Exhibits
Exhibits are held year-round in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, located on the fourth floor of the Humanities, Social Science and Education Library in Stewart Center.
Exhibition on Display:
January 20 – June 26, 2026: “Forms and Functions: A Selection of Materials within Purdue University Archives and Special Collections”
About the exhibit
Details to come!
Online Exhibits
Through internal and external partnerships Archives and Special Collections has created or provided materials for digital exhibitions highlighting the scope, content, and varied nature of our collections. Visit the online exhibits listed below to explore a part of Purdue history.
Flight and Space
- Amelia Earhart
- Jerry L. Ross: An Astronaut’s Journey
- Purdue’s Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon
Indiana History
Purdue History
- COVID Stories
- Customs and Traditions
- Facilities and Buildings Historic Database
- Historical Timeline
- History of Undergraduate Research at Purdue
- . . .Or the Fire Next Time: A Timeline of African American History at Purdue
- Purdue Publications Index
- Voices, Identities, & Silences: Investigating 150 Years of Diversity in the Purdue Archives
Purdue Alumni
- Advancing the Construction Industry through Innovation: A Part of the Charles Pankow Legacy Project
- Donald N. Heirman
Women’s Archives
- Not Given But Earned: Women’s Fight for the Vote
- We were always here: Purdue Women’s History timeline
- Quest for Equality
Collaborative Partnerships
- Queer Histories/Queer Futures: Purdue University LGBTQ Center’s 10th Anniversary, produced by the LGBTQ Center using records preserved within Purdue University Archives and Special Collections
- George Winter, with original materials are housed at the Tippecanoe County Historical Association