Events

Public programs facilitate dialogue between academics and professionals, informing scholarship and strengthening practice.

Multiple day conferences, year-long colloquia, individual lectures, “conversations” between individuals, hands-on workshops, and Museums at Noon talks featuring our graduate students all contribute to the remarkable richness of MSP offerings.

Video recordings of some MSP lectures are archived for viewing in our Media Gallery.

  • Dr. Uzma Z. Rizvi – Visualizing Care: Storytelling as Data Visualization at MohenjoDaro

    Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI

    The Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor Visualizing Care: Storytelling as Data Visualization at MohenjoDaro. Set in the World Heritage Site of MohenjoDaro (Sindh, Pakistan), Visualizing Care approaches archaeological data visualization through deep mapping. Experimenting with multimodal and accessible forms of archaeological data...

  • America at 250: History, Memory, and Truth. A Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

    Rackham Graduate School 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

    Presentation by Lonnie G. Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution October 28 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm Rackham Graduate School Auditorium (915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor) The Museum Studies Program is proud to sponsor America at 250: History, Memory, and Truth. A Conversation...

  • Museums@Noon presentation by Madeleine Harris

    Reporting Impact and Stewarding Members with UMMA’s Development Team Madeleine Harris (MSP24; PhD candidate, Classical Studies) November 11 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm  Hatcher Gallery Lab (Room 100H) or online via Zoom Museum stewardship, the process by which museums build and nurture relationships with...