University of Iowa Museum of Art
1375 Highway 1 West
Iowa City, IA 52242
- Web Site:
- uima.uiowa.edu
- Email:
- uima@uiowa.edu
- Region:
- East
- County:
- Johnson
- Phone:
- (319) 335-1727
- Fax:
- (319) 335-3677
- Hours:
- The University of Iowa Museum of Art has several locations due to the closing of our building following the flood of 2008. For all of our locations and hours please visit our website
- Features:
- Selections from over 14,000 works in the permanent collection; as well as temporary exhibitions
The University of Iowa Museum of Art opened in 1969, although the art collections of the University of Iowa predate the Museum of Art by several decades. During the 1940s and 1950s, the University's School of Art and Art History presented exhibitions of contemporary art and acquired works from these exhibitions. Many of the Museum's most important paintings were acquired during these years, including Max Beckmann's Karneval, and Joan Miro's 1939 A Drop of Dew Falling from the Wing of a Bird Awakens Rosalie Asleep in the Shade of a Cobweb. Jackson Pollock's Mural was given to the University by Peggy Guggenheim in 1953.
Fall 2010 Exhibitions
Ere Ibeji: Yoruba Twin Figures from the Collection of J. Richard Simon
September 2 - October 17
Iowa Memorial Untion, Black Box Theater
uima.uiowa.edu/ere-ibeji
Fall 2010 Events
Please check our website, uima.uiowa.edu, for up-to-date information on all of our events.
August 31: All Volunteer Coffee, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City
September 8: Elliott Societ Lecture (Donor Event) 5:00-6:30 p.m.
University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City
uima.uiowa.edu/elliott-society-lecture-1
September 14: Docent Luncheon 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City
September 15: Elliott Society Lecture 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City
uima.uiowa.edu/elliott-society-lecture-3
September 16: Gallery Talk: Christopher Roy, curator of the Ere Ibeji exhibition 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Iowa Memorial Union, Black Box Theater
uima.uiowa.edu/gallery-talk-christopher-roy-on-ere-ibeji
October 8: Symposium: Images of Twins: ere Ibeji in Yoruba African Culture 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Samuel L. Becker Communication Studies Building, Room 101, Iowa City
uima.uiowa.edu/ere-ibeji-symposium
October 8: All Donor/ Public reception for the Ere Ibeji exhibition 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Iowa Memorial Union, North Room
uima.uiowa.edu/reception-for-ere-ibeji
October 16: The Museum Party! 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E. 9th Street, Coralville
uima.uiowa.edu/the-museum-party
October 28: UIMA-sponsored student bus trip to Figge Art Museum's "College Night" 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
uima.uiowa.edu/ui-student-bus-trip
November 4: Art and Museum Education Speakers Lecture: Lori Fogarty 7:30 p.m.
University Athletic Club, 1360 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City
uima.uiowa.edu/lecture-lori-fogarty