Our Exhibitions

The Big Picture: Great Moments in Documented History. A close up image of a polyglot bible with black text in different languages in sections divided by red lines
On-site

The Big Picture

IU Libraries Lilly Library invites you to a new exhibition, The Big Picture: Great Moments in Document(ed) History, on display in our North and South Galleries

A stylized image with blue topography lines and golden text with the title, The Great Lakes Like You've Never Seen
On-site • Herman B Wells Library Scholars' Commons

The Great Lakes Like You've Never Seen

See the familiar landscape of the Midwest in a new light with maps showing hidden perspectives and features of the Great Lakes.

June 10th – July 28th 2025
Language workshop participant in front of airplane with sign that reads "SAS Welcomes Indiana University Summer Slavic Workshop 1961"
On-site

From Bloomington to the World

An archival exhibit celebrating the Indiana University Summer Language Workshop

July 7th – September 26th 2025
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
Photo of Hermann J. Muller teaching at Indiana University
Online Only

Hermann J. Muller: IU Nobelist

Hermann Joseph Muller (1890-1967) was one of the foremost geneticists of the 20th century. This online exhibitions celebrates his life and ground-breaking resea