Featuring child-sized reproductions of a Nigerian Hausan house and a Greek farm house. The rare books and manuscripts of the IU Library system are housed in the Lilly Library. Its collections number more than 400,000 books, six million manuscripts and 100,000 pieces of sheet music. Hoagy Carmichael Room hours are by appointment. The Carmichael Room was designed as a lively memorial to the versatile artist and contains pieces of the large collection of memorabilia donated to IU by the Carmichael family.
Hours are by appointment only.
Each IU campus offers a wide array of cultural opportunities. From productions by the University Theatre on the Bloomington campus to exhibitions at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis to concerts by internationally acclaimed pianists on the South Bend campus, IU enriches cultural life throughout Indiana.