Past Exhibits
Select a year to view the past exhibits in Milner Library.
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Building a Legacy
February 19-May 12, 2019
Milner Library, Floor 2
National Public Health Week Exhibit
April 2-May 7, 2019
Milner Library, Floor 2
Gamma Phi Circus: 90 Years of Tradition
April 8-May 10, 2019
Milner Library, Floor 6
Bethany Collins America: A Hymnal
February 15-March 31, 2019
Milner Library, Floor 6
Image and Text: Children’s Visual Narratives
October 30, 2018-January 14, 2019
Milner Library, Floor 6
Art 233 Student Work
November 28-December 5, 2018
Milner Library, Floors 1 and 4, and Floor 2 stairwell
Beyond Boundaries: Persian Garden
September 12-November 28, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
Collaborative Explorations: Normal Editions Workshop and Illinois State University’s Visiting Artist Program
October 1-November 11, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
Life, learning, and healing
August 16-October 21, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 6
Redbird meets South Asia
August 10-September 28, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 3 Digital Wall
Puerto Rico: Reinforcing a sense of place through art after the hurricane
August 20-September 30, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
View Finder
June 5-August 30, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
150 Years of Circus in Illinois
March 28-May 31, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 6
Tales of English Language Learners
April 6-May 15, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
Food for Thought
April 19-May 14, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
Hands
January 23-February 26, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 6
Serving Students: The Legacy of Milner’s Library
October 13, 2017-February 19, 2018
Milner Library, Floor 2
Hilo de Vías: Selected Artist’s Books by Dianna Frid from 1997 through 2015
October 20-December 17, 2017
Milner Library, Floor 6
The Walls Speak: Telling ISU’s Story Through its Campus Buildings
October 2-December 8, 2017
Milner Library, Floor 2 stairwell
Hear Me Out: A Collaborative Installation Between Design Students & You
November 2-November 29, 2017
Milner Library, Floor 2 café area
Reuniting with History: U-High Time Capsule
September 18-October 2, 2017
Floor 2 Stairwell Milner Library
Experiencing the 2017 Eclipse
August 10-August 27, 2017
Milner Library, Floor 2 stairwell
Propaganda on All Fronts: United States and International Posters 1917–1945
January 17-June 5, 2017
Milner Library, Floor 2
Raising awareness of sexual and intimate partner violence
March 25-April 20, 2017
Milner Library, Floor 2
The Legacy Wall
February 15–February 27, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2
Synapse (from Black Beethoven)
February 27–April 3, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 3
Juvenile in Justice
March 14–April 8, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2
Arts Tech Film Fest Interactive Program
April 8–24, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 3
Inspired Work: Alex Reside
April 15-May 4, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2
Quote/Unquote
April 27–June 30, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 6
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
May 1–June 15, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 6
Industrial Nature
Summer 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2
Nocturnal Garden: Discovering the Beauty of the Night
June 16–August 21, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2
Time Capsule: A Normal Tradition
September 15–December 15, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2
Strange Oscillations & Vibrations of Sympathy
October 26–December 18, 2016
University Galleries
Get Out the Vote
November 1–30, 2016
Milner Library, Floors 2 and 3
Obamacares
Through November 30, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 2 Cafe Area
Digital Preservation
January 22–February 27, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 4
ALL Show: Art & Literature in the Library
January 22–February 27, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 6 and Floor 1
(In)Visible Men: Examining Stereotypes Through Art
March 20–May 9, 2015
Milner Library, Main Floor
Envisioning Poetry
March 21–April 23, 2015
Milner Library, Main Floor
Drawn to Shakespeare: Love's Labors and the Great War
June 8–August 7, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 2
Survey of Art History: Art from Books
June 12–August 30, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 2
The Colors of Exile
Summer/Fall 2015
Milner Library, Floor 2 Cafe
Normal Reality
August 3–October 12, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 3
Gangsters & Grifters: Images from the Archives of the Chicago Tribune
August 17–November 1, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 2
Your Body, Your Canvas
August 31-October 31, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 6
Backstory of the Bird
October 1–November 30, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 1
Reading Women
November 3–December 20, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 3
American Faces: Portraits by Mike Disfarmer
November 3–January 31, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 2
Utopian Spaces
November 9–December 4, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 2
The Evolution of Alice in Wonderland for 150 Years
November 9, 2015–February 12, 2016
Milner Library, Floor 6
International Education Week Photo Contest Winners
November 16–22, 2015
Milner Library, Floor 3
Living His Story
January 13–May 4, 2014
Milner Library, Main Floor
Grimm Tales: An Artistic Perspective
February 10–March 20, 2014
Milner Library, Floor 6
The Exact Measure of Injustice: Slavery and Racism presented in Artists' Books by Tia Blassingame
March 25–May 11, 2014
Milner Library, Floor 6
Mrs. Packard
April 1–15, 2014
Milner Library, Main Floor Landing
International Collection of Child Art: Selected Works
June 10–August 7, 2014
Milner Library, Main Floor
Answering the Call: ISNU's Librarian & the Great War
August 18, 2014–February 1, 2015
Milner Library, Main Floor
I Know What You Did Last Summer
September 13–October 23, 2014
Milner Library, Main Floor
One Of Us: Sideshows, Freaks and the Unexplained Exhibit
October 27–December 12, 2014
Milner Library, Floor 6, Special Collections
Strong (in)secure
November 3–November 17, 2014
Milner Library , Main Floor landing
Drawn to Books
November 26–December 8, 2014
Milner Library, Main Floor
Celebrating 150 Years of Alumni Memories
January 18–October 24, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 2
Images From Around the World
February 8–March 8, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 2
A Moment That Flits Away: Daguerrean Vision in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The House of Seven Gables"
February 23–April 7, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 6
Experiences in Place: The Second T.E.A.M. Exhibition
March 18–May 9, 2013
Milner Library
Collected Verses: A Suite Exchange Between Illinois State University and Limerick School of Art and Design
April 12–May 31, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 6
Bloomington-Normal Circus Legacy
July 22–November 27, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 6
Re-tuning the Wood: Instruments
August 19–November 8, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 1
Silent Sister
August 19–September 26, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 2
Popular Grooves: America's Music and LP Cover Art
September 4–November 8, 2013
Milner Library, Floors 3, 4, 5, & 6
The Rural Documentary Collection Youth Project
September 27–December 15, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 2
Death of a President: the 50th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy's Assassination
October 25–December 13, 2013
Milner Library, Floor 2
Picture This: Picturing Community One Lens at a Time
January 17–February 28, 2012
ALPHABOOKS!
March 14–April 29, 2012
Milner Library
Pride & Passion: The African American Baseball Experience
March 28–May 11, 2012
Milner Library
Kissing the Mask: Contemporary Artists' Books
April 3–May 8, 2012
Milner Library, Floor 6
Take A Seat
May 14–May 24, 2012
Milner Library
Trapeze Acts of Bloomington-Normal
June 4–July 16, 2012
Special Collections, Milner Library
Re-living the Celebration: A look back at the themes of ISU's Homecoming
September 15–October 31, 2012
Milner Library
Experiences in Place: The First T.E.A.M. Exhibition
November 5–December 14, 2012
Milner Library
Art of Persuasion: An Exhibit of World War II Posters
March 14–September 30, 2011
Milner Library
The Art of Whimzy, Costume Design by Svetlan Golorko
November 28,2011–March 31, 2012
Milner Library
Thoughts on Democracy: Reinterpreting Norman Rockwell's Four Freedom Posters
February 12–May 7, 2010
Milner Library
John Adams Unbound
September 2–October 16, 2009
Milner Library
Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America
October 16–December 4, 2008
Milner Library
Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
August 23–October 5, 2007
Milner Library