Museums at Noon presentation by Zachary Kopin (PhD, History) “What Happens When a Museum Is Something Other than a Museum?” This talk will discuss what happens to a museum and how it operates when its primary function is not to put its collections on...
This Thursday (November 2) Pamela McClusky, Curator of African and Oceanic Art at the Seattle Art Museum, will present the second talk in the “Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA” series. These talks are presented by leading curators and thinkers in African art and...
Leaders from the Harvard University and University of Michigan’s museums of natural history and comparative zoology will discuss the current historic and scientific importance of such museums for today’s understanding of and research into ecosystems and evolutionary biology that impact the increasing changes to...
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology conservator Suzanne Davis will provide an introduction to the field of conservation: what conservators do and where they work, how to become a conservator, some of the issues conservators are concerned about today, and how her work supports the Museum’s...
On Wednesday, 18 October, the Kelsey Museum will be opening its latest exhibition, Excavating Archaeology. Professor Sue Alcock will give the opening lecture at 6pm at the Union, Pendleton Room. A reception at the Kelsey Museum to see the exhibition will follow.
