88 - Nov 88
Browsing Through Iowa City
Sep 88 - Oct 88
Iowa Elderhostel:  Continuing Education for Persons Over 60 Years Old
Jul 88 - Aug 88
E.C. Mabie and the Building of the UI Theatre Building
May 88 - Jun 88
Modern Latin American Writers
Mar 88 - Apr 88
The Rubaiyats of Omar Khayyam
Feb 88
Modern Japanese Dance & Drama: Mirror of the Past
Jan 88 - Feb 88
Dada 87:  Arp, Duchamp, Schwitters
Nov 87 - Jan 88
National Geography Awareness Week

Oct 87 - Nov 87

Held in the North Exhibition Lobby,  Main Library, these exhibits are sponsored by the Friends of the UI Libraries.