New Events

Read and Look | Cleo and Cornelius: A Tale of Two Cities and Two Kitties

Connie Powers, Docent

In this special program just for our younger visitors (ages 4–8), we’ll read a kid-friendly book and explore a related part of the...

Sunday Drop-In Tour | Women of the Kelsey

Robin Little, Docent

In the ancient past, as now, women made up approximately half of the world’s population. But historical representations of women can be...

Telegraph String Quartet

Part of Center Stage Strings - An MPulse Institute at the University of Michigan

Center Stage Strings (CSS) – one of SMTD’s MPulse performing arts summer programs for youth – welcomes the public to a series of live...

Smithsonian Folkways artist Jerron Paxton

Benefit Concert for River Raisin Ragtime Revue

Jerron Paxton is an American musician from Los Angeles, now living in New York City. A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Paxton's...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

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Michigan League: AADL Summer Game

Another location for the AADL Summer Game is the Michigan League, home to cool study spaces, Maizie's Kitchen & Market,...

Behind the Curve: Rainbows and the Science and Culture of Color

We have many significant books from the history of our understanding of rainbows and color theory, from the writings of scholar Ḥasan Ibn...

Beyond Survival

Join us for Beyond Survival, an exhibition of works by incarcerated artists in Michigan presented by PCAP co-founder Janie Paul and the...

Moth Eden

Anne Erlewine Solo Exhibition

Explore "Moth Eden," an evocative art exhibit by Anne Erlewine, running from April 19 to July 6, 2025. ‘Moth Eden’ is a series...

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,...

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...

T.REX

With stunning CGI visuals and the latest research from leading paleontologists, the film offers audiences a fresh perspective on the GOAT...

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...