Our exhibits program

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.

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Currently on display

A Few of Our Favorite Things: 65 Years of Special Collections and University Archives

August – November 2026

Coming soon

Preserving Nevada: Senator Harry Reid’s Complicated Environmental Legacy
November 20, 2026-March 2027
Guest Subject Specialist: Benjamin H. Humphries, Harry Reid Fellow and Doctoral Candidate in History

The Private Lives of Books
April - July 2027

Nevada Writers Hall of Fame 40th Anniversary
August - November 2027

Native American girls look into an exhibit case in Getchell Library during a tour sponsored by the YWCA. UNRA-P429-06.tif, collection_4079.

Past exhibits

We've designed over 30 exhibits and counting!

Explore our past exhibits
Title Opening Closing
Sagebrush Scribblers: Editorial Cartoons in the Student Newspaper 2026 April 2026 July
New Acquisitions, 2020-2025 2025 December 2026 March
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 1 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 1 2017 December 22
Elephants in the Casino: John Ascuaga's Nugget 2017 April 2017 July 28
Snow 2016 December 1 2017 March
The Road to Office: Campaigns, Elections, and Governance 2016 August 1 2016 November 1
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
The Art of Gaming + 2013 July 2013 September
Nevada Schools: Staking a Claim on Education 2013 April 2013 June
Politics of Our Past 2012 October 1 2013 March 1
Far Out: The University Art Scene, 1960-1975 2012 July 1 2012 September 9
Peter Koch Book Arts (Whittemore Gallery) 2012 January 2012 February
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