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Tired of the same old date nights? University Museums has you covered with free food, crafts, and art for a fun unique night. In partnership with the ISU Bookstore, all visitors will get a 20% off coupon for the ISU Bookstore and can enter for a chance to win some ISU art!

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free! This Sunday Tour is led by docent Dana Schumacher.

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Join etiquette expert Etiquetteer Robert B. Dimmick and curator Adrienne Gennett discussing how a Victorian dinner party would have been conducted.

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Join University Museums for a selection of Art on Campus public art where artists experimented with new materials or mediums in non-traditional methods. Led by docent Rae Reilly.

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free! This Sunday Tour is led by docent Steve Petska.

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View the new installation in the Anderson Sculpture Garden with a different perspective on this tour with Dr. Laura Iles, director of the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center. Explore the intricate relationships between insects and forests, as well as how human influence on the environment affects this relationship.

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Great-great grandson of author, advocate and etiquette professional Emily Post, Daniel Post Senning co-author of Emily Post’s Etiquette (19th ed.), presents a program on children’s etiquette.

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In honor of the 100th anniversary of Jack Trice's death, the Christian Petersen Art Museum and the exhibition Through the Photographic Lens of King Au: Honoring Jack Trice will be open on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free! This Sunday Tour is led by docent Rae Reilly.

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April Surgent will discuss the inspiration behind her new commission for University Museums permanent collection, her unique expression of environmental change through cameo engraved glass, and experiences participating in several prestigious research fellowships.

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The Christian Petersen Art Museum and the Farm House Museum will be open for Cyclone Family Weekend!

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The Christian Petersen Art Museum and the Farm House Museum will be open for Cyclone Family Weekend!

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free! This Sunday Tour is led by docent Rick Bartosh.

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Experience a different kind of museum visit as you are introduced to works of art through the lens of dancers.

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free! This Sunday Tour is led by docent Dana Schumacher.

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Examine the environmental and technological changes on display in the Art on Campus Collection on an art walk centering around nature and transformation. Led by docent Cindy Scholten.

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Nicholas Cladis, Lecturer at the Center for the Book at the University of Iowa, will discuss the 2,000 year old art of hand papermaking. Throughout those 2,000 years, hands have guided the craft, minds have molded the product, and nature has provided the resources. This talk will discuss perspectives of... Read More on Papermaking: Studying the Depth of Nature

Experience museum work through the eyes of current Pohlman Fellow Gracia Koele (History ’23), as she shares her experience over the last year at University Museums and her recent curatorial work. 

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Glaciers and ice sheets respond to climate warming in ways that are both predictable and surprising. Their shrinkage over the next century will affect hundreds of millions of people. Lecture with Dr. Neal Iverson, Professor, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences.

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Great-great grandson of author and etiquette professional Emily Post, Daniel Post-Senning, co-author of Manners in a Digital World and podcaster of Awesome Etiquette, presents a program directed toward emerging professionals on business etiquette.

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Learn about Tom Stancliffe's unique method of using patina on metal to create the images on the metal sculptures installed in the exhibition.

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Join Brunnier Art Museum curator Adrienne Gennett as she tours the exhibition Pulped Under Pressure. Learn about papermaking in art and its importance as a sustainable material.

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In connection with the exhibition Art of Fabrication in the Christian Petersen Art Museum, the layered processes behind the life of a work of public art will be explored in this Zoom panel discussion with Sydney Marshall, Dan Perry, and Reinaldo Correa.

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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The Farm House Museum and Christian Petersen Art Museum are CLOSED for Thanksgiving Break. The Brunnier Art Museum and University Museums office have open hours some days this week.

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All University Museums and the office are CLOSED for Thanksgiving. The Anderson Sculpture Garden and Art on Campus Collection are open all hours every day. 

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Take time to enjoy artwork in the Art on Campus Collection that mirror and reflect other works of art on campus. Led by docent Rick Bartosh

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Hosted by the University Museums’ interns, celebrate the holiday season at the Farm House Museum. Take part in free Victorian yuletide themed activities and crafts while you enjoy holiday treats.

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Victorian yuletide themed crafts and holiday treats will be provided. Tours of the historic home in full period decoration will also be offered throughout the afternoon as well as the chance to meet and take a picture with Santa. Hosted by University Museums and the Ames History Museum. Sponsorship provided by Carol Pletcher.

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free! This Sunday Tour is led by docent Steve Petska.

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Join Brunnier Art Museum curator Adrienne Gennett for a closing tour of the exhibitions in the Ann Brunnier Decorative Arts Gallery. Learn about Victorian epergnes in dining and industrial design.

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Across various mediums, from print to drawing, paper is an accessible and dynamic material used in the visual arts. Join University Museums for an Art Walk centering around works of art on paper. Led by Caitlin Patton, University Museums Education Specialist

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Sunday Tours are 30 minutes long, are led by University Museums docents or staff, and are free!

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