Science On a Sphere

Imagine yourself in a darkened museum gallery. Gradually, four projectors illuminate a giant globe, seeming to float in front of you. You see a spectacular…

Under One Sky: Global Connections in an Adire Quilt

This exhibit features the quilt “Midnight Sky,” created by Adesola Kilani Falade in 1997 in Osogbo, Nigeria. Falade is an artist of the Nike Center…

Habitat Hall

Habitat Hall features life-sized dioramas depicting the major habitats of North and Central America including forests, grasslands, deserts, tropics and the tundra. Each has hoofed…

Heritage Hall

The economic history of the Great Lakes region is represented by three buildings typically found in Michigan from the late 1700s to the 1940s: an…

Hall of World Cultures

Through artifacts originating from different cultures, the Hall of World Cultures shows the variety and diversity of cultural traditions around the world. The exhibit includes…

Hall of Animal Diversity

Animals differ in their size, color, behavior and countless other ways. This exhibition explores the different adaptations animals have evolved to help them survive. Organized…

Collections Connections

The MSU Museum collects, preserves, studies, and interprets cultural artifacts and natural history specimens. This exhibit explores how these collections help address questions about the…

Evolution in Action Gallery

Evolution 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 Evolution

The Hall of Evolution exhibit at the MSU Museum is constructed as a timeline with exhibits of fossils arranged in chronological order from the Cambrian…

Second Floor Landing

The Second Floor Landing invites you to explore the incredible biological diversity on our planet. Begin with the African Bush Elephant (full skeleton and skull),…