Past Exhibitions
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Movies and Messages: The Movie Posters of Art Sims
"Movies and Messages: The Movie Posters of Art Sims" features the work of graphic designer and Michigan State University Alumnus Art Sims. Sims attended Cass Technical…
They Passed Like a Cloud: Extinction and the Passenger Pigeon
Once Earth’s most abundant bird – as many as 3-5 billion -- it’s been estimated that one of every three North American birds was a…
From the Margins to the Core: Latino Workers in the Nation’s Auto Industry
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Julian Samora Research Institute has partnered with Michigan State University Museum to organize an exhibit that will recount the…
MSU MUSEUM, SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM PRESENT ‘EIGHTEEN’ IN BRODY HALL
A rare and intimate look at religion, politics, conflict, identity and coming of age in the Middle East come together in “Eighteen,” a new exhibition…
Earth Stories
A new exhibition at the Michigan State University Museum explores environmental awareness through striking art quilts. An opening reception for the exhibit, Earth Stories, is…
Turtles in Trouble
Turtles survived the great extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and they withstood the ice ages that ended just…
The Folk Festival: A Hands-on MSU Museum Tradition
The Michigan State University Museum has a long history of producing outdoor festivals of traditional culture. In the early 1980s, the Michigan State University Museum…
Exhibit preview: #ME: FROM SILHOUETTES TO SELFIES
NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES THE EVOLUTION OF THE 'SELFIE' Through objects from the MSU Museum’s historical collections a "pre-history" of the most social of images is…
Urban Factors
Xia Gao is a visual artist who primarily works with textile/fiber, installation, printing and mixed media. Her works often address personal and cultural adaptation and…