In 1976, the Gallery partnered with the Minnesota Motor Transport Association and the Vocational-Technical Institute #916 Truck Driver Training program to secure transportation for the traveling component of, " A Bicentennial

The contents of the folders contained within the WAM files not only document the specific activities of the Weisman (and the titles that proceed it) but also of associations the museum was and continues to be involved w

The Weisman Art Museum has a wonderful art rental program that allows students, employees, and departments to rent works of art by the semester or the year. I knew of the program, but what I didn't realize is that it has been part of the Weisman/University Gallery since the very beginning. The rental program began in 1934 at the Gallery, where framed print reproductions were available for students to rent for only 25 cents per academic quarter — a cheap way to decorate drab dorm or department walls.

When not in the sub-basement of Andersen Library processing the WAM files, my whereabouts on campus are often confined to an area just to the south of the library, to encompass Heller Hall, Wilson Library, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Center.

Although the exhibits previously held at the Gallery, such as the exhibit, "People of the Plains: 1820-1850," could never be reproduced exactly as they were first displayed, the records that were kept in planning and production can create for those who weren't able to attend, (for example, those who were not yet born...) an idea of what the exhibit might have been like.

From the UM New Service, Aug. 9, 1978 (Digital Conservancy), a news release of programming related to the exhibit was found: