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Treasures of the Mathers Museum

A new exhibition highlighting the collections of Indiana University's Mathers Museum of World Cultures marks the institution's 50th anniversary.

This mask from India/Tibet is displayed as part of the musem's anniversary exhibition. It was acquired from the late Thubten Norbu, a professor of Tibetan Studies at IU and brother to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Treasures of the Mathers Museum features a broad selection of the museum's holdings, highlighting artifacts by decades and collectors. Distinctive strengths of the collections are represented in the exhibit, including artifacts of African, Native American and Latin American cultures; historical materials from Indiana; and musical instruments from around the world.

 

 

Current Exhibits

The Day in Its Color: A Hoosier Photographer's Journey through Midcentury America

From the Big Bang
to the World Wide Web:
The Origins of Everything

Picturing Archaeology
"They are not afraid of hell itself.": Native Americans in
World War I
Footsteps of a Stranger: Shoes from Cultures Around the World
In the Kitchen
Around the World

Tales of Endurance and Change: Native American Lives a Century Ago

Thoughts, Things, and Theories...What Is Culture?

Treasures of the
Mathers Museum

Rhythms of the World Audio Tour