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.
Developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, or SITES, “Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest / Historias del bosque boreal” begins its national tour on April 19, 2023, at the Michigan State University Museum. The exhibition, on view through Nov. 12, 2023, will highlight the importance of the boreal forest, the last intact […]
The 11th annual MSU Science Festival is taking place throughout the month of April at Michigan State University and various locations throughout the state. The MSU Museum, as a partnering venue, has collaborated with the Smithsonian and other entities on campus to present special programs for this year’s festival. Celebrating and exploring science, technology, engineering, […]
The Michigan Association of Broadcasters named the Tracked & Traced podcast the winner of the Best Use of New Media award for Public Radio Group 2 during its 2022 Broadcast Excellence Awards ceremony on Friday, March 17, 2023. The Tracked & Traced podcast is a collaboration between WDET-FM, Detroit’s NPR Station, and MSU Museum CoLab […]
The MSU Museum is pleased to announce a new, rapid-response exhibition and programs series that will explore the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) generative models on society. Prompt Response: Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence will examine the latest developments in emergent AI technology, including OpenAI’s DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT, which have sparked debates about the ethical […]
Deadline extended to Friday, April 21! The Immersive Visualization Institute (IVI) Summer Institute is now accepting applications for faculty and graduate students interested in exploring digital display technology platforms at MSU. IVI partnering venues include Abrams Planetarium, the 360 Degree Panoramic Display Space in the Library’s Digital Scholarship Lab, and Science On a Sphere at […]
Darwin Discovery Day on Saturday, February 11 Researchers and students from across Michigan State University are coming together at the MSU Museum to celebrate science at the 19th annual Darwin Discovery Day on Saturday, February 11 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM. Taking inspiration from the 1.5° Celsius exhibition currently on display at the MSU Museum, this […]
Choirs singing. Monks chanting. The reading of religious texts. These are religious sounds. But so too are the creaking of church pews and the clanking of pots during the preparation of a communal meal. Sounds of Religion is a Smithsonian exhibition that explores how rituals and gatherings of religious communities create a complex soundtrack of […]
MSU MUSEUM PRESENTS OBSERVING WITH NASA AN AUTHENTIC DATA EXPERIENCE WITH ASTRONOMICAL IMAGING The MSU Museum will host Observing With NASA, an exhibit kiosk from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory that engages visitors in the art and science of NASA imagery, in the Science on a Sphere Gallery from February 7 through April 29, 2023. Observing […]
EXPLORING THE “ECOSYSTEM” OF DATA VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Abrams Planetarium, MSU Libraries, and the MSU Museum have collaborated to foster an “ecosystem” of immersive visualization technologies for teaching, learning, and research at Michigan State University. Since 2019, the annual “Immersive Visualization Institute (IVI)” has brought together diverse groups of graduate students and […]
MSU MUSEUM SECURES GRANT FROM STATE OF MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURE COUNCIL Award will support the Sounds of Religion exhibition and programming MSU Museum has been awarded a grant of $24,000 from the State of Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC). The grant was awarded through the MACC peer review process and was one of […]