Special Collections and University Archives hosts an average of 2-4 exhibits on the third floor of the Knowledge Center every year, highlighting the range of materials and stories to be found in our collections. There are also small pop-up exhibits throughout the year for a variety of events, such as the Golden Reunion and NOW weekend.
Want to suggest an exhibit or offer feedback?
New Acquisitions, 2020-2025
December 2025 – March 2026
Sagebrush Scribblers: Editorial Cartoons in the Student Newspaper
April-July 2026
Staff Favorites: Sparking Joy
August-November 2026
Harry Reid
December 2026-March 2027
Guest Subject Specialist: Ben Humphries, Harry Reid Fellow and Doctoral Candidate in History
We've designed over 30 exhibits and counting!
| Title | Opening | Closing |
|---|---|---|
| Stage Craft: Reno Little Theater at 90 | 2025 June | 2025 November |
| Nevada’s Silver Lady: Barbara Vucanovich and Nevada Women in Politics | 2024 October | 2025 May |
| Celebrating Silver and Blue: Building a Team | 2024 June | 2024 October |
| Celebrating Silver and Blue: Building a Campus Community | 2024 February | 2024 May |
| Celebrating Silver and Blue: Building A State University | 2023 October | 2024 January |
| The Extraordinary Life of Dr. James E. Church: From Classics Professor to Father of Modern Snow Science | 2023 February | 2023 September |
| Nuggets: Stories of Nevada Mining | 2021 May | 2023 January |
| Into Nature | 2019 August | 2020 March |
| Closer to the Land: Ecology and Environment in Nevada | 2019 February 8 | 2019 July |
| Book Arts (Whittemore Gallery) | 2019` | 2019 |
| Reno at the Crossroads | 2018 January | 2019 January 26 |
| Doom Towns | 2017 September | 2017 December 22 |
| Elephants in the Casino: John Ascuaga's Nugget | 2017 April 10 | 2017 July 28 |
| Snow | 2016 December | 2017 March 17 |
| The Road to Office: Campaigns, Elections, and Governance | 2016 August 1 | 2016 November |
| Upstart Crow: Shakespeare in Northern Nevada | 2016 April 1 | 2016 July 15 |
| Whose Land Is It?: The Dann Sisters and the Western Shoshone Defense Project | 2015 September 28 | 2016 March 18 |
| Reflections on Pyramid Lake | 2015 March 25 | 2015 September 15 |
| Nevada in Time: Photographs of a Changing Landscape | 2014 November 15 | 2015 March 15 |
| Nevada 150, pt. 3: When the Lights Dim: Arts & Entertainment in Nevada | 2014 July 1 | 2014 October 21 |
| Nevada 150, pt. 2: Changing Places and Faces: Making Nevada~ 150 Years of Nevada History | 2014 March 1 | 2014 June 20 |
| Nevada 150, pt. 1: Can You Dig It? Building Nevada~ 150 Years of Nevada History | 2013 October 23 | 2014 January 31 |
| The Art of Gaming + | 2013 July 1 | 2013 September |
| Nevada Schools: Staking a Claim on Education | 2013 April | 2013 June |
| Politics of Our Past | 2012 October | 2013 March |
| Far Out: The University Art Scene, 1960-1975 | 2012 July 1 | 2012 September 9 |
| Peter Koch Book Arts (Whittemore Gallery) | 2012 January 5 | 2012 February 5 |
| Where the Sage Mets the Sky: Great Basin Landscapes | 2011 October | 2012 June |
| Post-War Bohemians in Northern Nevada | 2011 July | 2011 September |
| Wow! You have that here? Treasures and Uses of Special Collections and University Archives | 2011 April | 2011 June |
| Honoring the Horse | 2010 September | 2011 March |
| The Art of the Print / Human Mannerisms: Prints and Book Arts, Eunkang Koh (Whittemore Gallery) | 2010 June | 2010 August |
| Rush to Washoe: The Rise of the Comstock | 2009 October | 2010 May |
| Book Arts: Fusing Words and Visual Imagination | 2009 June | 2009 September |
| Will James | 2009 April | 2009 June |
| Great Basin Baskets | 2008 August | 2009 March |