Our Exhibitions

The text reads Shoulder Bags & Ethnic Identity, and an image of a colorful bag with pompoms is featured. The bag is a white fabric and the decorations are multicolored.
On-site • Herman B Wells Library Scholars' Commons

Shoulder Bags and Ethnic Identity in Southern Yunnan, China

Explores the ways that handmade fabric bags are simultaneously aesthetic objects, practical items of dress, and signs of membership in specific ethnic groups.

February 3rd – May 19th 2025
The Big Picture: Great Moments in Document(ed) History at the Lilly Library
On-site • Lilly Library

The Big Picture

The Lilly Library invites you to a new exhibition, The Big Picture: Great Moments in Document(ed) History, on display through July 2025.
March 17th – July 25th 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
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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