A brand new museum warrants a full day of celebrations—and that is just what University Museums has planned for March 22, 2007! Before spending the evening at the Christian Petersen Art Museum, join us for open houses at all University Museums facilities. View newly installed exhibitions to celebrate Iowa State’s 149th birthday and the beginning of its Sesquicentennial Year. All open houses will be available for visitation from 11am – 4pm, and special transportation will be provided between venues. Look for shuttle vans marked for the Open Houses that will be rotating to each of the sites in 20 minute intervals. The open houses and tours are free and open to the public. More information will be posted on our website, please check back. 

Look for the following opening exhibitions and activities:

At the Farm House Museum…
A special exhibition, The Early Years: The Founding Model Farm and the College, will celebrate the earliest days at Iowa State College through the reinstallation of portions of the permanent collection. Refreshments will be provided and curator-led tours will take place every half hour.

At the Brunnier Art Museum…
A brand new exhibition, What’s Your Legacy?, presents 150 important legacies created by Iowa State’s greatest over the last 150 years. The exhibition will showcase portrait works of art from Iowa State University’s art collection as well as other museum and private collections. Rodin: In His Own Words, Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, continues through April 29. Refreshments will be provided and docent-led tours will take place every half hour.

The Art on Campus Collection…
Tours of selected works of Art on Campus will be given on the hour from 11am to 3pm. Groups will meet their guides in Morrill Hall on the first floor, and each tour will include a selection of different public works of art.

At the Christian Petersen Art Museum…
Inaugural exhibitions at the Christian Petersen Art Museum include The Arts Students League of New York: Highlights from the Permanent Collection and Christian Petersen: Urban Artist, 1900-1934. Be among the first to tour this new University Museums facility and learn more about Christian Petersen’s early years. Refreshments will be provided and tours will take place every half hour.