Author: Museum Studies Program

Oct 24 & 25 – Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections

On October 24-25, 2025, join the Inclusive History Project for Balikan: Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns for Philippine Collections, a two-day symposium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This symposium brings together scholars, archivists, cultural heritage workers, and community activists from across the...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to… John Low (MSP05) who recently retired as a Professor Emeritus from The Ohio State University and has returned to his tribal community, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We wish John all the best in his retirement!

Women in museum computing: a brief history of data entry & skilled labor 

Women in museum computing: a brief history of data entry & skilled labor  Presentation by Alexandria Rayburn (MSP 19; PhD, Information) Museum collections are many things, but primarily they function as repositories of information, where data-intensive work has been conducted for decades. Like other...

Alumni kudos!

Kudos to…. Henrike Florusbosch (MSP03) has just been named as the new chief administrator at the UM Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. After teaching anthropology at Leiden University in the Netherlands, Henrike returned to U-M to manage the African Studies Center within the International Institute,...