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MSU Museum Rings in the Holiday with “Krampus” Display
"Krampus: the Holiday Devil" a new display at Michigan State University Museum features a number of historical and contemporary Krampus figures from the Val Roy…
Michigan and the Civil War
Drawn from the MSU Museum's historical collection, the exhibit highlights Michigan connections in the Civil War. Notably, the entire first graduating class of the Michigan…
Land of the Feathered Dragons: China and the Origin of Birds
Selections from the exhibit: The First Feather: Archaeopteryx ... In 1861, a fossilized feather, beautifully preserved in 150 million year old limestone near Solnhofen in…
Michigan Folksong Legacy: Grand Discoveries From the Great Depression
In 1938, a young folk music collector named Alan Lomax—destined to become one of the legendary folklorists of the 20th century—came from Washington, DC to…
Deep-Play: Creativity in Math & Art through Visual Wordplay
A new exhibit at the MSU Museum invites visitors to look deeply and decipher playful and thought-provoking visual wordplay. "Deep-Play: Creativity in Math and Art…
Seeing China: Photographic Views and Viewpoints
"Seeing China: Photographic Views and Viewpoints" presents the work of six contemporary, non-Chinese photographers, and stereographs, from the MSU Museum’s collection, made in China between…
#GLFF: Great Lakes Folk Festival Community Photographs
The MSU Museum, coordinator of the annual Great Lakes Folk Festival (GLFF) in downtown East Lansing is highlighting community photographs posted to social media during the 2014…
Michigan and the Civil War
Drawn from the MSU Museum's historical collection, the exhibit highlights Michigan connections in the Civil War. Notably, the entire first graduating class of the Michigan…
Growing Up Digital in Michigan and Morocco
Through the African and American Museum Professionals Mentoring/Exchange Program, funded by the Getty Foundation,the Michigan State University Museum has been matched with the Maroc Telecom Museum in…
