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Beauty and Adornment in the Sahara:
Tuareg and Wodaabe
Dates:
10/15/2024
–
3/16/2025
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Latinx Congratulatory
Dates:
3/19/2024
–
9/30/2024
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Juxtapositioned III by Durango Mendoza
Dates:
3/26/2024
–
4/28/2024
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
Black Joy Project
Dates:
2/2/2024
–
12/1/2024
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives:
Red Regalia Project
Dates:
5/10/2024
–
12/1/2024
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Laubin Gallery of American Indian Cultures
Crafting Ancestral Stories: Mah Meri Spirit Carvings
Dates:
10/17/2023
–
3/17/2024
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Nikkeijin Illinois
Dates:
2/19/2023
–
12/10/2023
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Selections from the Greater Community AIDS Project collection of AIDS quilt panels
Dates:
11/28/2023
–
12/6/2023
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
Violins of Hope
Dates:
4/21/2023
–
5/31/2023
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Recent Acquisitions from Latin America
Dates:
9/15/2022
–
3/6/2023
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Quinceañeras:
Celebration, Joy, and Ethnic Pride
Dates:
9/24/2022
–
12/4/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
AIDS Quilt Panels from the Greater Community AIDS Projects of East Central Illinois
Dates:
11/29/2022
–
12/4/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
European Folk Costume Dolls
Dates:
8/7/2022
–
9/4/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
A Tribute to Ukraine:
Folk Arts and Crafts
Dates:
4/26/2022
–
7/10/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Bodies in Crisis
Dates:
2/1/2022
–
7/24/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Sewn in Memory:
AIDS Quilt Panels from Central Illinois
Dates:
11/2/2021
–
7/10/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
The Great ARTdoors
Dates:
6/7/2021
–
10/31/2021
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Champaign/Urbana Parks
Great ARTdoors at the Spurlock
Dates:
3/2/2021
–
11/28/2021
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
A World Through Windows
Dates:
2/23/2021
–
indefinitely
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Debates, Decisions, Demands:
Objects of Campaigns and Activism
Dates:
10/16/2020
–
9/19/2021
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
;
Hundley Central Core
Celebrating
Sculpted Stories
Dates:
1/28/2020
–
4/14/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Blues Dancing and Its African American Roots
Dates:
3/6/2020
–
5/31/2022
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Laubin Gallery of American Indian Cultures
In Her Closet–
How to Make a Drag Queen
Dates:
9/15/2019
–
8/2/2020
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
National Treasure—The Art of Joža Uprka from the George Drost Collection
Dates:
11/5/2019
–
12/1/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Simonds Pyatt Gallery of European Cultures
BELONGING(S)
Dates:
9/14/2019
–
12/1/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
REES 200 - Object Biographies from the Spurlock Museum
Dates:
5/2/2019
–
8/24/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Fall to Pieces:
Ingenious Mechanical Puzzles from Around the World
Dates:
6/4/2019
–
7/21/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Chess:
Gymnasium of the Mind
Dates:
4/4/2019
–
7/7/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
From the Subcontinent to the Prairie:
Stories of Immigration and Identity
Dates:
1/26/2019
–
5/19/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Breaking the Silence:
Mad Creative
Dates:
1/29/2019
–
5/12/2019
Type:
Temporary
Gallery:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Women Artists of the W. Dale and Jeanne C. Compton Collection of Native American Art
Dates:
5/29/2018
–
1/28/2019
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
Knowledge at Work:
150 Years of the University of Illinois
Dates:
9/12/2017
–
12/21/2018
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
The Hidden Life of Things:
Andean and Amazonian Cultural Artifacts and the Stories They Tell
Dates:
11/06/2018
–
12/06/2018
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Gallery of South American Peoples
Past Time Pastimes:
Vintage Board Games
Dates:
4/5/2018
–
7/8/2018
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
Life in Amman
Dates:
3/13/2018
–
3/27/2018
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
Cahokia's Religion:
The Art of Red Goddesses, Black Drink, and the Underworld
Dates:
1/30/2018
–
5/20/2018
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Beauty and Function:
Gold Weights of the Akan
Dates:
9/19/2017
–
12/31/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Beadwork:
An American Indian Art with Global Roots
Dates:
6/27/2017
–
7/30/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Skills and Celebrations:
Recent Donations from Ecuador
Dates:
5/23/2017
–
9/17/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Symbols of Identity and Diversity:
Judaica from the Permanent Collection of the Spurlock Museum
Dates:
1/31/2017
–
4/30/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
The Cooking Pot That Changed the World
Dates:
7/29/2013
–
4/2/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Simonds Pyatt Gallery
of European Cultures
The Modern Olympics and the Avery Brundage Collection
Dates:
9/27/2016
–
1/23/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Medieval Irish Masterpieces in Modern Reproduction
Dates:
9/13/2016
–
4/2/2017
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
Recent Donations: Brazil and Bolivia
Dates:
5/16/2016
–
9/18/2016
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
NCSA 30 Years 1986–2016
Dates:
3/1/2016
–
7/31/2016
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Hundley Central Core
The Witalis Collection of Liberian Objects
Dates:
1/12/2016
–
5/8/2016
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
North of the Northern Lights:
Exploring the Crocker Land Arctic Expedition 1913–1917
Dates:
10/6/2015
–
7/31/2016
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Campbell Gallery
The Mike and Lynn Noel Africana Collection
Dates:
9/15/2015
–
1/3/2016
Highlights from the Fred A. Freund Collection
Dates:
6/2/2015
–
9/6/2015
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
South Asian Seams:
Quilts from India, Pakistan & Bangladesh
Dates:
2/17/2015
–
8/1/2015
East Meets Midwest:
The Dawn of the China-Illinois Educational Exchange
Dates:
1/20/2015
–
6/21/2015
Daily Life, Religion, and Theater in Myanmar
Dates:
1/6/2015
–
5/31/2015
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Artists of the Loom:
Maya Weavers of Guatemala
Dates:
9/16/2014
–
1/25/2015
The University of Illinois Ambulance Unit in World War I
Dates:
9/16/2014
–
12/7/2014
Textile Manufacturing and Tools of Female Independence
Dates:
5/6/2014
–
9/14/2014
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Sacred Symbols in Sequins:
Haitian Vodou Flags
Dates:
4/6/2014
–
8/10/2014
Highlights from the Helmholz Collection
Dates:
1/7/2014
–
5/4/2014
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Folk Art of Latin America:
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies 50th Anniversary
Dates:
9/10/2013
–
1/5/2014
Inspired By...
Dates:
8/20/2013
–
3/9/2014
Suffrage and Campaign Memorabilia
Dates:
5/14/2013
–
9/8/2013
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Unconventional Bond:
The Strange Life of Casino Royale on Film
Dates:
4/16/2013
–
6/16/2013
From Protest to Peace
Dates:
3/5/2013
–
6/16/2013
The Robb Donation of Clothing from South Korea
Dates:
1/8/2013
–
5/12/2013
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
The Robert E. Brown Estate Collection
Dates:
9/11/2012
–
1/6/2013
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
A World of Shoes
Dates:
9/4/2012
–
2/10/2013
The Sherry Walsh Collection of Objects from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Dates:
5/8/2012
–
9/9/2012
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
¡Carnaval!
Dates:
4/6/2012
–
8/11/2012
The W. Dale and Jeanne C. Compton Collection of Native American Art
Dates:
1/10/2012
–
5/6/2012
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Historic Firearms Collection
Dates:
9/12/2011
–
1/8/2012
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Warriors, Guardians, and Demons
Dates:
6/28/2011
–
2/26/2012
Jobin Collection of Micronesian Artifacts
Dates:
5/2/2011
–
9/11/2011
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Collecting and Connecting:
One Hundred Years at the Spurlock Museum
Dates:
2/20/2011
–
2/26/2012
The Kieffer–Lopez Collection of Ethnographic Materials
Dates:
1/18/2011
–
5/1/2011
Duration:
Temporary
Location:
Whitten Featured Object Case
Siyazama:
Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa
Dates:
8/17/2010
–
1/9/2011
Korean Funerary Figures:
Companions for the Journey to the Other World
Dates:
2/2/2010
–
7/11/2010
The Transforming Arts of Papua New Guinea
Dates:
9/1/2009
–
1/1/2010
Children Just Like Me
Dates:
9/27/2008
–
5/3/2009
Calypso Music in Postwar America:
Photographs and Illustrations, 1945-1960
Dates:
3/25/2008
–
8/10/2008
Qak'aslem, Qakem:
Kaqchikel Maya Weavings
Dates:
3/25/2008
–
6/8/2008
Ancient Egypt:
The Origins
Dates:
9/25/2007
–
2/24/2008
Uncovering Life's Third Domain:
The Discovery of Archaea
Dates:
11/1/2007
–
1/27/2008
Why Knot?
Dates:
3/27/2007
–
8/26/2007
Where Animals Dance
Dates:
9/14/2006
–
3/4/2007
Rainforest Visions
Dates:
2/28/2006
–
8/20/2006
Visions of the Unseen:
Picturing Balinese Ceremony and Myth
Dates:
9/13/2005
–
2/4/2006
Digging Barbarians
Dates:
3/8/2005
–
8/1/2005
Following the Paper Trail from China to the World
Dates:
1/18/2005
–
7/30/2005
A Celebration of Souls:
Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico
Dates:
9/18/2004
–
12/30/2004
Illinois:
An Epic Landscape
Dates:
7/10/2004
–
8/28/2004
The American Indian Center of Chicago Celebrates 50 Years of Powwow
Dates:
1/27/2004
–
6/26/2004
Korean Dolls:
A Celebration of Life
Dates:
11/12/2003
–
3/31/2004
Luxurious Layers:
Kimonos of the Heian Court
Dates:
9/27/2003
–
12/15/2003
Beethoven and the Creative Process
Dates:
3/29/2003
–
5/4/2003
Trading in the Bronze Age
Dates:
1/21/2003
–
9/10/2003
Spurlock Museum—Natural History Wing
Dates:
9/26/2002
–
12/30/2004
The Horowitz Collection of Memorial Brass Rubbings
Dates:
9/26/2002
–
12/20/2002