Our Exhibitions

Assorted DVD and VHS cases of experimental films
On-site

Auricon 16mm Sound-On-Film Camera

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

Close up of 1950s 8mm camera
On-site

Making Home Movies

The Making Home Movies exhibit traces the evolution of amateur film tech, showcasing Alan Lewis’s collection of cameras that captured life beyond Hollywood.
Empathy Through Imagery: Graphic Medicine, Zines, and Health Narratives. Bright colors surrounded by a comic styled mouth and an eye.
On-site • Herman B Wells Library Scholars' Commons

Empathy Through Imagery

Graphic Medicine uses graphic novels and comics to explore the intersection of the human experience with health.

January 28th – April 17th 2026
The Whole World in a Book exhibition
On-site • Lilly Library

The Whole World in a Book

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

February 20th – July 25th 2026
The British army fires on a crowd of colonists in Paul Revere's Boston Massacre engraving. The text reads The Declaration of Independence: The Motives, the Moment.
On-site • Lilly Library

The Declaration of Independence

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

January 19th – December 18th 2026
Watercolor of seminary building
Online Only

Digital Exhibits

Explore online exhibits about IU history and student life

Cork board with colorful pop culture images pinned to it.
Online Only

Stories of the Hoosier State

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