This Friday at noon, MSP and PhD History student, Essie Ladkau, will discuss some of the methods in use by the National Museum of Japanese History to open the galleries up to minority and non-Japanese language speakers. Presentation at UM Museum of Art multi-purpose...
American Culture’s Border Collective Workshop will focus on the growth and changes in Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico, the U.S. and parts of Latin America. Day of the Dead is a celebration held on November 1st and 2nd to remember those that...
Andrea Rottmann (MSP13) recently had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Lonnie Bunch, the Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture on the topic of LGBTQ engagement. The interview can be seen here.
The annual Michigan Museums Association annual conference has come to a close, and many of our Museum Studies Program faculty and alumni participated throughout the event. A gallery of photos can be viewed here. A full schedule of events and presentations that took place...
This Letter from the Field was shared with us by Alice Tsay – MSP13 Greetings from San Marino, California! One month into my sun-saturated practicum at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, I’m finally losing the pallor earned from four years of...
Here are some alumni accomplishments that we learned about in May. David Choberka (MSP03) David is completing his third year as Mellon Academic Coordinator at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. His main responsibility is to increase visits to the museum by university...
