Each year Museum Studies students take site visits to museums at the University of Michigan and in the larger Southeast Michigan region. During these visits, students have the opportunity to meet with museum directors, curators, and professional staff who present their unique perspectives on the missions, challenges, and day to day work of their institutions. The Museum Studies Program is grateful to the many local partners who host us on our visits and provide us a valuable “behind the scenes” look at museum work.
2020-21 Museum Visits
(note, due to Covid-19, this year’s cohort could not visit sites together in a group, however below are sites that many students visited individually)
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- The Henry Ford
- Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
- Saginaw Art Museum
- Toledo Museum of Art
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
2019-2020 Museum Visits
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Arab American National Museum
- Fair Lane Estate
- The Henry Ford
- Michigan State University Museum
- Michigan State University Abrams Planetarium
- Olympia Entertainment/Little Ceasars
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
2018-2019 Museum Visits
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Detroit Historical Museum
- The Henry Ford
- Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Olympia Entertainment/Little Ceasars
- Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Herbarium
- Washtenaw County Historical Society Museum on Main Street
2017-18 Museum Visits
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- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Detroit Historical Museum
- The Henry Ford
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- Washtenaw County Historical Society Museum on Main Street
- Chicago trip (October, 2017)
2016-2017 Museum Visits
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Arab American National Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Detroit Zoo
- Fair Lane Estate
- The Henry Ford
- New Product Works
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- University of Michigan Research Museums Center
- Chicago trip (October, 2016)
2015-2016 Museum Visits
- Belle Isle Aquarium
- Cobblestone Farm
- Fair Lane Estate
- Heidelberg Project
- The Henry Ford
- Motown Museum
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Garden
2014-2015 Museum Visits
- Arab American National Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Charles Lang Freer House
- Cobblestone Farm
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Detroit Observatory
- The Henry Ford
- Matthaei Botanical Garden
- Michigan Science Center
- University of Michigan Herbarium
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- Chicago trip (May, 2015)
2013-2014 Museum Visits
- Arab American National Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Cranbrook Art Museum
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
- The Henry Ford
- Maxine and Stuart Frankel home
- University of Michigan Arboretum
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
- Chicago trip (May, 2014)
2012-2013 Museum Visits
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
- Grand Rapids Public Museum
- The Henry Ford
- Museum on Main Street (Washtenaw County Historical Society)
- Rentschler Farm Museum (Saline Area Historical Society)
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
2011-2012 Museum Visits
- Arab American National Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Cranbrook Museum of Art
- The Henry Ford
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum
2010-2011 Museum Visits
- Detroit Historical Museum
- Detroit Science Center
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
- Heidelberg Project
- The Henry Ford
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Herbarium
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum
2009-2010 Museum Visits
- American Museum of Magic
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Detroit Zoo
- The Henry Ford
- New Product Works
- University of Michigan Detroit Observatory
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
2008-2009 Museum Visits
- Arab American National Museum
- The Henry Ford
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Ziibiwing Center of Anishnabe Culture and Lifeways
2007-2008 Museum Visits
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Detroit Institute of Arts
- Detroit Science Center
- The Henry Ford
- New Product Works
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- University of Michigan Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry
- University of Michigan Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments
2006-2007 Museum Visits
- Alfred P. Sloan Museum
- Cabela’s: World’s Foremost Outfitters
- Cranbrook Art Museum
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Flint Institute of Arts
- The Henry Ford
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens
- University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
2005-2006 Museum Visits
- Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
- Arab American National Museum
- Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
- Grand Rapids Public Museum
- The Henry Ford
- Toledo Museum of Art
- Toledo Zoo
- University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
2004-2005 Museum Visits
- COSI Toledo
- Cranbrook Art Museum
- Cranbrook Institute of Science
- Detroit Zoo
- The Henry Ford
- Toledo Museum of Art
- University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
- University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum