This winter’s brown bag presentations span a variety of topics. All are held from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in the UM Museum of Art Multi-Purpose Room. Bring your lunch and join us for some interesting discussions! The full schedule can be found here: Brown...
Facing the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes on the site of the Warsaw ghetto and prewar Jewish neighborhood, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews completes the memorial complex. At the monument, we honor those who died by remembering how they died. At...
Spend your summer studying and interning in South Africa this summer with Michigan State University’s study abroad program in Art, Cultural Heritage, & Museums. Apply for this innovative program that combines field-based coursework in arts, cultural studies, and museum studies with a one-month internship in a South African museum. DATES: June 8-12, 2016 in U.S. (online course) June 12-July 30, 2016 (in...
Graham Beal, the recently retired director, president and chief executive officer of the Detroit Institute of Arts, and currently the Hannah Visiting Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, received a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree at the December 20 winter commencement ceremony. Graham...
Greetings and Happy Holidays from the University of Michigan Museum Studies Program! The approaching end of the calendar year provides a good opportunity to look back on the past year and forward to the coming one, and bring you up to date on our...
On December 1, Katherine Malone-France, the Vice President for Historic Sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, presented an engaging lecture about re-imagining historic sites. As promised, she has provided us with the Trust’s collections management policy as was requested by several attendees....
