Enjoy refreshments, curator remarks, and an open house in recognition of the fall 2024 Main Library Gallery exhibit, Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories, curated by Dr. Jennifer Sterling.

Event Schedule 
4–6 p.m.: Reception and open house with curator Dr. Jennifer Sterling
4:30 p.m.: Brief remarks from Sterling in the Main Library Gallery
6 p.m.: Opening event ends
8 p.m.: Main Library Gallery closes (open late on Tuesdays)

Admission to the gallery is always free. No RSVP required for this event.

About the exhibit: 

From Nile Kinnick to Caitlin Clark and Duke Slater to Christine Grant, Hawkeyes have been breaking records, navigating barriers, and making sports history since the University of Iowa’s first teams emerged in the late 1800s.

Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories examines the role sports has played at Iowa throughout the changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics and explores Iowa’s first men’s and women’s teams at the turn of the 20th century, the emergence of big-time men’s sports in the mid-1900s, and the rise of women athletes from the 1970s onward.

The Main Library Gallery is open daily. Learn more about the exhibit, parking, and open hours at lib.uiowa.edu/gallery.   

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Main Library Gallery in advance at 319-467-1805 or lib-gallery@uiowa.edu.