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

“Take Your Pick” exhibition selection – UM Museum of Art

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Date:  Friday, September 20 Time & Location:  2:00 pm, UM Museum of Art UMMA invites Museum Studies Program students to an exclusive meet and greet with collector Peter Cohen, whose photographs are the subject of UMMA's upcoming interactive exhibition Take Your Pick.  Take Your Pick invites you—the Museum’s...

MSP18 Student Capstone Presentations

  Presentations for this evening are as follows: 6:00 pm “Curating Exhibition, Education, and Engagement at the Detroit Observatory” Presented by Emily Finch, Erin Johnston-Weiss, Aleksandra Kuznetsova Host institution:  Detroit Observatory   7:00 pm “Cobblestone Farm: Connecting Past and Present in the Wood Shed...

MSP18 Student Capstone Presentations

Presentations for this evening are as follows: 6:00 pm “Combining the Subjective and the Objective: Assessing Visitor Motivation at UMMA“ Presented by Tori Cox, Kimberly Ransom, Tina Tahir Host institution:  University of Michigan Museum of Art   7:00 pm “Interpreting Incarceration: U.S. Prison Museums and...