Special Collections Department

Special Collections Department - Exhibits - In the Department

Current Exhibits

For I, For S, Forever: Commencement through the Years

April 2012 - August 2012

The "Mayor" Returns: Coach Hoiberg, Hometown Hero

February 2012 - August 2012

Future Exhibits

Make Our Spirits Great: 100 Years of Homecoming at Iowa State University

September 2012 - May 2013

Marching through the Years: Presidential Installations at Iowa State University

September 2012 - December 2012

Past Exhibits

Head, Heart, Hands, and Health: The Iowa 4-H Experience

May - August 2012

For more information, please see our blog post.

New Views: Recent Work from the Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers

March - May 2011

Campus Cottages on the Iowa State Campus
February 2009 - August 2010

Celebrating Darwin Day, February 12: Selection of Works from Special Collections
Special mini exhibit, Feb. 6-27

Treasures from the Archives: Celebrating 150 Years of Iowa State University
The Special Collections Department will share the historic images and artifacts in the University Archives.
May 16, 2007-February 16, 2009

Iowa State University: The Cat's Meow
Come view the Department's collection of photographs and Cat's Meow® Village building replicas of Iowa State University's most beloved landmarks.
October 7, 2005-May 2006

Visions of Scientific Beauty: Mark Catesby's History of Carolina
4th Floor, outside Special Collections
Selected images from one of the Department's rare books.
May 2005-ongoing

Margaret MacDonald Stanton: Early Icon of Iowa State
Spring 2005-Summer 2006

Fifty Years of CY, our Iowa State Mascot
October 2004-January 2009