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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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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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A freshly baked pie with a lattice crust featuring the pi symbol (π) on top. A stylized illustration of a steaming pie and the text "Pi(e) Night" are overlaid. Below, the tagline reads "First Fridays for College Students" in bold text on a green ribbon background.

First Fridays | Pi(e) Night

Event Categories: First Fridays
College students, celebrate Pi(e) Day with the MSU Museum on March 14! Join us for a night dedicated to math, science, and of course, delicious pies—both pizza and dessert! Embrace Women’s History Month by honoring women in STEM while enjoying activities that bring together...
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Techno Themed Poetry Slam
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A dimly lit exhibition space featuring two large, black, worn wooden speaker cabinets on casters, positioned on either side of a tall, black stand. A small illuminated screen is mounted on the stand, displaying text and a logo. The speakers and screen are the focal points, with a dark background and a reflective floor adding to the atmosphere.

Echoes of Club Heaven: A Legacy in Sound

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In the story of Detroit Techno, club spaces were more than just venues—they were incubators of sound, culture, and community. One of the featured artifacts in Techno: The Rise of Detroit’s Machine Music is the sound system from Club Heaven. The
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A planetarium with a large, domed ceiling illuminated by a gradient of rainbow colors, transitioning from red to green to blue. Faintly visible labels of celestial objects, such as 'Jupiter,' 'Neptune,' and 'Saturn,' are projected onto the dome. Audience members are reclining in dark theater seats, gazing at the display.

MSU’s Immersive Visualization Institute Offers Hands-On Exploration of Large-Scale Display Technologies

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Michigan State University is once again offering the Immersive Visualization Institute (IVI) Summer Institute, an in-person program that provides graduate students and faculty with the opportunity to explore the pedagogical potential of large-scale immersive visualization platforms on campus. Applications are due by
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