Past Exhibitions
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...
Under One Sky: Global Connections in an Adire Quilt
Dec 17, 2018 – Apr 1, 2022
This exhibit features the quilt “Midnight Sky,” created by Adesola Kilani Falade in 1997 in Osogbo, Nigeria. Falade is an artist of the...
Tracked and Traced
Sep 10, 2021 – Dec 23, 2021
With the advent of the 21st century, new technologies expedited the ways in which governments, corporations, and individuals surveilled people, places, and things throughout...
1.5° Celsius
Sep 6, 2022 – Feb 25, 2023
Through contributions of more than one dozen national and international artists, scientists, and researchers, the 1.5 ° Celsius exhibition and its supporting public programs...
Sounds of Religion
Jan 27, 2023 – Dec 15, 2023
Sounds of Religion is a Smithsonian exhibition developed in collaboration with MSU Religious Studies Professor Dr. Amy DeRogatis and Dr. Isaac Weiner (OSU), and...
Walking Together: Reflections on 2/13
Mar 24, 2023 – May 5, 2023
The shooting and loss of life that took place on the MSU campus on 2/13 affected all members of our community – students, faculty,...
Voices from Black Bottom, Detroit Community History
Apr 1, 2022 – May 1, 2023
This exhibition features a unique “signature quilt,” created by women from the historic Zion Congregational...
Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest
Apr 19, 2023 – Nov 12, 2023
Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest/ Historias del bosque boreal is a Smithsonian Traveling exhibit that is making its national premier at the...
We All Live Downwind
Sep 6, 2022 – Dec 22, 2022
We All Live Downwind is an exhibition of photographic collages created by Detroit artist and legal activist Shanna Merola. Her images are made up...