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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
