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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.

Book Signing: Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI

Authors and UM professors Kerstin Barndt and Carla Sinopoli will be at the Kelsey Museum signing copies of their new book, 'Object Lessons & the Formation of Knowledge.' Learn about the dynamic history of the museums at the University of Michigan as part of the...

Bicentennial book launch/panel discussion

Hatcher Graduate Library

The book Object Lessons and the Formation of Knowledge: The University of Michigan Museums, Libraries, and Collections 1817–2017 presents a full color journey through the treasures of the University’s collections. A panel discussion with a focus on items from library collections will occur on Sept 26...

Object Lessons: Recollecting Museum Histories at Michigan

Curated by Kerstin Barndt in collaboration with Richard Barnes and Amanda Krugliak, with original commissioned artwork by Richard Barnes The history of the modern research university is unthinkable without collecting. At the University Michigan, the first objects brought to campus in the late 1830s...

Exhibition – Excavating Archaeology at U-M: 1817‐2017

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI

This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to the future of archaeology and museums at Michigan in the coming century. The exhibition relies on carefully chosen objects, archival documents...

Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA with Mary (Polly) Nooter-Roberts

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

A series of talks by leading curators and thinkers in African art will launch a reimagining process for the forthcoming reinstallation of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art. Mary (Polly) Nooter-Roberts, Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, will...

Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA with Pamela McClusky

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

A series of talks by leading curators and thinkers in African art will launch a reimagining process for the forthcoming reinstallation of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art. Pamela McClusky, Curator of African and Oceanic Art, Seattle Art Museum, will...

Curatorial Dilemmas: Representing Africa at UMMA with Christa Clarke

A series of talks by leading curators and thinkers in African art will launch a reimagining process for the forthcoming reinstallation of the University of Michigan Museum of Art’s Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art. Christa Clarke, Senior Curator Arts of Global Africa, Newark Museum, will...

The Challenges and Opportunities of Exhibiting Asian Art in the 21st Century: A View from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Michigan Union 530 S. State Streeet, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

The Challenges and Opportunities of Exhibiting Asian Art in the 21st Century: A View from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Presented by Anna Slaczka, Curator of Asian Art, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. March 22 at 2:30, Michigan Union, Wolverine Room. Presented by the UM History of Art, and co-sponsored by the...

MSP17 Student Capstone Presentations

Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann Arbor

Presentations for this evening are as follows: 6:00 pm "Building Bridges: Diversifying Audience at the Mott-Warsh Collection" Presented by Stephanie Brown, Isabelle Gillet, and Colin Walker Host institution:  Mott-Warsh Collection Project challenge:  Finding ways to help a contemporary African American art gallery to reach...

MSP17 Student Capstone Presentations

Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann Arbor

Presentations for this evening are as follows: 6:00 pm "Applewood Estate and North Flint: Historic Preservation and Community Revitalization" Presented by Onyx Henry, Christopher Mulvey, Katie Stadtmiller Host institution:  Applewood Estate Project challenge:  Creating a resource guide to assist Applewood Estate in taking the...