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The MSU Museum serves the Michigan State University community by facilitating and creating experiences at the nexus of the arts, sciences, cultures, and technologies.

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A Creative CollaboRatory

The CoLab Studio is an innovative laboratory within the MSU Museum that develops timely and relevant programs designed to be novel, transient, and experimental. This approach enables the MSU Museum team to explore new methods for designing and implementing programming, informal learning, and community engagement. To this end, the CoLab Studio helps to push the boundaries of what it means to be a 21st-century interdisciplinary museum.

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In a colorful exhibit space painted bright yellow and green, an MSU student working as an MSU Museum CoLaborator explains the exhibit to two visitors dressed in winter coats. In front of the visitors sits a table spread with different cutlery and containers full of natural decomposition materials such as mushrooms and vermicompost.

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Please note: the MSU Museum will be closed on March 6 and 7 for a special event. We look forward to welcoming visitors back during regular hours on Tuesday, March 10.
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A black microphone on a red gradient background. White text on image reads “IGNITE TALKS MSU” in bold letters. A second column in white text reads “Wednesday, October 29 7:00-8:30PM, 6th Floor, 311 Abbot, East Lansing, MI. Register at museum.msu.edu” Features the MSU Museum CoLab Studio, Ignite MSU, and MSUFCU logos.

Ignite Talks MSU Showcases Student Research in Fast-Paced Public Forum

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The MSU Museum CoLab Studio will present the latest edition of Ignite Talks MSU, a dynamic, fast-paced showcase of student research, creativity, and innovation. The free public event brings together Michigan State University students from across disciplines to share their work
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Speculative Futures | The Future is Feminine

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An Evening of Poetry and Collective Imagination for Women’s History Month The Michigan State University Museum will present Speculative Futures | The Future is Feminine on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, from 6:00–7:30 p.m. in the MSU Museum Commons. Presented as part of
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