Art of Antarctica - Permanent Exhibit. Antarctica, unlike most continents, has had not so much settled cultures as wandering bands of explorers, scientists and students. What kind of art has Antarctica inspired from its visitors?
Antarctica History - Permanent Exhibit. Dive into the records of human settlement and exploration of the coldest place on Earth. The themes of our history, its historical successes and failures... form the basis of this exhibition.
Rahim Blak in Contemporary Art 2006-2008. One of the most innovative young artists with Antarctic ties working in Europe, Rahim Blak has passed boundaries and created works of self-expression in a new and original style.
Ice Sculptors’ Delight. September 16, 2007-November 5, 2008 - Delight is the word, for this exhibit of the work of the finest ice sculptures of the last three years in Antarctica... where the ice is plentiful and the creative power strengthened.
Jan Jaworski Looks Back 2007. - Jaworski enters into the record a stunning look into the mirror- a work of creative power strengthening and unveiling its owner's resolve and identity- against the many factors making up the flux of experience.
Final Frontiers- November 18, 2006-January 14, 2008. The theme of air and space go together- aeronautics and astronautics. From the Wright Brothers in 1903 to the Moon Landing in 1969, to the 21st Century. The greatest moments in flight are encapsulated in Final Frontiers!
Olaf September 16, 2006-October 29, 2007 - Aboard the Queen Mary, Swiss artist Olaf Breuning, now based in New York City, explores simple themes through the medium of hand drawings... while crossing the Atlantic.
A Rock and a Hard Place - Ongoing - A Rock and a Hard Place is our classic and world renown exhibit of rocks and minerals from around the world. More than just birthstones! Many samples selected by AU professors while traveling in Illinois.
Prehistoric Monsters, Dinosaurs and Beasts- Ongoing - AU Paleontology in action! See our most popular exhibit, in conjuction with the Nat. Hst. Museum, featuring Paleozoic Monsters, Mesozoic Dinosaurs and Cenozoic Beasts. Skeletons are compared with models of the latest data on what the animal looked like in life.
POOR Design: April 23 - May 12, 2008. With a style and hardy self-reliance that recalls Antarctica's difficult environmental and socioeconomical positon, POOR Design is developing lines of useful objects using the materials and worksmanship of the everyday.
Puff-Buff: April 23 - May 12, 2008. Inflatable... easy to carry... easy to transport and ship. Inflatable design? Puff-Buff Design has taken the work off of your back with their innovative blow-up style. Come see how they are inflating our perspective of contemporary art!

AU Botannical Gardens- Ongoing. The beautiful gardens that are situated here on campus, heated by the campus heating grid, and a spectacle that cannot be missed! Go on to see every single Antarctic plant, and those of other continents as well.