A rare opportunity to visit behind the scenes at the four museums of the Ruthven Museums Building on the University of Michigan Central Campus. The Exhibit museum of Natural History, Museum of Anthropology, Museum of Paleontology, and Museum of Zoology welcome you into collection areas, research laboratories, exhibit preparation areas, and other spaces not usually open to the public. Meet scientist-curators, collection managers, exhibit preparators, and student researchers, and find out more about their work.
For the Exhibit Museum, “Behind the Scenes” means how we make exhibits. Exhibit staff will be on hand to discuss the process of building exhibits, especially the whale skeletons and exhibits currently underway. Upstairs, you’ll be able to try your hand at casting a museum object, and visit the Exhibit Preparation Lab.

At 2pm, join us for a special presentation: Behind the Scenes: Searching for Fossils in Antarctica, 2pm, Room 2009