Object Lessons Continued:  The Second (and Third) Century of University of Michigan Museums and Collections Thursday, November 16 6:30 p.m. U-M Museum of Natural History The University of Michigan bicentennial provides an opportunity to look back at the University’s past and forward to our...

This exhibition focuses on the University’s two archaeology museums: the Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, founded in 1922, and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, founded in 1928. The exhibition traces the growth of the two museums from their earliest collections to the present day and...

Museum Studies Program Director, Carla Sinopoli, was featured in today’s issue of the University Record.  “Museums rank near the top of what institutions Americans trust to provide honest information. Because of this trust factor, museums can deal with climate change, race, lots of interesting issues...

Directors from the Public Garden at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum will discuss their institutions’ student engagement programs, which offer professional training programs aimed to encourage and broaden the learning experiences of future...

This Thursday (November 30) Christa Clarke, Senior Curator, Arts of Global Africa at the Newark Museum, will present the third talk in the “Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA” series.  These talks are presented by leading curators and thinkers in African art and will...

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