MSP and the Museum of Natural History are co-sponsoring a Penny Stamps lecture, “Tactics for the Anthropocene: Not An Alternative.” This presentation is part of our “Museums and Social Justice” fall series. Not An Alternative is a NY-based collective that works for the intersection...
Kudos to… Aimee VonBonkel (MSP08) works as the Lynette S. Autrey Rice Seminar Visiting Professor in the Rice University Humanities Research Center. Her responsibilities include presentation of her museum-based work and contribution to a scholarly publication on the topic of “Chronotopic Imaginaries: The City in...
Taking a Look in the Mirror: Transformative Change within Museums Presentation by Chris Taylor, Chief Inclusion Officer at the Minnesota Historical Society. The presentation will focus on concepts and practices of organizational museum practices and the shifts that are needed within the field to...
Kudos to… Sanam Arab (MSP11). At the recent annual meeting of the Michigan Museums Association, Sanam’s ongoing participation in the organization was recognized with the Volunteer of the Year Award.
The “Less than Perfect” exhibit was noted today on NPR. The exhibit was curated by MSP Director and Professor of Anthropology, Carla Sinopoli, and is on display at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology until January 8, 2017.
Negotiating Slavery? The Politics of Memory and the Transformations of a State Museum in Colombia In a context of controversy surrounding the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla movement, the country’s museums are currently experiencing deep transformations. State museums...
Christiana Sinacola — “Conversations from the Herbarium”
April 18, 2024
