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Sunday Drop-In Tour | Women in the Ancient World

Celebrate Mother's Day with a tour of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology! In this docent-led tour explore the status of women in various...

In Conversation: Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa

This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited: please visit our website to register....

Nellie McKay

Presented by The Ark

Conjuring the image of a lonely all night truck stop along highway 1 on the California coast, all but lost in the fog that comes creeping...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Assisting Elderly At Medical Appointments With Jewish Family Services and Partners In Care Concierge

Volunteers will accompany older adults to medical appointments and provide support to the client.  Volunteers will facilitate...

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Community Service

Dad Vail Regatta

Regatta

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Sporting Event

Nationals!!!

Caption by your secretary:Hang on tight ladies, buckle up cause we have reached the grand finale. This is the University of Michigan and we...

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Teach-Out Series: Extreme Weather: Tornado Season

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Approximately 1,200 tornadoes hit the United States per year and because of their unpredictable and violent nature, tornadoes remain a focal...

"Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education"

Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry

“Student Reflections: A Retrospective of Dental Education,” 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, through December 2019, Sindecuse...

Gifts of Art presents Beauty Meets My Mess: Mixed Media Collage

Re Kielar

Re Kielar was born in Chicago’s little Italy neighborhood with her grandparents upstairs and aunt and uncle across the courtyard. Her...

Gifts of Art presents Being There: Acrylic on Canvas

John Dempsey

John Dempsey’s large scale paintings bring together different environments – factories, religious spaces, government facilities, public...

Gifts of Art presents Ducks to Dresses: Paper Possibilities

Aimee Lee

Originally from New York, Aimee Lee works in Cleveland and is an artist, papermaker, Fulbright Scholar, author and the leading hanji (Korean...

Gifts of Art presents Figures in Bronze

Richard Light

Figures in Bronze showcases 30 years of Richard Light’s human and animal sculptures, from 1987 to 2017. Look for giraffes, birds, women of...

Gifts of Art presents Group Ceramics Show

Washtenaw Community College Faculty, Staff & Students

This group show will feature the work of faculty, staff and students from the Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Ceramics Program. Artists...

Gifts of Art presents Mokuhanga: Landscape Woodblock Prints

Mary Brodbeck

Mary Brodbeck studied Japanese woodblock printmaking (mokuhanga) in Tokyo with Yoshisuke Funasaka. Her landscape prints – made from...

Gifts of Art presents On Blue: Photographic Meditations

f8collective

Loosely based on the concept of the early 20th century group f64, the f8collective is composed of female contemporary Chicago photographers...

Gifts of Art presents Timeless Instants: Still Life Photographs

Tina West

Originally from Kansas City, Tina West discovered photography while studying sculpture. She sees her photographs more as paintings, and her...

Mr. Vignaud's Maps: Unraveling a Cartographic Mystery from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography

In 1922 the University of Michigan acquired the library of Henry Vignaud, an American diplomat living in Paris, whose extensive personal...

Seven Fantasy Classics for Children

Students in Lisa Makman’s English 313 course, Children’s Literature and the Invention of Modern Childhood, curated this exhibit of...

Humanize the Numbers Exhibit at Detroit Street Filling Station

April 19-July 1, 2018...

Mother’s Day Weekend Plant Sale

Hanging basket and container plantings featuring annuals, perennials, and succulent plants, grown and designed on-site by staff and...

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Quaker Oats Makes a Movie: A Scrumdiddlyumptious Wonka Adventure

​Quaker Oats forged a new path in the entertainment industry by jointly marketing consumer packaged goods and a major motion picture in...

Exercising the Eye: The Gertrude Kasle Collection

Gallery hours are 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday and 12–5 p.m. Sunday; galleries are closed on Mondays....

Tim Noble and Sue Webster: The Masterpiece

Since the 1980s, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster have been known for their shadow sculptures built from materials as diverse as...

New at UMMA: Illuminated Manuscript

Books of hours—custom-made for private devotion in the Christian faith—were a bestseller in medieval Europe. These manuscripts...

Unrecorded: Reimagining Artist Identities in Africa

Historical collecting practices have had a lasting impact on representations of Africa, its history, culture, and life today. Labeled as...

Exhibition | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817‐2017

October 18, 2017–May 27, 2018

This exhibition explores the history of archaeology and museums at the University of Michigan for the past 200 years and looks forward to...

Open House / Daylight Tours

Built in 1854, Detroit Observatory signaled the University of Michigan’s ambition to become a center of scientific research. Today this...

Guided Tour - Exercising the Eye: The Gertrude Kasle Collection

This exhibition celebrates Gertrude Kasle (1917–2016), a key figure in the formation of Detroit’s contemporary art community in the...