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.
The Arab American National Museum – Past, Present, and Future
University of Michigan Museum of ArtPresentation by Diana Abouali, Director, Arab American National Museum. January 26 at 5:30 pm, UM Museum of Art The Arab American National Museum, located in Dearborn, Michigan, remains the only museum in the country that interprets and presents the history and culture of Arab...
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...
CANCELLED – Experiment|Experience: Campus Art Museums in the 21st Century
U-M Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesPlease join us for a Museums Studies panel discussion! Experiment|Experience: Campus Art Museums in the 21st Century Panelists: Christina Olsen - Director, Museum of Art, University of Michigan Maurita Poole - Director, Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University Anne Goodyear - Director, Museum of Art, Bowdoin...
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...
A Storm was Coming: Workshop
Modern Languages Building 812 Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesA Storm was Coming: Workshop 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 -...
The Seduction, Refusal, and Retention of Universality in Collections Care
Rackham Graduate School 915 E. Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesRackham Graduate School Assembly Hall (4th floor) Please join the Museum Studies Program for its 20th anniversary keynote address by Cara Krmpotich, Director of Museum Studies at the University of Toronto. Universality as an intellectual and ethical imperative has substantially shaped museum work, including...
Exploring the past and shaping the future in archives and collections (Museums@Noon)
Online via ZoomKimberly Ransom, PhD, MSP18, Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Education Chicago’s Rebuild Foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank While interning at Rebuild Foundation’s Stony Island Arts Bank (SAB) in Chicago, Kimberly Ransom has reviewed the objects and documents in...
MSP 22 Capstone Presentations
Online via ZoomPresentations for this evening are as follows: 6:00 pm “Expanding Narrating Nubia's Network:” Best Practices for Online Exhibition and Access" Presented by Tori Herzig-Deribin, Tessa Oliveira, Abigail Staub Challenge statement: To develop robust resources and best practice recommendations for the development of an online...
