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photo ID#: 1000772 - The IU Art Museum was designed by the world-renowned architecture firm I.M. Pei and Partners. Completed in 1982, the museum collection includes works by Claude Monet and Jackson Pollack as well as artifacts from Asia and Africa. The IU Art Museum is also ranked as one of the top five university art museums along with Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.


photo ID#: 1000612 - The IU Art Museum was designed by the world-renowned architecture firm I.M. Pei and Partners. Completed in 1982, the museum collection includes works by Claude Monet and Jackson Pollack as well as artifacts from Asia and Africa. The IU Art Museum is also ranked as one of the top five university art museums along with Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.


photo ID#: 1000611 - The IU Art Museum was designed by the world-renowned architecture firm I.M. Pei and Partners. Completed in 1982, the museum collection includes works by Claude Monet and Jackson Pollack as well as artifacts from Asia and Africa. The IU Art Museum is also ranked as one of the top five university art museums along with Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.


photo ID#: 1001501 - The Sample Gates, located between Franklin Hall and Bryan Hall, serve as a welcoming entryway for students into Indiana's beautiful 1,860-acre campus. Edson Sample funded construction of the gates in 1987 and dedicated them to his parents, Louise Waite Sample and Kimsey Ownbey Sample Sr. The gates, constructed of Indiana limestone, mark the entrance to the Old Crescent, the site of IU's historic campus buildings built between 1884 and 1908.


photo ID#: 1001529 - The Sample Gates, located between Franklin Hall and Bryan Hall, serve as a welcoming entryway for students into Indiana's beautiful 1,860-acre campus. Edson Sample funded construction of the gates in 1987 and dedicated them to his parents, Louise Waite Sample and Kimsey Ownbey Sample Sr. The gates, constructed of Indiana limestone, mark the entrance to the Old Crescent, the site of IU's historic campus buildings built between 1884 and 1908.


photo ID#: 1001530 - Near Sample Gates and Administration Building


photo ID#: 1000610 - The IU Auditorium hosts an assortment of entertainers, musicians, lecturers, and off-Broadway shows each year. The IU Auditorium impresses guests with its grand lobby and multilevel 3,760-seat hall. It is home to 20 panels of Thomas Hart Benton's 1933 mural illustrating the history of Indiana, and the Roosevelt pipe organ, the largest pipe organ in the United States.


photo ID#: 1001507 - Showalter Fountain is the centerpiece of the Fine Arts Plaza and also serves as an adornment to the entrance of the IU Auditorium. Funded by Grace Montgomery Showalter, the fountain features a two-ton sculpture illustrating "The Birth of Venus." The sculpture was designed by former IU faculty member Robert Laurent.


photo ID#: 1001506 - The Student Building, which houses both the Departments of Geography and Anthropology, was completed in 1906. The building houses technology services, a computer cluster, a Geography and Maps Library, and a Zooarchaeology Library. The Student Building was renovated and rededicated in 1991 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


photo ID#: 1001502 - The Rose Well House, an open-air pavilion in the heart of campus, covers the original well for IU and was a gift from Theodore F. Rose in 1908. Tradition holds that a female student is not officially a co-ed until she has been kissed beneath its dome at midnight.


photo ID#: 1001516 - The Rose Well House, an open-air pavilion in the heart of campus, covers the original well for IU and was a gift from Theodore F. Rose in 1908. Tradition holds that a female student is not officially a co-ed until she has been kissed beneath its dome at midnight.


photo ID#: 1001509 - With element and alchemy symbols engraved in the limestone of its exterior walls, the Chemistry Building is a fitting home for the Department of Chemistry. Built in 1931, and then expanded in 1964 and 1988, the Chemisty Building houses research facilities like the Chemistry Library, organic laboratories, an electronics shop, and a glass shop. Other facilities include the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, the Molecular Structure Center (IUMSC), and a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility.


photo ID#: 1001505 - Beck Chapel is a small nondenominational chapel where students can spend time in prayer or study. A gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Beck, the chapel is open seven days a week, and during finals week it is open 24 hours a day. The chapel contains versions of the Bible, Koran, and Torah for visitors to observe. The chapel is also a popular wedding site. Each year around 150 wedding ceremonies take place there, many of them between students who met at IU.


photo ID#: 1001510 - For off-campus recreation, the city of Bloomington provides numerous events and attractions. Students who live on IU's campus are just a short walk from the hundreds of unique restaurants and eateries, art exhibits, festivals, and shopping downtown on Kirkwood Avenue. Nearby Lake Monroe, Lake Griffy, and Lake Lemon provide ample opportunities for water sports. The area's forests and parks are popular with hikers, bikers, and campers. Built in 1931, and then expanded in 1964 and 1988, the Chemisty Building houses research facilities like the Chemistry Library, organic laboratories, an electronics shop, and a glass shop. Other facilities include the Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, the Molecular Structure Center (IUMSC), and a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility.


photo ID#: 1001512 - Built in 1960, The massive 52,180-seat, open-air Memorial Stadium is home to the IU Hoosiers football team. There have been many renovations since the original construction, including the replacement of wooden seats with aluminum, installation of sound and lighting systems, and laying of Astroturf in 1986, which was subsequently replaced with natural grass in 1998.


photo ID#: 1001515 - Maxwell Hall is located in the Old Crescent area of campus. It was built in 1890 and housed the library until 1907 when the book room exceeded its capacity of 60,000 volumes. It has recently undergone complete internal renovations.


photo ID#: 1001508 - The thirteenth largest university library in North America, IU's Herman B Wells Library serves as an excellent academic resource for all students. Built in 1969, the building contains 11 floors in the graduate tower and five floors in the undergraduate tower. The building also contains the Information Commons, a fully-integrated technology center for learning and collaboration -- open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Herman B Wells Library (known as the Main Library until April 2005) houses the core of the university's research collections. The building is also home to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS).


photo ID#: 1001517 - The thirteenth largest university library in North America, IU's Herman B Wells Library serves as an excellent academic resource for all students. Built in 1969, the building contains 11 floors in the graduate tower and five floors in the undergraduate tower. The building also contains the Information Commons, a fully-integrated technology center for learning and collaboration -- open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Herman B Wells Library (known as the Main Library until April 2005) houses the core of the university's research collections. The building is also home to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS).


photo ID#: 1001513 - An ideal place for relaxation and study, the Arboretum is landscaped with hundreds of trees and surrounding greenery. A gazebo overlooks numerous walking/bicycle paths and a pond. Originally home to IU's Memorial Stadium and Little 500 bicycle races, the Arboretum is nestled between the Herman B Wells Library and the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER).


photo ID#: 1001519 - Simon Hall is Indiana University's new Multidisciplinary Science building and acts as a unifying hub for the sciences within the College. Strategically placed between Myers Hall and the Chemistry Building, Simon Hall helps form the future of Indiana University without neglecting its heritage. The structure is carefully designed so as not to spoil the revered appearance of the Old Crescent.


photo ID#: 1001518 - The Kirkwood Observatory is located at the edge of campus between the woods and where Indiana Avenue meets 4th street, this building is the most obvious and accessible of our facilities. It houses a 0.3 meter (12 inch) refracting telescope which is staffed for free public viewing each Wednesday evening, March through November, when classes are in session. If the weather is clear, the observatory will be open shortly after sunset. No reservations are necessary.


photo ID#: 1001520 - Inside the IU Auditorium, Thomas Hart Benton's Indiana murals have provoked strong public responses for 75 years, ever since the artist created them for the Indiana Hall at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Sixteen of the panels are in the lobby of the IU Auditorium, two are in Woodburn Hall and four are in the old University Theatre.


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photo ID#: 1001527 - Located in the Poplars Building, the Department of Applied Health Science's Hazard Control Program offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as continuing education courses. Program personnel are available to provide consultations, program analysis, briefings, and seminars on various health and safety topics.


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