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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.

“The Unvarnished Truth”: Reframing the National Narrative at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

Presentation by William S. Pretzer, Senior Curator of History, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture   The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in September 2016.  More than six million individuals have visited...