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CATALYZE CREATIVITY

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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MSU student CoLaborator Rachel, with long wavy blonde hair and wearing a black MSU Museum shirt, chats with guests at an exhibit opening. Various visitors can be seen out of focus around her.

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MSU Museum employees smile as they work on digitizing a jaguar mask in the Bloomberg lab. Closest to the camera, Carrie Walker, with long brunette hair and wearing an MSU sweatshirt, points at a large computer screen on a rolling stand while smiling. On the screen, Photoshop is open to show a side profile of the jaguar mask which rests on the table by Carrie's hand. Next to her, a student worker with black hair in a ponytail wearing a black sweatshirt smiles. A similar picture is up on the laptop in front of her. Further down the row of tables, Curator Samantha Ellens, with short brunette hair and glasses, wearing a grey turtleneck sweater, smiles as she also works on a laptop. The scene around them is an office space with visible ducts and piping, white walls, and storage spaces.

Educator Professional Development: Using Immersive Tech to Teach with Museum Objects

Register now for a free one-day professional development program focused on learning how to use museum cultural objects for teaching through 3D models, Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and educational materials that center collections as primary sources for student exploration. After completing the program,...
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A museum access badge labeled “MuSeum – Access Audio” hangs in the foreground, with a blurred dinosaur skeleton exhibit and skull visible in the background.

RFID Accessibility Launch in Habitat Hall

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MSU Museum Launches RFID-Enabled Accessibility Experience in Habitat Hall The Michigan State University Museum invites visitors to experience a new, technology-driven approach to accessibility with the launch of its RFID-enabled audio description system in Habitat Hall. A special public celebration will take
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Three MSU students examine clothing on mannequins in a studio or exhibit space; one holds a printed document while two others adjust a beige cape with a red lining, smiling and conversing.

Student-Curated Exhibition on MSU Traditions

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The MSU Museum invites the public to an opening reception for What If We Kissed in the Shadows of Beaumont Tower?: Connecting Generations through MSU Student Traditions on Friday, April 24 from 4:30–6:00 p.m. The exhibition, developed by students in Michigan
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