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Apr 16 2021

‘Building Our Own Community’ Exhibit Virtual Tour Launched

Posted on April 16, 2021April 8, 2022 by Sara J. Pinkham

For those distant to campus, or who would like to experience the latest Main Library Gallery exhibition from home, a virtual tour of Building Our Own Community: 50 Years of the Latino Native American Cultural Center, Founded by Chicano and American Indian Students in 1971 is now available online.

Click here to visit the virtual Building Our Own Community exhibit.

A panoramic view of part of the Main Library Gallery exhibit shows several text panels with clickable icons.
Image featuring the #DoesUIowaLoveMe section of the Building Our Own Community exhibit virtual tour, Main Library Gallery.

The tour features 360° photos of the Main Library Gallery, which allow the viewer to move from area to area. The text panels and the cases containing the items on display are clickable, meaning close-up views of the items are available along with narrative from curators Rachel Garza Carreón and Christopher Ortega.

The exhibition features a large number of carefully selected news articles from The Daily Iowan, all of which are linked to The Daily Iowan Archive and can be read in full with no access restriction.

Many materials are from the Latino Native American Cultural Center Records in the University Archives, digital versions of which can be read or viewed throughout the virtual exhibit or via the Iowa Digital Library. The exhibit also spotlights recent photographs from activism and activities supported by the Latino Native American Cultural Center. A special digital pamphlet containing personal notes from the curators is located near the gallery’s virtual front doors, and is also on the Main Library Gallery website.

An immersive reader option is readily available in each section of the virtual exhibit to read the detailed image descriptions for each piece on display out loud. 

Visit the virtual Building Our Own Community exhibit.

For more information about this exhibit, visit the Main Library Gallery website.


Thank you to the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums for partnering with the Main Library Gallery to make this virtual experience available.

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