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About Our Museum

First opened as a natural history museum in 1874, the University Museum at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has evolved into a teaching museum that represents the humanities, the sciences and the arts. While our focus is on southern Illinois, our humanities collection includes ethnographic materials that allow us to share the world with a diverse campus and a region that is isolated from urban centers. With roughly 70,000 objects in our care, the University Museum captures and illuminates the human story, opening a window on who we are and where we came from. 

Hours

SUMMER 2018 DAYS AND HOURS

Gallery Admission is free and open to the public. 618-453-5388

June 11 - August 3, 2018 

Tuesdays–Fridays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays: 1 to 4 p.m.

Closed: Sundays, Mondays

Public metered parking available across from the Student Center and beside Woody Hall.

FigureSchedule of Events

North Hall

  • Continuum Gallery - Johnny Hammond: Weaving Narratives
  • Mitchell Gallery - Larry Bernstein: Old Friends & New Faces

Atrium Gallery:

  • Aldon Addington: Recent Works

South Hall:

  • Closed until beginning of Fall semester