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.
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10 Questions for Henry Ford
U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States10 Questions for Henry Ford is a documentary art film that examines the controversial life and legacy of the world’s most famous industrialist. A carefully researched combination of historical fact and poetic imagining, the film draws on newspaper interviews, archival film, oral histories, and Henry...
Museum Collections: Considering Access & Transparency through Visible Storage
Online via ZoomIn recent years, museums have increasingly turned to open storage techniques to display parts of their collection which would otherwise not be on public view. Though this approach still feels somewhat radical, the concept of visible storage in museum practice started at the University...
Study days at UMMA
University of Michigan Museum of ArtStudy Days at UMMA will take place across four days, beginning on Thursday, December 8th and will end on Sunday, December 11th. It is meant to surround the upcoming finals period, in order to facilitate students’ wellness along with their studies. During these four...
Study days at UMMA
University of Michigan Museum of ArtStudy Days at UMMA will take place across four days, beginning on Thursday, December 8th and will end on Sunday, December 11th. It is meant to surround the upcoming finals period, in order to facilitate students’ wellness along with their studies. During these four...
Study days at UMMA
University of Michigan Museum of ArtStudy Days at UMMA will take place across four days, beginning on Thursday, December 8th and will end on Sunday, December 11th. It is meant to surround the upcoming finals period, in order to facilitate students’ wellness along with their studies. During these four...
Study days at UMMA
University of Michigan Museum of ArtStudy Days at UMMA will take place across four days, beginning on Thursday, December 8th and will end on Sunday, December 11th. It is meant to surround the upcoming finals period, in order to facilitate students’ wellness along with their studies. During these four...
Virtual Open House for prospective students
The Museum Studies Program invites students enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Michigan to apply for the Fall 2023 cohort. This multidisciplinary graduate certificate program draws on ideas from the arts, humanities, natural and social sciences, and technology and provides countless...
Genocide Ideology and Denial in Rwanda
School of Information 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesUMSI welcomes guest speaker Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, PhD, former Director General of the Research and Documentation Center on Genocide at the Rwanda National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG). The presentation will take place at the School of Information in North Quad Space 2435 and...
Building the Gacaca Digital Archive
School of Information 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesUMSI welcomes guest speaker Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, PhD, former Director General of the Research and Documentation Center on Genocide at the Rwanda National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG). The presentation will take place at the School of Information in North Quad Space 2435 and...
A Storm Was Coming: film screening
Palmer Commons 100 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MIA Storm Was Coming The Museum Studies Program is proud to co-sponsor a film screening and workshop with Director Javier Fernández Vázquez. A Storm was Coming: Film Screening and Q&A with Director Javier Fernández Vázquez Monday, March 13, 2023 | 4:00 pm - 7:00...
