On the Job in Abomey: Portraits of Working People in Benin

Despite differences in geography, history, and culture, the nature of work is a shared experience. A photographic documentation of life and traditions in Benin, West…

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…

Claiming Their Bodies: Women’s Sportswear in the 1910s

At the dawn of the 20th century, suffragettes were fighting for women to receive the right to vote. This was achieved with the passage of…

Hall of World Cultures

The Hall of World Cultures artifacts offer a view of traditional cultures from all over the world, including Asia, Africa and the Americas. Through an…

Hall of Evolution

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

Hall of Animal Diversity

Through the display of animals organized by themes of adaptation, the exhibit shows the diversity in animals and different species, and how they have evolved…

Habitat Hall

The Habitat Hall features life-sized dioramas depicting the environments of North America including forests, grasslands, deserts, tropics and the tundra. Also featured are complete, mounted…

Collections Connections

The Michigan State University Museum collects, preserves, studies and interprets cultural artifacts and natural history specimens. This long-term exhibit shows how these collections help address…

Evolution in Action Gallery

Evolution is happening around us in an observable way: that is the focus of a series of exhibits at the Michigan State University Museum. The…

Heritage Hall

In the Heritage Hall, annual recipients of Michigan Heritage Awards and Michigan Traditional Arts Apprenticeships are highlighted in a changing display. Michigan’s cultural heritage is featured with…

Finding our Voice: Sister Survivors Speak

This innovative exhibition is co-curated by sister survivors and their allies, reflecting on the vast crisis of sexual violence centered on the MSU campus in…