Past Exhibitions
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We All Live Downwind
September 6, 2022 - December 22, 2022We All Live Downwind is an exhibition of photographic collages created by Detroit artist and legal activist Shanna Merola. Her images are made up of…
Hidden Water
March 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022Through research at Michigan State University, the “Hidden Water” exhibit aims to increase public awareness of the connections water has to our everyday lives. For…
Beyond the Black Panther: Visions of Afrofuturism in American Comics
February 1, 2021 - August 13, 2022Most 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 - July 30, 2022In partnership with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the exhibition "Kindred: Traditional Arts of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians"…
The Observation Experiment
March 1, 2022 - April 30, 2022Through MSU Museum collections and the research of graduate students at Michigan State University, the exhibition “The Observation Experiment” explores the various ways we observe…
Under One Sky: Global Connections in an Adire Quilt
December 17, 2018 - April 1, 2022This exhibit features the quilt “Midnight Sky,” created by Adesola Kilani Falade in 1997 in Osogbo, Nigeria. Falade is an artist of the Nike Center…
Tracked and Traced
September 10, 2021 - December 23, 2021With the advent of the 21st century, new technologies expedited the ways in which governments, corporations, and individuals surveilled people, places, and things throughout the…
Evolution in Action Gallery
November 1, 2018 - December 22, 2021Evolution is happening around us in an observable way. This exhibition explores evolution in living things and technologies, such as computers and engineering and is…
Hall of World Cultures
November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2021Through artifacts originating from different cultures, the Hall of World Cultures shows the variety and diversity of cultural traditions around the world. The exhibit includes…