Author: Museum Studies Program

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to… Ekaterina Olson Shipyatsky (MSP22) was named as a UM Curatorial Assistant for Art in Public Spaces. Katya will assist with curatorial research on the UM public art collection, the Art in Residence Halls program, and a number of other duties as the...

April 14 – Student Capstone Presentations

  Monday, April 14 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall   Presentations for the evening are as follows: 5:00 pm “(Re)accrediting the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Plans for Marketing, Development, and Interpretive efforts” Presented by Madeleine Harris, Anwar Monamed, Patricia...

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

On April  4, MSP welcomed Fulbright Scholar Professor Alan Rice (DAAS, UMICH) who discussed a range of his work as curator, academic and activist in Lancashire, Great Britain. As a scholar of the Black Atlantic he has curated and co-curated exhibitions with Black British artists...

Museums, Technologies, and Civic Transformations

On March 19, MSP welcomed Seb Chan, Director & CEO of ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne, Australia and the Museum Studies Program’s 2025 Visiting Scholar.  Seb’s presentation, Museums, Technologies, and Civic Transformations, explored trust, attention, digital memory, ephemerality, and...