Superheroes, Remixed: “Black Kirby” and Re-housed Vertebrates at the MSU Museum
In his October 2019 letter, MSU Museum Director Mark Auslander reflects on the Museum’s new curator of history, Dr. Julian Chambliss, a specialist in black superheroes, and on the museum’s recent award of an important Federal grant, allowing for the rehousing of thousands of animal specimens in our Natural Sciences
Black Kirby: An Afrofuturist Homecoming
The MSU Museum to Unveil Four Prints from the Artist Collaborative Black Kirby The Michigan State University Museum is celebrating the arrival of a new collection of four prints by Black Kirby, an artist collaborative composed of artists/professors John Jennings (UC Riverside) and Stacey Robinson (University of Illinois). The unveiling
MSU Museum 1 of 2 Michigan Institutions Awarded Federal Grant
‘Museums for America’ Grant Will Help Improve Natural Science Collections Care The Michigan State University Museum recently received a $113,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to improve accessibility, environmental conditions, and housing for more than 5,600 vertebrate specimens, including rare, endangered, and threatened species. Some of
Julian Chambliss Joins the MSU Museum as Val Berryman Curator of History
The MSU Museum, the science and culture museum of Michigan State University, announces the appointment of Dr. Julian C. Chambliss as the Val Berryman Curator of History. Val Berryman, the museum’s late Curator of History, worked at the MSU Museum for half a century. His estate established the Berryman Bequest,
