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Exhibitions

University Museums presents eight to twelve exhibitions each year as a tool 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 in 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

Admission: The cost is free, suggested donation of $8

 

In Conversation: Will Wilson

Brunnier Art Museum

January 21 – May 4, 2025

Journeys: Landscape as Self Expression

Brunnier Art Museum

January 21 – July 27, 2025

JOSH SIMPSON: Imaginative Journeys in Space and Sea

Brunnier Art Museum

January 21 – July 27, 2025

Flowers, Creatures, and Figures 

Brunnier Art Museum, Ann Brunnier Decorative Arts Gallery

January 21 – July 27, 2025

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Christian Petersen Art Museum

Address: Morrill Hall (lower level and first floor), 603 Morrill Road, Ames, IA

     Campbell Gallery (first floor, Rm. 1017)
     Reiman Gallery (lower level, Rm. 0003)
     Neva M. Petersen Gallery (lower level hallway outside Rm. 0003)

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

Admission: The cost is free. Suggested donation of $8.

 

In the Woods: Jeanine Coupe Ryding
January 21 – July 27, 2025
Campbell Gallery, 1017 Morrill Hall

 

Rooted Impressions: Early Works by Jeanine Coupe Ryding

January 21 – July 27, 2025
Reiman Gallery, 0003 Morrill Hall

Poetry is Everywhere

January 21 – July 27, 2025

Neva M. Petersen Gallery, 0003 Morrill Hall

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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: The cost is free, suggested donation of $8

 

Women's Domestic Artistries: 1860-1910

At the Farm House Museum

February - October 2025  

 

Yuletide 2025: Glad Tidings 

At the Farm House Museum

November - December 2025

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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

Kabuki, 2012 by  (American, b. 1967). Iron. Purchased by University Museums with funds from the Joyce Tomlinson Brewer Fund for Art Acquisition. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. U2024.206

 

Ghost Trees
 

Permanent Collection Sculptures

 

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