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,...

Fore-Site (Phase 2): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

From September 2025 through November 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run...

Fore-Site (Phase 3): The Stamps Gallery Pillar Project

From September 2025 through August 2026, Stamps Gallery is partnering in a curatorial collaboration with two Ypsilanti-based, artist-run...

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...

Marianetta Porter: Breath, Fragment, Return

Curated by Juana Williams, this exhibition examines how Marianetta Porter uses everyday objects, fragments, and embodied memory to make...

Saturday Open House

Make the Observatory part of your weekend! Tour the historic building, view our exhibits, participate in astronomy activities, and view the...

June 2 - July 30, 2026 T/TH Course - Sampling in Practice

Yajuan Si - Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

June 2-July 30, 2026, T/TH...

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...

Telescope Observing

Join us to observe the night sky with the 1857 Fitz telescope and our collection of modern instruments....