Past Exhibitions
Haricombe Gallery, Watson Library:
2019
For the People: KU Libraries Celebrate 150 Years of Publicly Accessible Government Information
February 19 through August 29, 2019
2018
Documented: Perspectives on Migration and Creation
September 4, 2018 through January 11, 2019
Side by Side: A Partnership of Honor and Support
February 8 through September 13, 2018
2017
Resist and Respect: Kansans Respond to the Vietnam War
September 14, 2017 through January 12, 2018
Engaged: Campus and community scholars working together for the public good
February 8 through August 11, 2017
2016
Ingenuity @ KU: 125 years of engineering innovation, education and engagement
September 8, 2016 through January 12, 2017
Eastern Front 1914-1918: An exploration of the conflict
March 4 through September 9, 2016
2015
KU 150: Celebrating 150 years of Leadership, Scholarship and Tradition at the University of Kansas
September 17, 2015 through January 15, 2016
Contested American Identities: KU scholars address the challenge
February 19 through September 4, 2015
2014
art+science: Collaborative Research at the University of Kansas
September 17, 2014 through January 17, 2015
Lasting Impact: Brown v. the Board of Education
April 11 through September 1, 2014
2013
Robbing the Soil
September 12, 2013 through January 31, 2014
Robert Gordon Vosper: A Force for Libraries
July 12 through August 31, 2013
Rhythm and Meaning: Jazz at KU
February 15 through April 19, 2013
2012
The American Election: A focus on scholarship and scholarly collections
October 18, 2012 through January 18, 2013
Celebrating East Asian Scholarship: an Interdisciplinary Showcase
February 16 through April 13, 2012
2011
James Naismith's Life and Legacy: Celebrating 150 Years
September 15 through December 16, 2011
Notable Government Documents: 2006 – 2010
July 1 through September 10, 2011
1861 | Kansas from Statehood to Civil War
February 4 through April 1, 2011
2010
The Art of the Apothecary: 125 Years of Teaching, Research and Service at KU
September 8 through November 5, 2010
KU Libraries Celebrate the Inauguration of Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little
April 9 through May 14, 2010
Research, Remembrances and Reflections of the Great War
February 18 through April 2, 2010
2009
Reach Out: scholarly and visual communication to promote AIDS awareness
September 10 - November 10, 2009
Environmental Change: an interdisciplinary perspective
February 12 - April 2, 2009
Kenneth Spencer Research Library Exhibit Space:
2015
Free Speech in America:
The Wilcox Collection at 50
February 6 through April 18, 2015
2014
Ornithological Illustration in the Age of Darwin:
The Making of John Gould's Bird Books
September 10 through November 15, 2014
Legacy of the White City:
Revisiting the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
May 8 through August 8, 2014
The Magic of Oz: A Collection Celebrating a Classic Materials
from the collection of KU alumna and lifelong Oz collector Jane Albright
January 21 through April 19, 2014
2013
Plainly Spoken: A traveling exhibit sponsored
by the Midwest Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers
November 11, 2013 through January 6, 2014
Stories of Loss, Destruction and Survival
August 21 through October 31, 2013
May 9 through July 12, 2013
2012
December 5, 2012 through April 9, 2013
An exhibit by graduate students in KU's Museum Studies program
May 3 through August 8, 2012
