The John Martin Rare Book Room (JMRBR) at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences houses nearly 6,500 volumes of original works that represent classic contributions to the history of the health sciences from the 15th through 21st centuries.

The JMRBR specializes in printed works covering anatomy, brain sciences, infectious disease, medicinal plants, midwifery, nursing, the basic sciences, and so much more. It's located on the fourth floor of the Hardin Library and is open Monday through Thursday, 8:30 am-5 pm, and by appointment on Fridays.

Pentacrest Museums staff lead guided strolls featuring the ecological, symbolism, history, and lore of our trees. These nature walks and talks are for discovery, restoration, mindfulness, and movement.

The Macbride Nature Recreation Area (MNRA) is a beautiful 485-acre natural area existing largely undisturbed since pre-settlement and representing one of Iowa’s most endangered ecosystems: the White Oak Savanna.

Tours have featured nature walks, info about Iowa Wildlife Camps and School of the Wild, and up-close views of birds of prey from the Iowa Raptor Project. 

The University of Iowa Driving Safety Research Institute (DSRI) is home to the National Advanced Driving Simulator, one of the world’s largest and most advanced driving simulators, as well as a fleet of on-road research vehicles. .

As part of the College of Engineering, DSRI investigators aim to make our roads safer by researching the connections between humans and vehicles. Their areas of expertise include driver behavior; automated vehicle technology; drugged, drowsy, and distracted driving; older and novice drivers; simulation science; and more.

The College of Engineering's LEED-certified Seamans Center annex is a world-class center for teaching and discovery.

Tours highlight the green roof, solar array, and classrooms. Other stops include:

• Engineering Electronics Shop, which provides consulting, design services, 3D printing, and a large sales floor available to all UI students, faculty, and staff
• Lichtenberg Engineering Library creative space and tool library available for checkout
• Engineering Computer Services labs and classrooms
• Engineering Machine Shop, which offers consulting and design services, industrial 3D printing, and a student shop

Building on the legacy of space pioneer James Van Allen, Iowa's Department of Physics and Astronomy is an established leader among universities in space physics.

Faculty and staff include researchers who have built instruments for spacecraft including Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, Polar, Cluster, Juno, Van Allen Probes, and Magnetospheric Multiscale and sounding rockets. With instruments flown on 70 spacecraft for 60 successful missions, Iowa's is one of few departments in the nation that offer students significant opportunities for spacecraft exploration of the solar system and beyond.

Tours include the department's state of the art observatory, space physics labs, and popular demonstrations.

Since 1904, the State Hygienic Laboratory has been at the forefront of public health issues in Iowa.

As the state’s public health and environmental laboratory, the Hygienic Laboratory serves all of Iowa’s 99 counties through infectious disease detection, environmental monitoring, and genetic screenings for nearly every baby born in the state.

The lab has played a critical role in Iowa’s test-at-home program for COVID-19, processing nearly 1.8 million samples to date. Through the lab’s observational windows, visitors see how vital public health testing works.

The University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame is a must for every Hawkeye fan. It offers three floors of Hawkeye memories, featuring dedicated exhibit space for all men’s and women’s teams and other exhibit spaces for unique pieces of Hawkeye history like the Scottish Highlanders and more. 

Guests can view our most famous Hawkeye Nile Kinnick’s 1939 Heisman Trophy as well as the Hall of Fame plaques for each of the UI Hall of Fame inductees. They can shoot baskets on the old Field House floor and relive the glory of Final Four Field House memories in the popular interactive room.   

Staff provide a history of the Hall of Fame building and its operations and purpose, then welcome guests to roam the exhibits at their leisure on a self-guided experience with staff available to answer any questions.

The Main Library Gallery provides the University of Iowa campus community and the general public access to the rich collections of the University of Iowa Libraries, including rare and historically significant items. From among treasures archived deep in University Libraries Special Collections and Archives, exhibit curators select unique objects, photos, papers, and books for each exhibition that tell fascinating stories about a range of topics.  

Visits highlight the gallery's current exhibitions, explore how items are chosen for an exhibit, and offer a peek at some interesting items from Special Collections, which are just some of the many materials available to see up close in the department’s Reading Room.  

Guests also can stop by the Learning Commons, which includes 18 private group rooms and six open group areas, all with writing surfaces and monitors that encourage collaborative work.

The University of Iowa Law Library is one of the best academic law libraries in the United States.

While the Law Library is housed within Boyd Law Building, the Law Library and its excellent collection and services are available for use by all faculty, staff, and students at the University of Iowa. The Law Library also serves members of the public, both within the Law Library and through special outreach projects like the People’s Law Library of Iowa.  

Visits to the library highlight its reference service, staffed by legal experts; contributions to research on campus; current and upcoming special projects; and a special tour of the library's rare book room.

Located on the Oakdale campus, the Information ITF is the University of Iowa’s supports the university’s information technology needs from education to research to health care. Tour guests venture behind the scenes to see what goes into successful delivery of highly available, resilient, and secure IT service. 

The Stanley Museum of Art has a world-class collection of art comprised of over 16,000 works of art on the University of Iowa campus. Events at the museum's new facility have showcased its inaugural exhibition, Homecoming, which reintroduces an extraordinary collection to the public.

The Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) is a world-renowned flight test laboratory that conducts research on human-in-the-loop and intelligent systems to increase efficiency, interoperability, and safety. The OPL is a nationally trusted hub for aviation research.