News & Publications

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…  Comfort Mtotha (MSP19) recently published her article, “The “Saint” of Livingstonia: Assembling, Memorializing, and Representation of Missionary Paraphernalia at the Stone House Museum in Malawi” in Museum of Anthropology. 

April 4 Museums@Noon – From Lubaina Himid to the Battle of Bamber Bridge: Curating and Narrating Black Atlantic Stories in British Museums and Communities

Speaker: Alan Rice, PhD, Fulbright Scholar; Professor of English and American Studies; Director of the Research Centre in Migration, Diaspora & Exile; Co-Director of the Institute for Black Atlantic Research, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom When: 12:00 pm on April 4 Where: Eldersveld...

Support MSP on Giving Blue Day!

March 19 is Giving Blue Day! Consider supporting the Museum Studies Program. Your gift will help to support a practice-oriented museum studies seminar format that pairs teaching faculty with curators, conservators, educators, and collection managers working in our on-campus museums. Your contribution, big or...

Inaugural Conference on Community Archaeology & Heritage (March 14 & 15)

Michigan League, Michigan Room Friday–Saturday, March 14–15, 2025 Recognizing the importance of collaboration with local communities in archaeological research and heritage practice, the University of Michigan is launching a new Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage. In this inaugural conference, we will highlight the...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to… Susan Dine (MSP15), Senior Lecturer in Asian Art & Architecture, has created a proposal for a museum studies minor that has been approved by Vanderbilt University.