Exhibition opening: August 26 In our society, we are taught to strive for and expect perfection. Yet throughout our lives, we learn as much or more from our flaws and failures as we do from our successes. “Less Than Perfect” celebrates failure and the...
Consider MUSEUMS 498 Section 2: Developing Exhibitions for the UM Bicentennial This course will provide students with the opportunity to research, develop content for, and design museum exhibitions on topics related to the University of Michigan’s upcoming bicentennial. Through this course, students will have...
Kudos to Ksenya Gurshtein (MSP06) who began a job this month as an Assistant Curator at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.
A cooperative agreement between Indiana University and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, will result in an unprecedented initiative to digitize in 3-D the museum’s entire collection of 1,250 pieces of irreplaceable Greek and Roman sculpture. The project between the Uffizi, one of the...
Kudos to Christopher Berk (MSP07) whose visiting anthropology position at Auburn University in Alabama was extended for a second year. This Fall he will be teaching Introduction to Anthropology and Anthropology of Global Studies courses. His article, This Exhibition is About Now: Tasmanian Aboriginality at...
The Michigan Science Center has received a wonderful donation from Toyota. The Japanese automaker announced on Thursday a $1.44 million gift — the largest single donation to the center — to upgrade an experiential theater that aims to entice middle school-aged children (and their...
