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 […]
MORE THAN $29 MILLION IN GRANTS AWARDED TO MUSEUMS NATIONWIDE INCLUDES $92,129 AWARDED TO THE MSU MUSEUM The MSU Museum was awarded a substantial grant that will enhance preservation and expand educational opportunities for teaching and research with the Museum’s vertebrate specimen collection. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) recently awarded grants totaling […]
1.5° Celsius Opens at the MSU Museum on September 6, 2022 The MSU Museum is presenting 1.5° Celsius now through February 25, 2023. The exhibition and its supporting programs imagine new ways of addressing the social and environmental issues connected to the global climate crisis. Join us for a public opening reception on Friday, September […]
Beginning September 2022, the MSU Museum is pleased to introduce a new five-year strategic plan and the launch of a new Museum division focused on innovation and experimentation. The MSU Museum has been an important resource to the Michigan State University community for over 165 years. Since 1857, the Museum had been collecting objects and […]
MSU Museum Collaborates on a New Outdoor Film Series Exploring Humankind’s Understanding of the World After two years of social distancing and other precautions due to the ongoing pandemic, the MSU Museum is pleased to bring the local community together in an outdoor public setting for an exciting new films series that will entertain, enlighten, […]
Celebrate International Museum Day with a new exhibition at the MSU Museum. Opening May 18, the exhibition “Kindred: Traditional Arts of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians” will be on view in the Main Gallery at the MSU Museum through July 30, 2022. In partnership with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa […]
Two new galleries at the MSU Museum are dedicated to student and faculty research at Michigan State University. Exhibitions in The Sandbox gallery will highlight more experimental exhibitions while the New Horizons space will feature research from the National Science Foundation Broader Impacts, art-science residencies, and a rotation of other student and faculty research. These […]