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.
Lectures
Latest Past Events
America at 250: a Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Rackham Graduate School 915 E. Washington Street, Ann ArborAmerica at 250: History, Memory, and Truth A Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday, March 31, 6pm (doors open at 5:15pm) Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St. Free & open to the public Museums are the classrooms of our...
Museo Moderno: A Values-driven Model that Positions Art and Artists as Central to Human, Economic and Democratic Development
University of Michigan Museum of ArtPresentation by Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and the Museum Studies Program’s 2026 Visiting Scholar UM Museum of Art – Helmut Stern Auditorium How does art lead the way in creating our possible futures? How do the human imagination...
Museums in Time of Polycrisis: The Promise of Cultural Institutions
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborPresentation by Dr. Porchia Moore January 27 at 5:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall (505 S. State Street, Ann Arbor) As a global polycrisis continues to impact modern day life, perhaps no other institution is experiencing the impact of rapid change more than...
