UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State All-Sports Museum has announced the opening of a new exhibit titled "The Way I Saw It: A Photography Retrospective." The exhibit will be located in the museum’s second-floor special exhibition gallery and will be open through Aug. 1, 2027.
"The Way I Saw It" celebrates the work of Penn State alumnus Pat Little, who started out with The Daily Collegian and spent over three decades as a photojournalist with the Centre Daily Times, Associated Press and Reuters.
Starting from a million photo negatives then narrowed down to a set of 5000 photographs, the exhibit presents a final curated collection of 100 unique and powerful images of Penn State athletes, coaches, venues and fans, shot by Little between 1977 and 2005.
Longtime Nittany Lions fans will see several legendary faces and moments they remember, like Todd Blackledge and Suzie McConnell — but the exhibition also will give visitors the opportunity to experience many other stories and moments they may not have been present to witness firsthand: images from inside practice facilities and at field level, during impossible weather conditions and even from the midst of active construction sites.
The exhibit includes special sections devoted to images of Penn State’s treasured gameday student participants: the Blue Band, the cheerleaders and Lionettes, and the Nittany Lion mascot.
Additional display cases present several of Little's magazine cover photos, the actual camera equipment he used to shoot most of the images on display, and the story of his first photograph to appear in Sports Illustrated.
Opened in 2002, the Penn State All-Sports Museum is located at the southwest corner of Beaver Stadium and honors the achievements of the men and women who have built the proud tradition of Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. The museum is currently open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays–Saturdays, and noon–4 p.m. Sundays, through mid-March. Admission is by suggested donation of $8 for adults and $5 for children, seniors and students.
Private museum tours – including the new exhibit – also are available by appointment.