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Exhibitions

For 60 years, Sheldon Museum of Art has provided a venue for students, faculty and staff, alumni, and visitors to engage with art and one another. As an academic art museum, Sheldon schedules its exhibitions to coincide with the academic calendar.

A detail of Charles Sheeler's 1939 painting "Barn Reds."

Go Big Red

August 16, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Members of the University of Nebraska community chose works from Sheldon's collection that feature the school color—red. The selected works span history, genres, styles, and media, just as the participants and their reflections represent the distinctive individuals who have come together to realize this exhibition.

Outdoor Sculpture

Discover Sheldon’s collection—outside.
Explore outdoor sculptures from Sheldon’s collection displayed year round across the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s City and East Campuses. Use this map to create your own self-guided tour.

"Wheat Field, South of Marsland, Nebraska" (1993), a photograph by Peter Brown.

Sheldon Statewide: Finding Horizons/Buscando Horizontes

A horizon line in a landscape composition provides the viewer with a sense of perspective—it tells you where you are in relation to other elements. Horizons show where the sky and the earth meet, and can also allude to an artist’s interests, priorities, and personal relationship with the land they depict.

La línea de un horizonte en una composición de paisajes proporciona al espectador una sensación de perspectiva. Indica en dónde el espectador se encuentra con relación a otros elementos. Los horizontes muestran dónde se encuentran el cielo y la tierra. También pueden indicar los intereses, las prioridades y la relación personal de un artista con el paisaje que este decide representar.