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DTSTAMP:20240130T121551
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T110000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism
DESCRIPTION:Organized as a response to the Museum’s recent acquisition of Titus Kaphar’s Flay (James Madison)\, this upcoming reinstallation of one of our most prominent gallery spaces forces us to grapple with our collection of European and American art\, 1650-1850.\n \nIn recent times\, growing public awareness of the continued reverberations of the legacy of slavery and colonization has challenged museums to examine the uncomfortable histories contained in our collections\, and challenged the public to probe the choices we make about those stories. Choices about which artists you see in our galleries\, choices about what relevant facts we share about the works\, and choices about what - out of an infinite number of options - we don’t say about them.\n \nPieces in this exhibition were made at a time when the world came to be shaped by the ideologies of colonial expansion and Western domination. And yet\, that history and the stories of those marginalized do not readily appear in the still lives and portraits on display here. By grappling with what is visible and what remains hidden\, we are forced to examine whose stories and histories are prioritized and why.  \n \nIn this online exhibition\, you can explore our efforts to deeply question the Museum’s collection and our own past complicity in favoring colonial voices. In the Museum gallery\, which will open in early 2021\, you’ll be able to experience the changes we’re making to the physical space to highlight a more honest version of European and American history. \n \nBy challenging our own practice\, and continuing to add to what we know and what we write about the works we display\, UMMA tells a more complex and more complete story of this nation - one that unsettles\, and fails to settle for\, simple narratives. \n \n“Invisible things are not necessarily ‘not there’.... Certain absences are so stressed\, so ornate\, so planned\, they call attention to themselves\; arrest us with intentionality and purpose\, like neighborhoods that are defined by the population held away from them.” \n \n— Toni Morrison\n\nLead support for Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost\, the U-M Arts Initiative\, and the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund.\n 
UID:84303-21621599@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/84303
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,UMMA,Museum,History,Exhibition,European
LOCATION:Museum of Art - European and American Decorative Art
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DTSTAMP:20251030T111431
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T120000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition:We Are Stars
DESCRIPTION: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 Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of carbon\, and the molecules for life.
UID:124092-21876721@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124092
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science,Planetarium,natural history museum,Museum
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History - Planetarium & Dome Theater
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DTSTAMP:20250414T004931
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T130000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Cow Eye Dissection
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how we see? To take a closer look at the organ that helps us see the world– by dissecting a cow’s eye. How is it similar to and different from our eyes\, and those of other animals? Learn the parts of the eye and how they work together. How do our eyes talk with our brain? Learn why we actually see upside down!
UID:124738-21875763@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124738
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Museum,natural history museum
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History
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DTSTAMP:20250331T100231
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T130000
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SUMMARY:Other:Wonder Walk
DESCRIPTION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens is hosting free guided nature walks on select Wednesdays and Sundays.  These walks are FREE\, no registration is required. Wonder Walks are designed for all ages to inspire curiosity and learning from each other through activities that model curiosity and honor nature. If we have a sizeable mixed-age group\, we may separate into two sets to offer the same content at different levels of engagement.\n\nWednesday walks begin at 5:30 pm.  Sunday walks begin at 1:00 pm. We recommend gathering inside the lobby of Matthaei Botanical Gardens about 10 minutes before the start.
UID:134494-21874425@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/134494
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Nature,Free,Family
LOCATION:Matthaei Botanical Gardens
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DTSTAMP:20250414T004336
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250518T140000
SUMMARY:Tours:Tour: Walking with Whales
DESCRIPTION:Discover a world where prehistoric whales had four limbs and walked on land! Learn about how whales and dolphins made the transition from land back into the water as you examine specimens that were distant or direct ancestors to modern cetaceans (whales\, dolphins\, and porpoises).
UID:125536-21875754@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/125536
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:natural history museum,Museum
LOCATION:Museum of Natural History
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