New Events

What's in Your Attic?

Join us for an open house-style event where we invite guests to bring their own paper treasures (letters, journals, photographs, prints,...

Sunday Drop-In Tour | Images of Women in the Ancient World

Linda Kimmel, Docent

In this tour, we will look at artifacts from the ancient world that include images of women, including goddesses and mortal women. We will...

Digital IDEAS Summer Institute

Digital IDEAS is the Digital Studies Institute’s annual summer institute exploring the cultural, political, and social dimensions of...

Peter Mulvey & Jenna Nicholls present Floyd Mercantile

Presented by The Ark

In April 2025, Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls, along with guitarist Ross Bellenoit, traveled to Floyd, a small mountain town located in the...

Ongoing Attractions and Exhibits

The People’s Bicentennial

This selection of original artifacts documents the work of the Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC), which challenged the official,...

Native Plant Sale

Planting native plants helps support local biodiversity. Join us for a sale of Michigan-native seedlings grown and tended at Matthaei...

Creating the Future of Medicine for 175 Years

A free museum exhibit about U-M medical history

As the Medical School celebrates the anniversary of its opening in the fall of 1850, and Michigan Medicine marks the 100th anniversary of...

Sea Monsters

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

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...

Echoes of the Past: Greektown as Seen by Sam Karres

Explore the personal sketchbooks of Sam Karres, Greek-American painter and artist, as he illustrates the daily life of residents in...

Muted Volumes: Book-Objects, Patterned Papers, and the Closed Stacks of Buhr

This exhibit in the Clark Library rotunda focuses on handmade decorative patterned papers when exploring books stored at the library's...