Mapping the Midwest
Location: Reading Room
On Display: August 26, 2024 - August 25, 2025
Lead Curator: Kelsey Grimm, Curator of Archives and Library Resources
This exhibit was housed in the IUMAA Reading Room and featured materials pulled from the museum’s collections.
Maps are used to represent the world around us and the IUMAA is home to many different kinds that relate to history, science, and culture. Maps of the same region, like the Midwest, can show different things for different purposes. Explore a small sampling of the museum’s resources to see how Indiana and the Midwest can be represented.