The Carver Wing, a gift to the University from the late Roy J. Carver of Muscatine, includes a large special exhibition gallery, a print study room, and the Lasansky Room. The latter houses a collection of prints by University of Iowa artist Mauricio Lasansky, which was given to the museum by Webster B. and Gloria Gelman of Iowa City. The museum presents a wide variety of loan exhibitions from around the country in addition to organizing exhibitions from its own collection. There is an active Friends organization proividing events and special opportunities to museum members. Volunteer opportunities are available in various areas of the museum.
Admission is free to all exhibitions.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Guided tours for groups or individuals may be arranged with three weeks' notice. Museum of Natural History Housed in Macbride Hall, the museum includes more than one million specimens from microscopic fossils of ancient pollen to mastodon skulls. Founded in 1858, the museum is the oldest university museum west of the Mississippi River.