museums

  1. August 24, 2021

    UMMA extends hours, invites visitors to ‘Claim Your Space’

    The University of Michigan Museum of Art will welcome back visitors this fall with longer hours and new exhibitions that uphold an empowering theme titled “Claim Your Space.”

  2. July 13, 2021

    U-M welcomes Art Fair visitors as museums, galleries, gardens reopen

    After being canceled during the 2020 pandemic year, the Ann Arbor Art Fair will return to downtown and parts of the U-M campus June 15-17, along with the reopening of several U-M museums, galleries and other public spaces.

  3. April 28, 2021

    $5M gift expands UMMA’s Chinese art, creates endowment

    U-M alumnus and longtime U-M Museum of Art supporter William Weese has given a gift of art and endowment with a combined value of about $5 million that will expand the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection.

  4. March 1, 2021

    Carpenter uses ‘free time’ to remount elephant skeleton

    Dan Erickson, properties carpenter/artisan in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and U-M graduate Brian Cressman worked to remount the skeleton of Iki, an Asian elephant that has been on display at Wayne State University for decades.

  5. November 2, 2020

    Museum of Natural History reopening to U-M community next week

    The U-M Museum of Natural History will welcome back faculty, staff and students beginning Nov. 8. At this time, children, family and members of the public without a valid Mcard will not be able to visit.

  6. October 15, 2020

    Kelsey Museum to reopen to U-M community members

    The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology will reopen to U-M students, faculty and staff beginning Oct. 20. Admission is free but visits must be scheduled in advance, and a valid Mcard is required.

  7. October 8, 2020

    U-M Museum of Art announces commitment to anti-racist action

    A banner featuring the words Black Lives Matter will welcome faculty, staff, students and other campus visitors at the front of the museum’s Alumni Memorial Hall entrance of the U-M Museum of Art. 

  8. October 21, 2019

    Accolades — October 2019

    Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.

  9. September 23, 2019

    Museum of Natural History to open next phase with exhibits, hands-on labs

    The U-M Museum of Natural History announced recently it will open the second half of the museum, adding three new exhibits and labs for visitors Nov. 10.

  10. February 6, 2019

    U-M to unveil new home for Museum of Natural History April 14

    The U-M Museum of Natural History has announced it will reopen to the public April 14 in its new home at the university’s new Biological Sciences Building.