This Spurlock Sunday, we’re heading to Skeuomorph Press at the Community Fab Lab! 🎨 Explore different materials, try your hand at the printing presses, and create a collaborative poster. Free admission and all ages welcome!

Join in community to help each other! More info: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/blog/

Join us for The Turnaway Play, where humor, drama, and audience participation come together to explore what happens when people are denied access to healthcare.

Join us for the Farm Aid Exhibit Curator Talk to discuss how artists and activists came together to make history! www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/

Come join our free guided Farm Aid curator tour. No registration needed! 🎶

Join us for Word is Seed — a multilingual, multicultural celebration of poetry, language, and global voices 🌍✨

Don’t miss this year’s Roger Ebert Lecture with Professor Yiman Wang on the legacy of Anna May Wong, an early Chinese-American performer who broke barriers across film, theater, radio, and TV.

LAS Day of Giving! go.las.illinois.edu/dayofgiving Interested in helping Spurlock? Click the link, scroll down the page and click on Spurlock Museum. Every dollar goes directly to supporting our students, faculty, staff and museum initiatives. #LASgives back —every contribution makes a difference!

Join us for a special night with John Doe, first for a FREE talk, then for an intimate solo show at The Rose Bowl Tavern later that night. Tickets on sale now! www.eventbrite.com/e/john-doe-o...

Join us for a talk with Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, leading scholar of rural and agricultural history and award‑winning author of "When a Dream Dies."

Join us this Sunday for the Character Collage session where you'll explore the power of persona by creating a mixed-media mask!

Thank you to the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries for the Member of the Month spotlight highlighting our very own Monica M. Scott! www.aamg-us.org/motm/october...

Pick up your FREE book then join us for discussion on November 1st at The Literary

Don’t miss the chance to hear John Doe reflect on a pivotal moment in music and history 🎸All are welcome!

We're proud to partner with CU Pride Fest once again this year!

We are honored to once again be the host venue for this important programming. You can find all event details here: nah.illinois.edu/events/indig...

Unfortunately, the indigenous food truck scheduled for this program has broken down. But all other components of the program are still on so we hope you'll still join us!

Drop in any time between 4:00 and 6:00 for guided explorations highlighting LGBTQ+ histories and cultures. Free admission. Everyone is welcome.

So you think you can sing? Now's your chance to show us! Full details and Farm Aid artist list is on our website: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event...

Some may call this "doing too much". We call it October. Truly something for everyone! We hope to see you at the museum! www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events

College students and adults might be interested in this upcoming program (leave the kids at home for this one)! www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events

More information and register here: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events/event... This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

Farm Aid Exhibit Programming: we have so much planned from scholarly talks to guided tours to music and more. Here's one coming up, and then check our website for a whole lot more: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events

Looking for the inside scoop? Check out our Curator tours for the Farm Aid exhibit! Sep 28 is up first, then Oct 12, Nov 2, and Dec 7. Come one, come all!

Along with our exhibits, Spurlock is always producing companion programming. Check out all the great stuff we have planned around Farm Aid. So much to explore and enjoy! www.spurlock.illinois.edu

September is jam packed! Did you know Spurlock had this much programming? If you didn't, now you do! www.spurlock.illinois.edu

Did you know we have a book club? We do! And we still have FREE BOOKS left! Some stop by, grab a free book, and then join us at The Literary on Sept 10th.

BEHIND THE SCENES! Our team has been working hard on installing our newest exhibit and it's finally ready for everyone to come and check it out! Stop by during our open hours starting Friday, Aug 29th to see the "Songs of Solidarity: The 1985 Farm Aid Concert" Exhibit. www.spurlock.illinois.edu

We hope you'll join us!

Join us for our "Off the Quad Day" festivities until 4pm! Games, music, touch artifacts, and FREE popsicles!

Stop by our table at the New Student Welcome Celebration at Grange Grove!

Email Beth Watkins at [email protected] to sign up to participate!

Anybody else like kitty cats? We sure do! Check out some fun ones from a rare greeting card collection in honor of International Cat Day!

The next iteration of Spurlock Sundays is here! www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events

Stop by the museum to get your FREE book then join us at The Literary on Sept 10th!

World Emoji Day Answers! We posted the prompts yesterday and now the big reveal! 3/3

World Emoji Day Answers! We posted the prompts yesterday and now the big reveal! 2/3

World Emoji Day Answers! We posted the prompts yesterday and now the big reveal! 1/3

Click here for the full information: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/about/jobs/

Happy World Emoji Day!

We want to hear from you!

Thanks to WCIA for stopping by and helping us get the word out about the important work we do at our museum!

Spurlock Museum is planning a long-term exhibit on South Asia, with a team led by Beth Watkins, Spurlock Manager of Exhibit Interpretation, and Dr. Umeeta Sadarangani, Museum Curator. To join a focus group, email [email protected].

It's more important than ever to reaffirm our values. This Pride, we're honored to continue work we've been doing for many years, and that we have no intention of stopping any time soon. As always, our programming is entirely free and open to anyone and everyone. www.spurlock.illinois.edu/events

Click here for more information: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/about/jobs/

The final installment in this 3-part series is here! Check it out: www.spurlock.illinois.edu/blog/

We're open Tues-Sun for you to come check out our Americas Gallery!

We could not be more excited about this new program. Thanks to our friends at www.literarybookbar.com for partnering. FREE BOOKS to the first 13 people to sign up! First up: A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski Stop by Spurlock to get your book and let us know you're joining us!