ABM Events
Bloomington area museums present a wide variety of programs for all ages and interests as well as changing exhibitions throughout the year. Browse through the calendar to see what's going on at your favorite museums! Contact individual museums for more information on specific programs or exhibits.
Saturday Sep 01, 2012
Thematic Tour: Lurking: Reptiles in the Art Museum
- September 1, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: 2 - 3 pm
- Admission: Free
Meet at the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor Presented by IU Art Museum docent Rich Wolfe.
A Tribute to William Zimmerman (1937-2011)
- September 1, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz, Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor William Zimmerman, a nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident, passed away last fall. The Indiana University Ar... more
David Hockney: New Acquisitions
- September 1, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor This installation features two recent acquisitions by the British Pop artist David Hockney. Both works demonstrate the artist’s interest in exploring new artistic tools. The earlier work refl... more
“Bloomington: Then and Now” Exhibit
- September 1, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Monroe County Preservation Board and the Monroe County History Center is celebrating May as National Preservation Month by featuring Bloomington Fading, and online community dedicated to Bloomington’s past by overlaying Bloomington’s ... more
Sunday Sep 02, 2012
A Tribute to William Zimmerman (1937-2011)
- September 2, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 12 pm - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz, Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor William Zimmerman, a nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident, passed away last fall. The Indiana University Ar... more
David Hockney: New Acquisitions
- September 2, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 12 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor This installation features two recent acquisitions by the British Pop artist David Hockney. Both works demonstrate the artist’s interest in exploring new artistic tools. The earlier work refl... more
“Bloomington: Then and Now” Exhibit
- September 2, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Monroe County Preservation Board and the Monroe County History Center is celebrating May as National Preservation Month by featuring Bloomington Fading, and online community dedicated to Bloomington’s past by overlaying Bloomington’s ... more
Workers of the World, Unite!
- September 2, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 12 - 5 pm; Sun., 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.artmuseum.iu.edu
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-century Art, first floor. In honor of Labor Day, Rockwell Kent’s iconic engraving is on display along with three other prints by this American Social ... more
Monday Sep 03, 2012
“Bloomington: Then and Now” Exhibit
- September 3, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Monroe County Preservation Board and the Monroe County History Center is celebrating May as National Preservation Month by featuring Bloomington Fading, and online community dedicated to Bloomington’s past by overlaying Bloomington’s ... more
Ephemeral Ink: Selections of Tattoo Art From the Kinsey Institute Collections
- September 3, 2012
- Venue: Kinsey Institute
- Address: Indiana University, Morrison Hall, 3rd Floor, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-7686
- Times: 1:30 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.kinseyinstitute.org
The Kinsey Institute Gallery will display images of tattoos in art, photographs, and other materials from the institute’s permanent collections in an exhibit that will run July 9 through September 21, 2012. Ephemeral Ink features depictions of ... more
Tuesday Sep 04, 2012
A Tribute to William Zimmerman (1937-2011)
- September 4, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz, Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor William Zimmerman, a nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident, passed away last fall. The Indiana University Ar... more
David Hockney: New Acquisitions
- September 4, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor This installation features two recent acquisitions by the British Pop artist David Hockney. Both works demonstrate the artist’s interest in exploring new artistic tools. The earlier work refl... more
“Bloomington: Then and Now” Exhibit
- September 4, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Monroe County Preservation Board and the Monroe County History Center is celebrating May as National Preservation Month by featuring Bloomington Fading, and online community dedicated to Bloomington’s past by overlaying Bloomington’s ... more
Workers of the World, Unite!
- September 4, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 12 - 5 pm; Sun., 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.artmuseum.iu.edu
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-century Art, first floor. In honor of Labor Day, Rockwell Kent’s iconic engraving is on display along with three other prints by this American Social ... more
Ephemeral Ink: Selections of Tattoo Art From the Kinsey Institute Collections
- September 4, 2012
- Venue: Kinsey Institute
- Address: Indiana University, Morrison Hall, 3rd Floor, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-7686
- Times: 1:30 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.kinseyinstitute.org
The Kinsey Institute Gallery will display images of tattoos in art, photographs, and other materials from the institute’s permanent collections in an exhibit that will run July 9 through September 21, 2012. Ephemeral Ink features depictions of ... more
Paragons of Filial Piety
- September 4, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 10 am. - 5 pm; Sun., 12 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.artmuseum.iu.edu
Gallery of the Art of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor. An installation of ten prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from a series of prints entitled The Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety.
Wednesday Sep 05, 2012
Noon Talk: The Carracci Reform in Print
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: 12:15 - 1 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.artmuseum.iu.edu/iuam_intro.htm
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor Giles Knox, associate professor in the IU History of Art department, will discuss how the reforms instituted by the Carracci family set the path for much European art of the seventeenth and eightee... more
A Tribute to William Zimmerman (1937-2011)
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz, Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor William Zimmerman, a nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident, passed away last fall. The Indiana University Ar... more
David Hockney: New Acquisitions
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor This installation features two recent acquisitions by the British Pop artist David Hockney. Both works demonstrate the artist’s interest in exploring new artistic tools. The earlier work refl... more
“Bloomington: Then and Now” Exhibit
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Monroe County History Center
- Address: 202 E. 6th Street, Bloomington, IN 47408
- Phone: 812-332-2517
- Times: 10 am - 4 pm
- Admission: General Admission
- www.monroehistory.org
The Monroe County Preservation Board and the Monroe County History Center is celebrating May as National Preservation Month by featuring Bloomington Fading, and online community dedicated to Bloomington’s past by overlaying Bloomington’s ... more
Workers of the World, Unite!
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 12 - 5 pm; Sun., 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.artmuseum.iu.edu
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-century Art, first floor. In honor of Labor Day, Rockwell Kent’s iconic engraving is on display along with three other prints by this American Social ... more
Ephemeral Ink: Selections of Tattoo Art From the Kinsey Institute Collections
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Kinsey Institute
- Address: Indiana University, Morrison Hall, 3rd Floor, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-7686
- Times: 1:30 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.kinseyinstitute.org
The Kinsey Institute Gallery will display images of tattoos in art, photographs, and other materials from the institute’s permanent collections in an exhibit that will run July 9 through September 21, 2012. Ephemeral Ink features depictions of ... more
Paragons of Filial Piety
- September 5, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Phone: 812-855-5445
- Times: Tues. - Sat., 10 am. - 5 pm; Sun., 12 - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
- www.artmuseum.iu.edu
Gallery of the Art of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor. An installation of ten prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from a series of prints entitled The Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety.
Thursday Sep 06, 2012
A Tribute to William Zimmerman (1937-2011)
- September 6, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz, Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor William Zimmerman, a nationally recognized wildlife artist and Brown County resident, passed away last fall. The Indiana University Ar... more
David Hockney: New Acquisitions
- September 6, 2012
- Venue: Indiana University Art Museum
- Address: 1133 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, IN 47405, Bloomington, IN 47405
- Times: 10 am - 5 pm
- Admission: Free
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor This installation features two recent acquisitions by the British Pop artist David Hockney. Both works demonstrate the artist’s interest in exploring new artistic tools. The earlier work refl... more
