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The MSU Museum is an innovative and experimental collaboratory that exists to catalyze creativity. Here, people can openly explore, express, and experiment with ideas across disciplines and interests, and indulge their natural curiosity about the world.

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MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 6d ago

The MSU Museum will be temporarily closed August 11–26 as we install exciting new exhibitions for the fall semester. We'll reopen on Thursday, August 27, and new exhibitions and experiences will continue to roll out throughout the fall. Thank you for your patience as we prepare what's next!

On a green gradient background, white text reads "MSU MUSEUM CLOSED: August 11-August 26. Regular hours resume on Thursday, August 27"
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · last wk.

As a university museum, the MSU Museum is always evolving. Our exhibitions are designed to support teaching, inspire research, and spark meaningful conversations. You'll notice some galleries temporarily closed while new exhibitions are installed. We look forward to welcoming you back!

A large sign in front of an empty museum gallery, painted blue with one lonely ladder in the background. The sign has colorful icons and stripes and reads "Reality Check: Just because we can...should we? Exhibition opening soon! September 3-December 12, 2026"
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to Dr. Ani Hristova! Ani successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "Brain Size and Shape Evolution in Mustelidae." During her years working with the Museum, Ani contributed to outreach programs, worked with our collections, and used Museum specimens in her research.

Two women stand at the front of a classroom with white walls and whiteboard in front of a large TV screen. Left, Dr. Ani Hristova in a floral sleeveless dress with her brown hair down to her shoulders. Right, Dr. Barb Lundrigan in a grey shirt and pants. On the screen, scans of small animal skulls and their brains is presented.A woman in a floral sleeveless dress with her brown hair down to her shoulders (Dr. Ani Hristova)stands at the front of a classroom with white walls and whiteboard in front of a large TV screen. On the screen, photos of specimen drawers are displayed next to a chart.A woman in a floral sleeveless dress with her brown hair down to her shoulders (Dr. Ani Hristova) stands at the front of a classroom with white walls and whiteboard in front of a large TV screen. On the screen, a photo of folks posing together while smiling.A woman in a floral sleeveless dress with her brown hair down to her shoulders (Dr. Ani Hristova) stands at the front of a classroom with white walls and whiteboard in front of a large TV screen. On the screen, a photo of a cute pin marten (weasel-like small animal).
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 2w ago

Help make the MSU Museum more accessible! We've been bringing our galleries to life through sound, providing audio descriptions through our free Access Audio app for visitors who are blind/low-vision or prefer audio-based learning and navigation. We’re almost halfway to our goal! buff.ly/PVOnCi5

On a white background, a cellphone displays the MSU Museum's Access Audio Experience app. Pictures of Habitat Hall with buttons and text can be seen.Two MSU Museum visitors interact with the Access Audio app on a cell phone while standing in front of life-scale jungle diorama. A visitor wearing matching navy bucket hat and sweater holds a cellphone, listening to audio on an app about the exhibit in front of them. The case in front of them contains four models of dinosaur skulls.MSU Museum lanyards and access audio cards piled together in a clear tote.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3w ago

This is the LAST week to check out "Blurred Realities" at the MSU Museum! Experience immersive installations, interactive artworks, and conversations about misinformation, AI, memory, and the future before the exhibition closes on July 18. Free admission.

Three visitors stand in an immersive exhibit, watching as projections of underwater scenes are displayed on curtains around them.A visitor with short black hair, glasses, and a brown fleece sweater with pink trim reads text on a dark wall in an exhibit. Glowing text "Psybernetica" lights the scene.A visitor with natural hair, hoop earrings, and a purple long-sleeved shirt looks closely at a set of small cameras and lights trained on a bee on a pedestal that appears to fly. A museum visitor (on the right) in a white shirt and black leather jacket chats with a student worker on the left wearing glasses and a black MSU Museum shirt. Behind them, a screen and text on the wall glows blue.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 4w ago

What happens when music, science, and art come together? The College of Music and the MSU Museum have partnered together to provide hands-on, interdisciplinary experiences that connect arts, sciences, cultures, and technologies. Learn more: buff.ly/GPzTbjw

A Black man gestures with open hands and a smile, wearing a brown derby hat and tweed suite. A quote in a dark green square reads "This is a new way of thinking about what a museum is...We typically think of those places as ancient places with ancient artwork hanging on the wall, but this collaboration and this way of thinking about it is a living and breathing thing. They're reimagining what a museum could be. Rodney Whitaker, Director of Jazz Studies at MSU College of Music"
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · last mo.

Curious? That's all you need. Admission to the MSU Museum is always free. Check in at the Welcome Desk and explore exhibitions, ideas, and experiences that connect art, science, culture, and technology. Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

A visitor of color wearing their hair up in a ponytail with gold hoop earrings and a purple shirt, leans to the left while examining a preserved bee rigged to lights and cameras on a pedestal.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Phew, it's hot out today! 🌞 🐿️ Thanks to our recent renovations, you can come enjoy the MSU Museum's new air conditioned spaces! Check out the latest exhibitions and stay cool at the same time 😎

A grey-brown squirrel lies flat on the sidewalk, only the head and tail perked up as it rests in the shade.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What do historic textiles and video game design have in common? Our collections are becoming catalysts for new ideas. Through a partnership with MSU's Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab, textiles from the Museum's collection are being digitally transformed into assets for video game worlds.

A dress inside an acrylic case. The dress has puffed sleeves, a full waistcoat, and a long skirt with buttons. It is a dark green-gray in color.Closeup of a red and green striped bowtie around a mannequin's neck and part of a dark green/grey waistcoat lapel. This historical women's dress is part of the MSU Museum Collections and currently on display.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is the MSU Museum really free? Yes! Admission is free, and our public programs are too. That's not a marketing strategy. It reflects MSU’s land-grant mission and the belief that knowledge and learning should be accessible to all.

MSU Museum visitors chat in a dark room with a glowing 3D spherical installation, Science on a Sphere, showcasing old maps.An MSU Museum student CoLaborator chats with two MSU Museum visitors in front of an interactive exhibit, Generative Persuasion, where users can type text into a closed system to create a propaganda sample based on different user attributes.An MSU Museum student CoLaborator holds up a laptop to show a visitor, standing near a bed that is part of an exhibit. Multiple screens are affixed to the wall nearby. An MSU Museum visitor wearing a tan jacket and jeans smiles while taking a photo of a fish specimen in a jar inside a glass case. Nearby, x-rays of fish hang on a wall painted deep blue.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're always looking for new ways to make the Museum experience more accessible and interactive. Using Bloomberg Connects, visitors can access exhibition content, videos, and collection stories from their phones during their visit or at home. Explore for free now: buff.ly/dQozHn1

A person with long brown hair, out of focus, holds up a cellphone showcasing a screen from the Bloomberg Connects app with the MSU Museum content. Text reads "Were on Bloomberg Connects!"A smartphone against a white background shows an app screen with a video queued up with a woman in front of an exhibit. Below, text reads "Items in this exhibition" and shows further photos including "Dark Loops" and "Generative Persuasion"Against a dark green background, three smart phones float at a 45 degree angle, all three showing a screen from the Bloomberg Connects app. Each screen displays a different language option, including Mandarin, English, and Spanish. Green text above the phones reads "Multilingual support with over 50 languages available"A laptop, tablet, and phone rest face-up on a marbled surface. Each screen displays a page from the Bloomberg Connects app. Text on image reads "Explore the MSU Museum from ANYWHERE. Also available online, no download required"
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As Movement weekend begins in Detroit, we are looking back at some unforgettable moments from "Techno Futures" at the MSU Museum, including innovative producer and DJ Carl Craig, who founded the original Detroit Electronic Music Festival.

A Black DJ, Carl Craig, wearing a black crewneck sweater, beanie hat, several silver rings and a tag necklace, and large aviator glasses, stands at a turntable. The lighting around him is shades of purple, blue, and green.Close up of A Black DJ, Carl Craig, wearing a black crewneck sweater, beanie hat, silver necklace, and large aviator glasses. The lighting around him is shades of purple, blue, and green.A tryptic photo of a Black DJ as he uses a turntable, overlaid with purple lighting. Carl Craig, wears a black crewneck sweater, beanie hat, several silver rings and a tag necklace, and large aviator glassesA DJ performs at a turntable in front of a dancing audience. The photo is blurred with movement around the edges, and the scene is lit in deep blue and neon green.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#TBT to a moment of transformation at the MSU Museum. This historic photo captures construction of Habitat Hall inside the Museum decades ago, a reminder that museums are always evolving to support new ideas, new research, and new ways for people to connect with the world around them.

A photo from the past showing large wooden scaffolding going up in a huge room with an arched ceiling. A man stands by the wooden structure, which is at least three times as tall as him. Wood and construction materials lay scattered around.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Behind the scenes! Dr. Fikadu Reta Alemayehu, senior academic specialist with MSU’s Impart Alliance, recently explored the MSU Museum’s Ethiopian collections with Lynne Swanson as part of ongoing efforts to reconnect communities, scholars, and students with these significant collections.

An MSU scholar with short curly black hair wearing a green Impart Alliance Scholarship crewneck sweater wears gloves as he looks at a shelf full of Ethiopian artifacts made from gourds at the MSU Museum collections facility. Next to him, also wearing gloves, is a woman in a black jacket, large glasses, and blonde hair. She is pulling the shelf out of the cabinet to better show off the artifacts. Over a dozen brown, orange, and red gourds can be seen on just the one shelf, with others visible but tucked away.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Planning your next visit to the MSU Museum? We are free and open to the public Tuesday - Saturday 10AM - 5PM, with rotating exhibitions that explore the intersections of art, science, culture, and technology.

An MSU student CoLaborator, wearing an MSU Museum black shirt with green text, chats with a visitor wearing a black leather jacket, turtleneck, and glasses. Both stand in front of a curtain projecting a watery scene around them, casting blue light on both.Three MSU Museum visitors use a kiosk to explore datasets on a large sphere suspended in the middle of a dark room behind a round metal fence. The sphere, Science on a Sphere, displays scenes from different urban areas around the world.An MSU Museum visitor in a tan jacket and jeans takes a picture of a fish specimen in jar inside a glass case. Behind, photos of fish x-rays can be seen displayed on a bright blue wall.A creatively angled photo of two dinosaur skeletons (an Allosaurus and a Stegosaurus) looming over a visitor in Habitat Hall at the MSU Museum. In the background, guests look at life-size dioramas of different biomes of the Americas.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s #MammothMonday! Our Mammoth fossil is a reminder of the Museum’s long history of connecting people to the natural world. Recent upgrades ensure care for our collection while creating new experiences bringing together arts, sciences, cultures, and technologies to explore the issues of our time.

A fossil of a Mammoth skull resting on white supports.A black and white photo of a Mammoth skull being installed in a case while two men examine it closely. A sign behind them reads "A Mammoth Discovery" with photos.A view of three skulls on grey pedestals while a gentleman in a white shirt and tie looks on. Closest to the viewer is a Columbian Mammoth fossilized skull in a glass case, while further down the row an Indian Elephant skull and an African Elephant skull can also be seen.A photo of workers using a pulley system two carefully hoist a Mammoth fossilized skull onto a tall pedestal. Two workers man the pulley while a third sits on a ladder and a fourth watches.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking for something to do in East Lansing? The MSU Museum is free and open to everyone! Explore exhibitions, discover new ideas, and experience the intersections of art, science, culture, and technology, all without the cost of admission.

MSU Museum visitors explore an exhibit created by MSU students about Spartan traditions. Two visitors smile as they watch a video.MSU Museum visitors explore an exhibit created by MSU students about Spartan traditions. A MSU spartan flag and an old mascot head of Sparty are visible in glass cases.An MSU student CoLaborator, wearing glasses, a head scarf, and a black MSU Museum t-shirt, discusses a projection-based exhibit with a visitor. The visitor, dressed in a black leather jacket and turtleneck, holds an Arts MSU booklet. The projection around them is deep blue water with bubbles.MSU Museum visitors explore data projections on a large 3D sphere, glowing in the middle of a dark blue room.
MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Want to collaborate, create, and experiment at the MSU Museum? We are hiring MSU students who are curious, creative, and ready to work across disciplines to bring ideas to life! Get a student perspective here: buff.ly/eYR5ikP Apply by May 5, 2026 Handshake #10958963

Student view: more than a job | MSU Museum student experience

MSU student Samuel Booth shares how working at the Michigan State University Museum shaped his education through exhibitions, visitor engagement and creative collaboration.

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MSU Museum@msumuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This week, students in HBIO 295: Human Biology and Society Honors Option presented pilot projects exploring how collections can spark interdisciplinary research and creativity.

A diverse group of MSU students pose for a photo with Curator Micah Ling in the Immersive Lab, flanked by white cabinets with glass doors that hold MSU Museum artifacts.An MSU student presents in the Immersive lab, wearing a black sweater, glasses, and jeans while holding a piece of paper and standing next to a presentation displayed on a large TV screen. On the table in front rests an artifact that appears to be like human teeth.An MSU student holds up a small pink quilt with fidgets attached while standing next to a presentation on a large TV screen.View from a classroom session in the Immersive Lab, with students sitting in black chairs in rows at white tables, all facing away from the viewer and toward one student who presents using a TV screen at the head of the class.