Exhibits in Elmer L. Andersen Library
Exhibits at Andersen are free and open to the public. The galleries are open 8:30-4:15 Monday-Friday and 9-1 on Saturdays.Current Exhibit:
A Man’s Reach: A Transforming Life
May 20 – August 15
Andersen Gallery
Commemorating the June 17th centennial of Governor Elmer L. Andersen’s birth, this exhibit explores his broad interests, his philosophies regarding government and business practices, and his impact on the University, the state, and the nation.
Forty Years After Stonewall: The Gay Movement in America
May 14 – July 11
Andersen 2nd and 3rd Floor Atrium
On the early morning of June 28, 1969, a riot broke out at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn, the patrons fighting back after years of harassment and police raids on gay establishments. Images from the Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies celebrate the launching of the modern gay rights movement in the United States.
Memories of Memorial Stadium
July 20-September 26
Andersen Atrium - 2nd&3rd Floors
The University of Minnesota Archives honesr the history of Memorial Stadium--the football games, the commencement ceremonies and special events, the scientific research and experiments, the Marching Band performances--as the community prepares to celebrate the opening of the "new" brick house--TCF Bank Stadium. This exhibit offers a sneak preview of an interactive digital archive set to launch in fall 2009: http://www.lib.umn.edu/brickhouse
Muslim Spain: Conquest,
Expulsion, Legacy, 711–2009
August 31– October 30
Andersen Gallery
The conquest of the Iberian peninsula by Arab Muslims altered the cultural trajectory of Spain
and separated it from its European neighbors for more than 700 years. Yet, when their Catholic majesties Ferdinand and Isabella completed the Christian reconquest of the peninsula in 1492, the story of the Muslims in Spain had several chapters still to be written. This exhibition acknowledges 2009 as the 400th anniversary of the expulsion of the Moriscos (Muslim converts to Catholicism) from all Spanish lands and celebrates the enduring cultural legacy of al-Andalus.
Celebrating 40 Years of African American Studies and American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota
October 7 – December 5
Andersen Atrium - 2nd&3rd Floors
In 1969 the University of Minnesota established the African American and American Indian Studies Departments, the second and first such departments to be founded in the United States respectively. To celebrate the anniversary of this historic event, the University Libraries, with the African American Studies Department and the American Indian Studies Department, have put together a display of archival materials commemorating 40 years of history.
Winter Celebration
November 12 – December 31
Andersen Gallery
Winter in Minnesota
is mythic and magical.
Join us for an exhibit
that celebrates the
wonders of the season!
More Than 60 Years of Computing:
Documenting the Association
for Computing Machinery
January 11 – March 5, 2010
Andersen Gallery
One of the two largest computing
societies in the world, the Association
for Computing Machinery has been dedicated to the advancement of computing as a profession since its founding in 1947. This exhibit will
explore the impact and importance
of the ACM in an arena that has had
a profound impact on modern
life and society.
Please check back soon for more information on Elmer L. Andersen Library exhibits.