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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.

Reforming Remembrance

Online via Zoom

Tuesday, April 13th 2021 at 1:00pm EST.  Zoom link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/99936418245 Dutch artist Hans van Houwelingen will reflect on his ongoing research on commemorative monuments. Apart from the hardware of monuments, he explores how to reform the practice of commemoration itself. Van Houwelingen and the Indonesian artist Iswanto...

MSP20 Capstone Presentation

MSP20 students will share their capstone project experiences with this year's host sites.  The presentation for this evening will be:   6:00 pm - Detroit’s Central Market Vegetable Building Transplanted in Greenfield Village Presented by Kathleen Brown, Ayana Curran-Howes, Laurel Fricker, Antonello Mastronardi Host site: ...

Nji Kchi-Nshinaabe’baniik Gdish-Chigemi Wi (We Do This for the Ancestors): The Basics of NAGPRA

Online via Zoom

When:  Friday, April 16th at 1:00pm Who:  Panelists: William Johnson - Ziibiwing Center of AnishinaabeCulture & Lifeways, Interim Director Veronica Pasfield - Bay Mills Indian Community NAGPRA Designee Amadeaus Scott - UMMAA NAGPRA Collections Manager Where:  Register/Webinar link can be found at: https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_agbr9WzoQaGnCxSfAc_YQQ   The Native American Graves Protection...

MSP Student Engagement Board kick-off meeting

Online via Zoom

As we navigate the start of this new academic year, we are excited to share an important new initiative here at the Museum Studies Program. We are launching an MSP student engagement board (name TBD!)! Run by students and for students, we imagine the...

Event Series Study Days at UMMA

Study Days at UMMA

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries. In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and...

Event Series Study Days at UMMA

Study Days at UMMA

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries. In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and...

Event Series Study Days at UMMA

Study Days at UMMA

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries. In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and...

Event Series Study Days at UMMA

Study Days at UMMA

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries. In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and...

Study Days at UMMA

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Bring your laptop, bring your books, bring your notes, and set up shop at one of the many tables or couches we’ll have stationed throughout the museum and our galleries. In addition to ample study space, throughout exam week you’ll find special self-care and...