New Events

The Yellow Room Gang

Presented by The Ark

Note that this is an afternoon performance with a start time of 3:00pm...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World

Interracial Identity in the U.S. and Around the World — What Research and Mixed Race People Tell Us

The exhibit "Being Mixed Race in a Mono-racially Organized World: Interracial Identity in the U.S. and Around the World — What...

II Photo Contest Exhibit

The International Institute (II) will be exhibiting all photos submitted to the 2024-25 II Photo Contest. The contest was open to all...

Down the River with Elzada Clover

Celebrate the groundbreaking achievements of Elzada Clover. Dr. Elzada Clover contained multitudes; she was a brazen botanist, the first...

Wonders of Water Community Art Exhibit

Fri, Nov 29 2024 - Sun, Jan 26 2025, All day...

A Gathering

Welcome. Make Yourself At Home....

Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism

Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison), this upcoming reinstallation of one...

We Write To You About Africa

Following years of research into the Museum’s and University of Michigan’s relationships with Africa and African art collections,...

Michelle Hinojosa: Logcabins

Stamps Gallery commissioned Michelle Hinojosa (MFA, 2023) to reimagine the pillars on Division Street that flank the Gallery. Hinojosa has...

Discovery Demo: All About Owls

Join us in the Science Forum for a 15-20 minute engaging science demonstration that will help you see the world in a whole new way....

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Presentation

Sea Monsters

The film follows a curious and adventurous Dolichorhynchops – familiarly known as a ‘dolly’ – as she travels through the most...

Sky Tonight

A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal...

Discovery Demo: How to Become a Fossil

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized. How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to...

We Are Stars

What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on...

Discovery Demo: All About Owls

Join us in the Science Forum for a 15-20 minute engaging science demonstration that will help you see the world in a whole new way....

presentation
Presentation

Sky Tonight

A live presentation on what to find in the sky tonight and for the coming few weeks. This presentation includes how to find the cardinal...