Week of April 24, 2023

Admission and programs are free and open to the public. Donations support student engagement through exhibitions and educational programs.

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Join us this Thursday

Connect with the entire University Museums’ staff and leadership for the first public screening of the commissioned documentary reflecting on the past 50 years of University Museums and looking forward into its future. From founding to flourishing, delight in the stories and perspectives shared in the video through the eyes of friends, donors, past and current staff, scholars and faculty.

Registration not required. By registering you receive a reminder and updates via email.

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Art Walk

Children and Families in Art on Campus

Join Docent Rae Reilly to see and learn about depictions of families and domesticity in the Art on Campus Collection.

This Art Walk is in connection with Growing Up Victorian at the Farm House Museum through October 2023.

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Museums staff Sydney Marshall and Caitlin Patton along with ISU Creamery staff will present a joint tour of the ISU Creamery and the public works of art located in the Food Sciences Building. Meet outside the front entrance of Food Sciences.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Tobias and the Angel, 1958

Leonard Baskin

Wood engraving on paper Printed by the International Graphic Arts Society.

Gift of the estate of John Huseby. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. UM94.62

The fish Tobias holds establishes the angel’s identity as Raphael. Paintings of these two characters were commissioned for safe travels.

See this and more in the exhibition Telling Tales at the Brunnier Art Museum through June 23.

Learn about glass novelties, canes, and other “knick-knacks.” Program includes a reception. No registration.

Sunday, May 7, 2:00-4:00pm at Brunnier Art Museum

In conjunction with Reflections of Iowa: The History of Iowa Questers through Glass.

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Click the title of events for more information and/or to register. Registration is not required for events unless there is limited capacity. Registering allows us to send you updates and reminders for the event. All University Museums events are free and open to the public.

Wednesday, April 26

noon-1:00pm

Art Walk: Children and Families in Art on Campus

led by docent Rae Reilly

begins at Palmer Building lobby

Thursday, April 27

6:00-8:00pm

Forward to 50 | A Look Back at 50 Years with the University Museums: Video Release Party

Brunnier Art Museum

Sunday, April 30

2:00-2:30pm

Sunday Tour

led by docent Dana Schumacher

Brunnier Art Museum

Thursday, May 4

2:00-3:00pm

The History of Dairying: From Art to Ice Cream

with ISU Creamery

begins outside Food Sciences entrance

registration required

Sunday, May 7

2:00-4:00pm

The Cousins of Early American Pattern Glass

with Gloria Dobbs

Brunnier Art Museum

Sunday, May 14

2:00-2:30pm

Sunday Tour

led by docent Rae Reilly

Brunnier Art Museum

Sunday, May 21

2:00-3:00pm

Sculpting an Icon: Christian Petersen and the Fountain of the Four Seasons

with Jerome Thompson

Brunnier Art Museum

Saturday & Sunday, May 27 & 28

Brunnier Art Museum closed for Memorial Day weekend

Monday, May 29

All University Museums and the office closed for Memorial Day

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