Portrait of Bill Sackter when older sitting behind a coffee pot and a sign that says
August 21 - December 19, 2023

Hey Buddy, I'm Bill
Several people hold a white banner that says
January 17 - June 30, 2023

Out & About: Queer Life in Iowa City
Black and white photograph showing four students with International Writing Program founder Paul Engle in the 1950s.
August 22 - December 16, 2022

A Hub, a Network, an Archive: 55 Years of International Writers in Iowa City
Black and white photo of 13 student studying at a long table.
January 18 - July 1, 2022

We Are Hawkeyes: Celebrating 175 Years of Student Life at the University of Iowa
August 16 - December 17, 2021

From Revolutionary Outcast to a Man of God: Dostoevsky at 200
Black and white photo of five founding students from the early days of the Latino Native American Cultural Center in the 1970s.
February 8 - July 23, 2021

Building Our Own Community: 50 Years of the Latino Native American Cultural Center, Founded by Chicano and American Indian Students in 1971
August 24 - December 18, 2020

Sackner Archive
January 23 - March 29, 2020

The Pull of Horses on National and Local Histories and Identities
August 26, 2019 - January 3, 2020

Rising Together | Protest in Print
Walt Whitman
April 5 - August 9, 2019

Walt Whitman: A Bicentennial Celebration
February 1 – March 15, 2019

Seeing Seeking Feeling Reading: Granary Books
World War II helmet in a field
September 7, 2018 – January 4, 2019

Stories Worth Telling: Marking 20 Years of "The Greatest Generation"
Brinton in a theater next to a movie projector surrounded by the audience.
April 23 – August 3, 2018

Brinton's Famous Moving Pictures & the Emergence of Early Film in America
In a yearbook-like grid of white, student faces, one young, black woman is highlighted.
February 2 – March 11, 2018

Invisible Hawkeyes
September 11 – December 29, 2017

25 Collections for 25 Years: Selections from the Iowa Women’s Archives
Power to the Printers: The Alternative Press in Iowa City, 1965-1985 (Exhibit dates: May 15 - August 25, 2017)
May 15 – August 25, 2017

Power to the Printers: The Alternative Press in Iowa City, 1965-1985
January 18 - April 28, 2017

Documenting Dada / Disseminating Dada
Portrait of William Shakespeare
August 29 – December 30, 2016

Shakespeare, First Folio
April 25 – August 5, 2016

50 Years of Star Trek
February 1 – April 8, 2016

Explorer’s Legacy: James Van Allen and the Discovery of the Radiation Belts

The current Main Library Gallery space has been used as an exhibition space for decades. A list of previous exhibitions (prior to the Gallery remodel) can be found here.