Art on Campus Map

Explore the public art on campus and learn about University Museums with this interactive story map. You'll also find museum locations and parking.

Activities

  • Cover image from the coloring book No Food No Drinks showing a monster playing in the Fountain of the Four Seasons

    'No Food No Drinks' Coloring Book

    Artist and Professor Emeritus Chuck Richards illustrated this wordless adventure. When a lab accident creates a blob creature, it escapes across campus—past the Campanile, Lake LaVerne, and beloved Christian Petersen sculptures.

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  • Summer view of the Bravo III sculpture on campus.

    Digital Puzzles

    Free jigsaw puzzles for any skill level, featuring images of works in the Art on Campus Collection.

    Put together a puzzle
  • A detail image of a Met Chandelier hanging in the Scheman Building at Iowa State University

    Virtual Meeting Backgrounds

    Give your next video call some personality and beauty with a virtual background highlighting objects in the Art on Campus collection. Perfect for Zoom, Teams and the like.

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Hidden gems in the sculpture garden

Seek and Find

Learn about the flora and fauna in the mural and then find the specimens in the sculpture garden.

Moth
Bravo III sculpture
Border Crossing
Black and white striped gnome sculpture against a blue sky with white clouds

Fact Sheets for Select Sculptures (PDFs)

  • Border Crossing by Luis Jiménez
    Border Crossing, a totem-like sculpture, is one of Luis Jiménez's signature works of art. The sculpture is of a man crossing the border carrying a woman on his shoulders. The woman holds a crying infant in her arms, sheltering the child.
  • Bravo III by Bill Barrett
    Bill Barrett's sculptures belong to the classical tradition of American modernism, where clarity of form and firmness of structure are coupled with the harmonious juxtaposition of the curvilinear.
  • The G-Nome Project by Andrew Leicester
    The G-Nomes are twelve-foot tall terra-cotta sculptures that stand atop each corner of the Molecular Biology Building. The figures may also be interpreted as sacred guardians of the Molecular Biology Building.
  • The Moth by Mac Adams
    The three marble slabs within the sculpture combine to form the image of a moth. As the focal point of the sculpture, the image of the moth is created through the negative forms of the marble, creating a window in which light casts a shadow of a moth upon the concrete surface.

Watch and Learn

Missed a program? Curious about a collection? Our YouTube channel brings University Museums to you—wherever you are. Explore curator-led tours, artist lectures, exhibition deep dives, and behind-the-scenes features spanning decorative arts, Iowa history, campus landmarks, and more. New recordings added regularly.