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Read and Look | Greece! Rome! Monsters!

Connie Powers, Docent

Join us for our Read and Look program in the museum galleries on select weekends! We will take over a corner of the museum to read the book...

MPulse Faculty Showcase

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 free...

Sunday Drop-In Tour | Goddesses of the Kelsey Museum

Linda Kimmel, Docent

The theme of this week’s tour is “Goddesses of the Kelsey Museum.” At this drop-in event, we will explore some strong women of the...

Birdtalker

Presented by The Ark

Fronted by Zack and Dani Green along with Brian Seligman and Chris Wilson, Birdtalker made their whirlwind debut in 2018 with One featuring...

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 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...

Dynamic Earth

The show explores the inner workings of Earth’s climate system. With visualizations based on satellite monitoring data and advanced...

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Nichols Arboretum and the Residential College presents Shakespeare in the Arb “The Merry Wives of Windsor”.

Foiled seduction, plans gone awry, and plots to deliver comeuppance. The pompous Falstaff attempts to woo the wives of two wealthy merchants...