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Exhibitions

University Museums presents 8 - 12 exhibitions each year to provide educational opportunities to all within the ISU campus, the Ames community and the state of Iowa. Exhibitions locations include the Brunnier Art Museum in the Scheman Building, the Christian Petersen Art Museum in Morrill Hall, the Farm House Museum on central campus and the Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden around the exterior of Morrill Hall.

Jump to exhibitions at: 
Brunnier Art Museum
Christian Petersen Art Museum
Farm House Museum
Anderson Sculpture Garden

 


Brunnier Art Museum

Address: Scheman Building, Second Floor, 1805 Center Drive, Ames, IA
Hours: 
Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Closed Monday (ISU Curriculum Tours may be scheduled this day)

Closed University holidays and Iowa State Cyclone football home game days
 

Admission: Free, donations welcome

 

 

Mapping Infrastructure / Mapping Agriculture
Norwood Viviano

January 20 – July 24, 2026

Tell Me a Story

Co-curated by Dr. Michèle Schaal, ISU Professor of French and Women’s and Gender Studies
January 20 – July 24, 2026

 

Permanent Collection

View a selection of objects from the Ann and Henry J. Brunnier Collection

 

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Christian Petersen Art Museum

Address: Morrill Hall (ground and first floors), 603 Morrill Road, Ames, IA

     Campbell Gallery (first floor, room 1017)
     Reiman Gallery (ground floor, room 0003)
     Neva M. Petersen Gallery (ground floor hallway outside room 0003)

Hours: 
Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Closed weekends, University holidays, and University breaks 

Admission: Free, donations welcome

 

Beth Lipman: Middle of the Story

Christian Petersen Art Museum
Campbell Gallery, 1017 Morrill Hall
August 25, 2025 – February 13, 2026

 

Forms of Remembrance: The Unknown Political Prisoner

Christian Petersen Art Museum
Roy and Bobbi Reiman Public Art Studio Gallery, 0003 Morrill Hall
August 25, 2025 - July 24, 2026 

Terra Cotta Conservation in the Art on Campus Collection

Christian Petersen Art Museum
Neva M. Petersen Gallery, 0003 Morrill Hall
January 12 - December 18, 2026

 

 

Coming soon: 

Albert Paley: Origins

Christian Petersen Art Museum
Campbell Gallery, 1017 Morrill Hall
March 1 - July 24, 2026

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Farm House Museum

Address: 601 Farm House Lane, Ames, IA
Hours: Monday through Friday, noon - 4:00 PM
Closed weekends, University holidays, and University breaks


Admission: Free, donations welcome

 

America 250: Prairie, Plows and the People's College

February - October 2026

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Elizabeth and Byron Anderson Sculpture Garden

Address: 603 Morrill Road, Ames, IA
Hours: Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week

 

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Anderson Sculpture Garden
August 2025 – July 2026

Permanent Collection Sculptures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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