Author: Museum Studies Program

MSP student curates exhibit with Stearns Collection

Chuyi Zhu (MSP21 and PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology) has just compled researching and curating an exhibit in partnership with the University’s Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments and CultureVerse.  Comprised of more than 2,500 pieces of historical and contemporary musical instruments from all over the...

Central Market alumni project at The Henry Ford

As a Simmons Intern at The Henry Ford this summer, Ayana Curran-Howes (MSP20) was dedicated to researching, designing, and making community connections for a new educational market experience. Featuring goods provided by local growers, the market initiative will be hosted in Detroit’s Central Market...

Philippine collection project receives grant from the Humanities Collaboratory

The Humanities Collaboratory has announced their 2021 project grant recipients.  One of the grants has been awarded to ReConnect/ReCollect: Reparative Connections to Philippine Collections at the University of Michigan.  This project will examine the accumulation of some of the largest Philippine archival, cultural and...