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
The Seduction, Refusal, and Retention of Universality in Collections Care
Rackham Graduate School 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesRackham Graduate School Assembly Hall (4th floor) Please join the Museum Studies Program for its 20th anniversary keynote address by Cara Krmpotich, Director of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto. Universality as an intellectual and ethical imperative has substantially shaped museum work, including...
Museums in Practice series – Access and Museums: Making Meaning through Online and Digital Connections
Online via ZoomJoin us via Zoom for the Museum Studies Program’s third annual Virtual Panel Discussion considering access and accessibility concerns in museum practice. With museum, library, and cultural heritage panelists from the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), Delft University of Technology, and the Smithsonian Institution,...
Know Thyself: The Importance of Vision in Museum Leadership
University of Michigan Museum of ArtPresentation by Neil Barclay, President and CEO, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History February 20, at 5:30 pm, UM Museum of Art As museums grapple with the complexity of a social, political and economic change in the communities they serve, visionary leadership...
Unseen Connections: A Natural History of the Cellphone
Space 2435, School of Information 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MISpace 2435, UM North Quad (105 S. State Street) Presentation by Josh Bell, Curator of Globalization at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian and Museum Studies Program 2024 Visiting Scholar What is the role of anthropology in a natural history museum in the...
