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.

University of Michigan Museum of Art

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  • Flexing the Museum: The Global Museum in the 21st Century?

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    Presentation by Christina Olsen (Director, UM Museum of Art) October 23 at 5:30 pm UM Museum of Art, Helmut Stern Auditorium Exploring museums across Argentina, the UK, Belgium and Portugal visited on a recent sabbatical, museum director Christina Olsen wrestles with museums' changing shapes...

  • Museums, Technologies and Civic Transformations

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    Presentation by Seb Chan, Director & CEO of ACMI (formerly Australian Centre for the Moving Image) in Melbourne, Australia and the Museum Studies Program's 2025 Visiting Scholar UM Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium Predictably, the first quarter of the 21st century has...

  • Know Thyself: The Importance of Vision in Museum Leadership

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    Presentation by Neil Barclay, President and CEO, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History February 20, at 5:30 pm, UM Museum of Art As museums grapple with the complexity of a social, political and economic change in the communities they serve, visionary leadership...

  • I See What You’re Saying: A WICAD Symposium at UMMA

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    University of Michigan Museum of Art A Symposium on WICAD (the Workshop on Inclusive Co-Creation of Audio Descriptions) With Museum Visitors Who Are Blind, Partially-blind, And Sighted at UMMA 8 - 10:30 AM – Public Panel Discussion, Moderated by Audrey Bennett Location:  University of...

  • The Arab American National Museum – Past, Present, and Future

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    Presentation 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...

  • Study days at UMMA

    University of Michigan Museum of Art

    Study 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 Art

    Study 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 Art

    Study 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 Art

    Study 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...