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.

Latest Past Events

The Museum Further Afield: Conservation, Art, and Archaeology

U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor

Presentation by Suzanne Davis, Associate Curator, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Friday, October 20 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, UM Museum of Art auditorium   The Museum Further Afield: Conservation, Art, and Archaeology When we think and talk about museums, we are often focused...

Growing Protocols: Documenting the Collaborative Process within the Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways Project

U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor

Presentation by Elspeth Geiger, PhD candidate, Anthropology Friday, September 29 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, UM Museum of Art auditorium   Growing Protocols: Documenting the Collaborative Process within the Heritage Seeds for Sustainable Lifeways Project Collaboration between museums and Native American communities has...

Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward – Community Engagement at the Detroit Historical Society

University of Michigan Museum of Art, First Floor, Multi-Purpose Room 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor

  In 2015, Detroit Historical Society began a multi-year community engagement project to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the civil unrest of July 1967. Called Detroit 67: Looking Back to Move Forward, the project’s purpose is to bring together diverse voices and communities...