Summer Sings

Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana

The UMS Choral Union invites you to take part in the return of Summer Sings. Just come as you are to this no-audition, no-performance...

We Are Stars

Planetarium & Dome Theater

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...

Envision Conversations: Bakpak Durden

With Liz Erlewine, Visual Arts Director at Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoskey and Traverse City

Meet Detroit-based artist Bakpak Durden as they discuss their new work created for Envision: The Michigan ArtistInitiative 2023 with Liz...

Envision Conversations: Levon Kafafian

With Steven Bridges, Interim Director & Senior Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs at the MSU Broad Art Museum.

Meet Detroit-based artist Levon Kafafian as they discuss their new work created for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 with...

More Than 8-Mile

Detroit's Quest for Hip Hop Glory Discussion Panel

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop. For many years it has been debated as to where the most significant contributions to the...

Envision Conversations: Parisa Ghaderi

With Nancy Barr, Dept. Head of Prints, Drawing and Photographs and James Pearson Duffy Curator of Photography at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Meet artist Parisa Ghaderi as she discusses her new work created for Envision: The Michigan Artist Initiative 2023 in a virtual conversation...

Featured Exhibits

Nature’s Pharmacy (Collections Case)

Stop by the Collections Case display in the museum’s main atrium, behind the mastodons, to see Nature’s Pharmacy....