Past Exhibits

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2019

Lotte Jacobi’s America: Images of her Adopted Land 
January 24 – March 29, 2019

Stories in the Seams: the Tales Clothes Tell, Highlights from the Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection
September 6 - October 18, 2019

The Common Ground Between Us: Jewish and Muslim Communities in Morocco, Egypt and Iraqi-Kurdistan
October 29 - November 22, 2019

2018

To the Ends of the Earth: New Hampshire’s Connection to Polar Exploration and Research
January 25 - March 31, 2018

Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity, Photographs by Becky Field
April 5-June 29, 2018

Staff Stuff: Art by Staff from the Department of Art and Art History 
Fall, 2018

Exile. Experience and Testimony (A traveling exhibition of the German Exile Archive, 1933-1945)
November 13 - December 15, 2018

2017

Before We Were ‘Smart’: Looking Back at Campus Technology
January 24 - June 5, 2017

A Brilliant Life: Musical Career of New Hampshire’s Amy Beach
September 15 - December 1, 2017

2016

Gents Bow, Ladies Know How: Traditional Dance in the Monadnock Region, 1750-2015
January 15 - March 11, 2016

Who Knew? Fun Facts You May Not Know About UNH
September 29 - December 2016

2015

Whalebone to Steel: The Shape of Fashion
September 18 - December 18, 2015

Edwin & Mary Scheier: Mid Century Modern New Hampshire Artists 
April 30 - October 2, 2015

Conflict Zone: Photojournalism from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 
January 26 - March 6, 2015

2014

Bringing the University to You: A Century of Service to the Granite State 
September 18 - December 12, 2014

The Art of Drawing: Works by UNH Studio Art Faculty 
April 4 - June 14, 2014

The Beat on the Street: Second Lines, Mardi Gras Indians, and the Photography of Gary Samson 
February 12 - March 28, 2014

2013

In the Company of Artists: An Exhibition of Art and Fine Crafts By UNH Staff 
September 13 - December 13, 2013

5th UNH MFA Invitational Exhibition 
April 5 - May 9, 2013

2012

Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail 
September 14, 2012 - March 22, 2013

The Literary Horse: When Legends Come to Life 
June 1 - June 23, 2012

4th UNH MFA Invitational Exhibition 
March 30 - May 10, 2012

Confronting the South: NH People During the Civil War 
January 20 - May 17, 2012

2011

POP-UP!: Movable Books from the Carel Chapman Collection 
September 16 - December 16, 2011

3rd UNH MFA Invitational Exhibition 
April 22 - May 20, 2011

Out of the Box and Into the Light: Photographs from the Special Collections and Archives 
February 4 - April 2, 2011

2010

Invisible/Visible: Emerging Contemporary Native American Art in New England 
September 17 - December 17, 2010

Bob Wilber: The Making of a Jazz Musician 
September 20 - December 17, 2010

Eagle Pond: Word and Image 
March 22 - June 25, 2010

The Smile Without the Cat: The 2nd MFA Art Invitational Exhibition 
March 18 - May 21, 2010

Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan 
February 8 - March 6, 2010

2009

Mapping the Republic: 1790-1900 
September 21 - December 4, 2009

Close Associations: UNH MFA Invitational Exhibition 
April 25 - May 3, 2009

Expressions: UNH Student Art by Non-Majors 
February 16 - April 17, 2009

2008

In the Company of Artists: Art and Fine Crafts by UNH Staff 
September 26 - December 5, 2008

Freedom '56: Commemorating the Hungarian Revolution 
February 14 - July 3, 2008

2007

Up Close and Personal: A Look at Presidential Politics in NH 
September 18, 2007 - January 8, 2008

The UNH Mural Project: What Does Diversity Mean to Your Generation? 
February 2 - March 2, 2007

2006

UNH unplugged: An Exhibition on Energy 
September 12 - December 15, 2006

Campus Comics: Cartooning at UNH 
February 13 - July 28, 2006

2005

We're Still Here: Contemporary Native American Art from New England 
September 24 - December 22, 2005

2004

Out of the Cat's Closet: The University Museum's Unique Collection 
October 4 - December 17, 2004

The Art of Angling: A Visual Celebration of Contemporary Fly Fishing 
March 22 - June 12, 2004

Steam into Winter: Winter Carnival Traditions at UNH 
January 28 - February 27, 2004

2003

Learning from the Masters: The Teaching Leagacy of Ed and Mary Scheier 
September 5 - December 19, 2003

2002

Oddly Enough: Curious Selections from the Special Collections and Archives 
September 20, 2002 - February 28, 2003

Daisy's Paisleys: 19th Century Shawls from the Daisy Deane Williamson Collection 
March 8 - July 26, 2002

2001

Students of the Sea: History of the UNH Marine Program 
September 21 - December 21, 2001

Fields of Dreams: UNH in the Formative Years 
February 23 - July 16, 2001

2000

Tailored to Teach: Highlights of the Irma Bowen Textile Collection 
March 31 - December 8, 2000

A Campus in Focus: UNH Photographers 
October 1 - March 3, 2000

1999

Lucy's Legacy: A Review of Firsts for UNH Women Students 
February 5 - July 31, 1999

1998

Bulls, Wildcats, and Mayors: Early UNH Football, Winter Sports and Social Traditions 
October - December, 1998