Stanley Museum of Art

Jackson Pollock's Mural

Detail photo by Dave Drogos

See yourself at the Stanley

Come explore our beautiful home - a campus and community hub of global visual culture.

Everyone is welcome.

Plan Your Visit Explore the Collections

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Visit

Our beautiful building is a cultural and social center where you can explore, unwind, meet, and create. Everyone is welcome.

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Explore

Spark your curiosity with something new or stop by and see your old favorites.

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Discover

The world-class art collection provides exciting opportunities for teaching, learning, and research.

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Connect

There’s always something exciting going on at your art museum. Find out what’s coming up on the calendar.

Gallery Hours

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Friday: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00–4:30 p.m.

Admission to the museum building will end 5 minutes before gallery closing.

Office Hours

Monday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Tuesday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

To My Friends at Horn: Keith Haring and Iowa City

May 4, 2024 - January 7, 2025

Inaugurated on Keith Haring’s (1958–1990) birthday, this exhibition celebrates the revolutionary graffiti artist's ties to Iowa City. It also honors the many individuals who shaped his visits to Iowa City during the 1980s. The 1989 mural Haring painted for Ernest Horn Elementary School, which is on loan to the Stanley Museum of Art during the school’s renovation, anchors the exhibition and is accompanied by other works of art, photographs, and archival ephemera.

Print "Copyist at the Metropolitan" by John Sloan

A Year in Print

March 1, 2024 - December 2024

This exhibition will feature Twelve Prints by Contemporary American Artists, a portfolio recently gifted to the Stanley by collectors Alan and Ann January.

Homecoming

August 26, 2022–July 2025

The Stanley's inaugural exhibition, Homecoming, reintroduces visitors to the museum's extraordinary collection. Homecoming comprises a series of related installations: “Generations,” which will foreground the University of Iowa’s history of innovative arts education and scholarship; “Fragments of the Canon,” featuring African art collected by a Black Iowan, Meredith Saunders; and “History Is Always Now,” in which the Stanley’s celebrated collection of African art will be displayed in a new way that emphasizes movement and cultural exchange through time and across space.

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The Building

Nestled between the Main Library and Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on the west side of Gibson Square Park, the new Stanley Museum of Art is a hub of learning and research for the University of Iowa and the state. The three-story, state-of-the-art building, designed by BNIM of Des Moines, Iowa, includes a range of flexible spaces for research, education, and exhibitions, and is ideally suited to serve as a center for interdisciplinary teaching, discovery, and community building.

Upcoming Events

Sunday With the Docents | Grandparents Day

Sunday, September 8, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Stanley Museum of Art

Celebrate Grandparents' Day at the Stanley with a special Sunday with the Docents tour. Discover how different generations perceive art with docent, Laurie Zaiger and her granddaughter, P.J. Huch, as they discuss select art works from the museum collection. They will share how a child and an adult each experience artworks and what they can learn from each other. This tour is part of the Sundays with the Docents program, where Stanley docents create unique tours to share with our audiences...

Exhibit Opening Celebration for 'Hawkeye Histories | Sporting Stories'

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 4:00pm to 6:00pm

University of Iowa Main Library

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...

Night at the Museum: The Art of Voting

Thursday, September 12, 2024 5:00pm to 7:00pm

Stanley Museum of Art

Join us for the first installment of Night at the Museum for this academic year — a series of monthly events for students that occur on Thursday nights, when the museum is open late. This month, in honor of National Voter Registration Day (Sept. 17), the Stanley is helping students learn about voter registration and civic engagement! Members of UI student org Hawk the Vote will be present to register students to vote and talk about the value of participating in elections at all levels...

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