Our Exhibitions

Highlights Auricon 16mm cameras’ impact on 1960s–70s indie film. Used by Warhol, John Waters and others, Auricon enabled direct sound and spontaneous filming.

The Making Home Movies exhibit traces the evolution of amateur film tech, showcasing Alan Lewis’s collection of cameras that captured life beyond Hollywood.

The vast dictionary collection of legendary collector Madeline Kripke makes its public debut with the exhibition The Whole World in a Book.

A globe-spanning exploration of the diaspora of the Aramaic language and its teaching and writing from the 19th century to present.

Micro-Mythologies presents a selection of miniature books from Lilly Library collections exploring global mythology and folklore.

As part of the IU Bloomington campus initiative America 250, the Lilly Library presents the story of the Declaration of Independence.

Explore online exhibits about IU history and student life

Stories of the Hoosier State: Two Centuries of Indiana Literature shows that Hoosier writers, whether or not they were born and raised in this state, have alway