Current Exhibitions

Architectural Expressions in Stone, Steel and ImaginationOn View

In Architectural Expressions in Stone, Steel and Imagination, explore how artists and makers embrace architecture as an evolving art form. Visitors will experience new ways of seeing architecture either as part of an overall environment or as a collective backdrop for other artistic manipulations.

Insights: Staff Selections from the Art CollectionsOn View

In Insights: Staff Selections from the Art Collections, our staff have shared their expertise and unique perspectives on a variety of pieces in the collections. Visitors will find perennial favorites alongside recently acquired artworks and objects that haven’t been on view for years to explore.

Insights: Staff Selections from the Mineral CollectionOn View

From minerals and gemstones to carvings and meteorites, the University has an incredibly diverse mineralogical collection. In Insights: Staff Selections from the Mineral Collection, explore an array of objects selected by staff who work with the collection in a range of ways. Visitors will gain new insights from these varied perspectives while discovering the breadth of the collection.

The Gettysburg Address in 2023: Words That Long EndureOn View

November 19, 2023, marks the 160th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s consecration of the cemetery at Gettysburg with the Gettysburg Address. But why is it one of the most iconic speeches in American history?

The small exhibition The Gettysburg Address in 2023: Words That Long Endure looks at Lincoln’s enduring words, which measured the toll of the greatest casualties of the Civil War against the fight for the proposition at the heart of the nation’s identity.

50 Feminist Books That Changed Our Lives: Celebrating 50 Years of Women & Gender Studies at UDOn View

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Women & Gender Studies Department at UD, the capstone students of WOMS 410, taught by Prof. Margaret Stetz, highlight 50 Feminist Books for their significance in the five decades, 1973-2023. An online-only version of the exhibition will be on view beginning June 2023. The gallery installation will be on display in Special Collections, Morris Library, at the University of Delaware on September 5 – January 12, 2024.