Past Exhibitions
The Tree of Peace Saves the Earth
Jul 5, 2023 – Apr 4, 2024
This exhibition showcases the quilt The Tree of Peace Saves the Earth, quilted by Alice Olsen Williams, an Anishinaabe/Norwegian member of Curve Lake First...
Food Futures
Jan 9, 2024 – Jun 12, 2024
Dr. Sonja Stummerer and Martin Hablesreiter (known as honey & bunny), the artists behind this photo series, focus on food design, an emerging term...
Heritage Hall
Nov 1, 2018 – Dec 19, 2023
A look at Michigan's economic history from the 1780s-1940s
The economic history of the Great Lakes region is represented by three buildings typically found...
Prompt Response: Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence
Mar 8, 2023 – Dec 16, 2023
When OpenAI released DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT to the public at the end of 2022, it sparked immediate debate on the impact of artificial...
WKAR’s Legacy of Innovation
Apr 28, 2023 – Nov 25, 2023
Students in the Curatorial Practices in Museums and Cultural Organizations class at Michigan State University are curating and staging an exhibition honoring WKAR’s Century...
Gameplay
Mar 1, 2022 – Dec 22, 2022
The inaugural exhibit in The Sandbox gallery spotlights a small sample of the innovative work developed by faculty and students in the acclaimed Games...
Hidden Water
Mar 1, 2022 – Aug 31, 2022
Through research at Michigan State University, the “Hidden Water” exhibit aims to increase public awareness of the connections water has to our everyday lives....
Beyond the Black Panther: Visions of Afrofuturism in American Comics
Feb 1, 2021 – Aug 13, 2022
Most people are familiar with Marvel's Black Panther, and some are aware of its connections to Afrofuturism, a framework to understand how the black imagination...
Kindred: Traditional Arts of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
May 18, 2022 – Jul 30, 2022
In partnership with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the exhibition “Kindred: Traditional Arts of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa...
The Observation Experiment
Mar 1, 2022 – Apr 1, 2022
Through MSU Museum collections and the research of graduate students at Michigan State University, the exhibition “The Observation Experiment” explores the various ways we...