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.
Events
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Museums@Noon presentation by Gala Patenkovic
Hatcher Graduate LibraryExhibiting fun: Comics museums in France Gala Patenkovic (MSP 21; PhD candidate, Romance Languages & Literatures) November 21 from 12:00 - 1:00 Hatcher Gallery Lab, Room 100H or online via Zoom Comics, in France, are serious business. 1 in 4 books sold today is...
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Museums in Time of Polycrisis: The Promise of Cultural Institutions
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborPresentation by Dr. Porchia Moore January 27 at 5:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall (505 S. State Street, Ann Arbor) As a global polycrisis continues to impact modern day life, perhaps no other institution is experiencing the impact of rapid change more than...
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Virtual Open House for prospective students
Online via ZoomThe Museum Studies Program invites students enrolled in any graduate program at the University of Michigan to apply for the Fall 2026 cohort. This multidisciplinary graduate certificate program draws on ideas from the arts, humanities, natural and social sciences, and technology and provides countless...
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Museo Moderno: A Values-driven Model that Positions Art and Artists as Central to Human, Economic and Democratic Development
University of Michigan Museum of ArtPresentation by Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and the Museum Studies Program’s 2026 Visiting Scholar UM Museum of Art – Helmut Stern Auditorium How does art lead the way in creating our possible futures? How do the human imagination...
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Museums@Noon – Internship experiences at Museum of Natural History of Bern, Switzerland and the Museum of West African Art
Online via ZoomInternship experiences at Museum of Natural History of Bern, Switzerland and the Museum of West African Art February 23 from 12:00 - 1:00 Online via Zoom. Patricia Torres-Pineda - MSP24; PhD student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology From the Field to the Museum: Experiences...
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Tour of “Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World” exhibit
Hatcher Graduate LibraryMonday, March 9 at 12:00 pm Hatcher Library North, First Floor, Room 100J Join Abigail Staub (MSP22 and PhD Candidate, Interdepartmental Program in Mediterranean Art & Archaeology) for a tour of an exhibit she curated in the Hatcher Gallery “Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in...
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Museums@Noon presentation by History of Art students
Tappan Hall 913 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesTraversing Mountains and Waters: Visits to the Centennial Exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Taipei Speakers: History of Art PhD students - Qi Zheng, Meichen Liu, Yueling Li, Star Song March 23 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm Tappan Room 180 and online via...
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America at 250: a Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Rackham Graduate School 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesAmerica at 250: History, Memory, and Truth A Conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday, March 31, 6pm (doors open at 5:15pm) Rackham Auditorium, 915 E. Washington St. Free & open to the public Museums are the classrooms of our...
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MSP25 Capstone Presentations
Haven Hall, Eldersveld Room 505 S. State Street, Ann ArborWednesday, April 15 from 4:00 – 8:00 pm Eldersveld Room, 5670 Haven Hall Presentations for the evening are as follows: 4:00 pm - "A Conservation and Collections Management Plan for the Howell Opera House" Presented by Lisandri Kola, Ali Mohsin, Dana Salama Host institution:...
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Do We Need to Decolonize Holocaust Museums?
Hatcher Graduate LibraryPresentation by Erica Lehrer, PhD, MSP04; Professor of History at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada); Winter 2026 Institute Fellow, UM Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Hatcher Library Gallery Lab, Room 100H A central issue animating and transforming the museum sector today is the call...
