University Museums, Iowa State University

University Museums, Iowa State University Brunnier Art Museum • Farm House Museum • Christian Petersen Art Museum • Anderson Sculpture Garden • Art on Campus They will reopen the week of August 22.

University Museums is a distinctive organization that encompasses two art museums, a National Historic Landmark historic home museum, a sculpture garden, and one of the largest campus public art collections in the nation. University Museums brings world-class exhibitions with educational programming to Iowa State University, actively acquires works of art to add to the more than 30,000 permanent c

ollection objects, conserves and preserves collections, conducts and publishes curatorial scholarship, and fosters student engagement. For all things University Museums, including hours, current exhibitions, programs and collection information, go to www.museums.iastate.edu

Fall 2022 Semester Hours (beginning August 22)
Museums and offices will be closed for ISU holidays. All museums close at the end of the day July 22 to change exhibitions. Brunnier Art Museum
Wednesday - Friday, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday & Sunday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Closed to the public Monday & Tuesday. ISU curriculum tours may be scheduled these days with two weeks' notice. Christian Petersen Art Museum
Monday - Friday, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Closed weekends

Farm House Museum
Monday - Friday, noon - 4:00pm
Closed weekends

Anderson Sculpture Garden
Always open

What plant is THAT? Now you can look it up. We've put the full plant list for "A Moment in Time" online, the sample gard...
06/17/2026

What plant is THAT? Now you can look it up. We've put the full plant list for "A Moment in Time" online, the sample garden Austin Eischeid (American, born 1988) designed near The Hub and Morrill Hall. Every perennial and bulb is listed with a photo, organized by sun and shade and by the bulbs underneath. Match a plant to its picture, or use an app like Google Lens or Seeker to identify it on the spot. The garden is free and open at all hours, year-round. Bring a picnic and see what's blooming. 🪻

Plant list: https://universitymuseums.pubpub.org/plantlist

06/12/2026

pov: There's a museum everywhere you look at ISU

Don't mind the fencing near the Anderson Sculpture Garden – it's just temporary bonus texture!
06/12/2026

Don't mind the fencing near the Anderson Sculpture Garden – it's just temporary bonus texture!

🎆 Fireworks 🎇 in June, courtesy of "A Moment in Time," the New Perennial Movement garden designed by Austin Eischeid (B....
06/11/2026

🎆 Fireworks 🎇 in June, courtesy of "A Moment in Time," the New Perennial Movement garden designed by Austin Eischeid (B.S. Hort, 2011) in the Anderson Sculpture Garden.

06/10/2026

It’s a good time to check off a museum bingo box by visiting the Anderson Sculpture Garden 😏

In 1952, Christian Petersen (Danish-American, 1885–1961) entered an international competition for a monument to the "unk...
06/09/2026

In 1952, Christian Petersen (Danish-American, 1885–1961) entered an international competition for a monument to the "unknown political prisoner." The Museum of Modern Art's American jury rejected his entry. For decades, University Museums didn't know any of that; the sculpture sat in our collection under the wrong title, attributed to the wrong era. In a lecture last fall and now published on our website, Lea Rosson DeLong reconstructs the history and makes the case for reassessment, arguing that what got Petersen rejected is precisely what makes it worth a second look. Read it now: https://museums.iastate.edu/news/torture-and-transcendence

How many University Museums locations have you visited? Let us know below 👇
06/09/2026

How many University Museums locations have you visited? Let us know below 👇

Happy Iowa Museum Week! 🥳🎨Tag to show us your progress throughout
06/08/2026

Happy Iowa Museum Week! 🥳🎨
Tag to show us your progress throughout

06/05/2026

The bugs are the real stars of the Anderson Sculpture Garden 🐝🐝🐝
Meet this week's featured guest.

Our top director candidate Riley thinks you should all come to the Family Story Walk with NumbersAlive! tomorrow. 💯
06/05/2026

Our top director candidate Riley thinks you should all come to the Family Story Walk with NumbersAlive! tomorrow. 💯

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