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The MSU Museum is starting an 18-month renovation project on July 1, 2024. During the temporary building closure, the Museum will continue facilitating and creating experiences at the nexus of the arts, sciences, cultures, and technologies.

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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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First Fridays | Game on!

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First Fridays are Night with the MSU Museum for College Students Join us for special activities each month! Do you enjoy playing arcade games? Video games? Board games? Then this event is for you! Come to game night with the MSU Museum and put your gaming skills to...
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Indigenous Quill Art Exhibition Premieres at Ziibiwing Center, Showcasing MSU Museum Collections

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The first major traveling exhibition featuring Anishinabe porcupine quill art is now on view at the Ziibiwing Center, Mount Pleasant, MI (Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan). The exhibition showcases over 90 works drawn from private and public sources, including selections
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The graphic features the title "Indigenous Hip Hop: Frank Waln's Journey of Music, Activism, and Resilience." A subheading reads, "Conversation Moderated by Kevin Leonard." On the right side of the graphic, there is a circular image of Frank Waln, an Indigenous man with long black hair tied in a braid, wearing a colorful shirt with traditional patterns. The background of the graphic is dark, with the text in white and bright green, and a small multicolored bar runs along the bottom, featuring red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and black.

MSU Museum Presents Indigenous Hip Hop Talk with Award-Winning Artist Frank Waln

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In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Michigan State University (MSU) Museum, in partnership with the Native American Institute and WKAR, is excited to host Indigenous Hip Hop: Frank Waln’s Journey of Music, Activism, and Resilience on Thursday, November 7,
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