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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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Promotional graphic for an MSUFCU Arts event titled “Power Up Artists in Residence in Conversation.” The design features three artists: Carl Craig shown performing with electronic equipment, Sophia Saliby in a circular portrait labeled as moderator from WKAR, and Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm presenting with arms extended in front of projected visuals. Text on the left reads “MSUFCU Arts Power Up Artists in Residence in Conversation” and “Moderated by Sophia Saliby of WKAR.”

MSUFCU Arts Power Up Artists in Residence in Conversation

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MSUFCU Arts Power Up artists-in-residence Carl Craig and Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm come together for a conversation exploring art, technology, and creative practice. Moderated by Sophia Saliby of WKAR, the discussion offers insight into how artists working across disciplines imagine and shape the future. This event...
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Promotional graphic for a poetry slam event titled "Blurred Realities." The text appears in bold, translucent letters against a red and blue distorted digital background, evoking themes of perception, identity, and the merging of virtual and physical worlds. Subtle glitch effects and fragmented visual elements enhance the surreal atmosphere.

Nationally Acclaimed Poet Mahogany L. Browne to Co-Host Poetry Slam

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, the MSU Museum invites the community to the Blurred Realities Poetry Slam on April 9, 2026, an evening of original spoken word performance exploring how truth is shaped and challenged in today’s media landscape. Co-hosted
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MSU Museum Awarded $65K NEA Grant for Upcoming Exhibition

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The Michigan State University Museum has been awarded a $65,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support Reality Check, a forward-looking exhibition exploring rapid developments in artificial intelligence and the impact on society. The
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