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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.

A graphic with four different shades of green. Text reads "Fall Opening Reception: Save the Date. 09/09 from 4-7PM at the MSU Museum"
On a green gradient background, white text reads "MSU MUSEUM CLOSED: August 11-August 26. Regular hours resume on Thursday, August 27"
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"
Two MSU Museum visitors interact with the Access Audio app on a cell phone while standing in front of life-scale jungle diorama.
Small animal skulls on clear pedestals inside a case, displayed next to 3D printed versions of their brains.
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.
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.
Three visitors stand in an immersive exhibit, watching as projections of underwater scenes are displayed on curtains around them.
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"
White text on a green gradient background reads "MSU Museum closed Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, July 7.
An MSU Museum visitor in a navy sweater and matching bucket hat holds a cellphone with the Access Audio app open. In front of her, a case with four dinosaur skulls displayed. In the background, large climate dioramas and a stegosaurus skeleton can be seen.
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.
Artifacts from Saints' Rest, the first dormitory at MSU, rest on plastic pedestals inside a clear case. A plaster wall fragment, a smoking pipe and 3D print of the same pipe, and a glass ink bottle can be seen each with labels.
Three MSU students gather around a laptop on a white, round coffee table, smiling as they chat. One student in a white sweater with blonde curly hair and glasses sits on a blue leather couch, while a Black student in an MSU Museum black crewneck sweater, short natural hair, and glasses sits in a modern orange chair. Closest, a third student in jeans and a black sweater, her long hair flowing over her shoulders and obscuring her face, leans close to the laptop. Behind them on the left, a portrait of a Black woman in an avant-garde hangs on a white museum wall. On the right, a glimpse beyond into a large museum gallery with life-size dioramas.
A grey-brown squirrel lies flat on the sidewalk, only the head and tail perked up as it rests in the shade.
Close up of compressed layers, the top layer a dark Spartan green and subsequent layers mostly white. Object is oblong and unevenly shaped.
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.
MSU Museum employees smile as they work on digitizing a jaguar mask in the Bloomberg lab. Closest to the camera, Carrie Walker, with long brunette hair and wearing an MSU sweatshirt, points at a large computer screen on a rolling stand while smiling. On the screen, Photoshop is open to show a side profile of the jaguar mask which rests on the table by Carrie's hand. Next to her, a student worker with black hair in a ponytail wearing a black sweatshirt smiles. A similar picture is up on the laptop in front of her. Further down the row of tables, Curator Samantha Ellens, with short brunette hair and glasses, wearing a grey turtleneck sweater, smiles as she also works on a laptop. The scene around them is an office space with visible ducts and piping, white walls, and storage spaces.
MSU students in a Museum Studies course examine clothing in the MSU Museum's collections of Spartan memorabilia. One student leans over while two others crouch and smile up. A Spartan Marching Band jacket in dark green can be seen in the background.
MSU Museum visitors chat in a dark room with a glowing 3D spherical installation, Science on a Sphere, showcasing old maps.
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 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.
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.
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.
A hand holds up a cellphone, showing the intro screen for the Bloomberg Connects app. Text on the pale blue background above the phone reads "We're on Bloomberg Connects!"
A map of an imaginary island hangs in a white frame suspended from the ceiling in the "Blurred Realities" exhibition. Motion blur surrounds it as visitors pass by. Further maps can be seen in a row behind the first.
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.
A fossil of a Mammoth skull resting on white supports.
A closeup photo of a tactile map, showcasing a 3D image of a Mule Deer
MSU Museum visitors explore an exhibit created by MSU students about Spartan traditions. Two visitors smile as they watch a video.
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.
A dog with orange/yellow short fur, wearing a green MSU Spartan bandana, poses with her mouth open in front of the MSU Museum steps.
A purple flowering bush blooms in front of a white stone facade. Under an archway, the doors of the MSU Museum are labeled in green and white.
Four MSU students in their Spartan graduation robes hold their hats and pose for a photo next to a purple Azalea bush at the back steps of the MSU Museum.
Visitors to the MSU Museum gather in a dark room, using a flat screen kiosk to navigate a large 3D sphere (Science on a Sphere) that shows Earth. Maps of the world's most eco-friendly cities is projected in blue.
A gentleman in a plaid button-up and t-shirt presents on stage in front of a glass lectern with the MSU Museum logo. A full crowd sits in rows in front of the stage.
A badge on a lanyard reads "Museum Access Audio" with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and MSU Museum logo interspersed between a dark green abstract pattern. Behind the lanyard, a fully articulated Allosaurus skeleton and a T-rex skull can be seen. Text on image reads "Friday, April 24 from 4:30-6 PM: Access Audio RFID Experience Launch"
MSU students gather around a table making a paper mâché craft. Supplies for paper mâché sit on the table, including a bucket with glue.
A glitch effect covers half the image. White text against the pink and blue background on the left reads “Museum of Alternative History Gallery Talk with Tim Guthrie on Thursday, April 16 from 5:30-7 PM in the MSU Museum Commons. Register at museum.msu.edu” On the right side of the image, a glitchy photo of a white hallways with arches and pedestals.
Text on a dark green background reads "what if we ... kissed in the shadows of Beaumont Tower? 170 Years of Student Traditions at MSU. Exhibition Opening Reception on Friday, April 24 from 4:30-6:00 PM in the Forest Akers Exhibition Lab." Two photos beside the graphic show MSU students exploring the MSU Museum collections as they prepare the exhibit.
A round graphic bordered with colorful tropical leaves, animals, and flowers surrounds text that reads "Salt: A Ripple Effect Workshop on April 18 from 2-3 PM at the MSU Museum Auditorium" Background features a macro photo of salt above a blue swatch of color, featuring the MSU Museum and MSU Science Festival Logos.
Two images of artists are juxtaposed in a rectangle outlined in pink. Left, a creative double overlay of a DJ in a beanie and glasses (Carl Craig), right, a woman in a bright green long-sleeved shirt and baseball cap with arms outstretched in front of a screen (Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm). Below, an image of the moderator in a smaller circle, a woman with long dark hair and a polkadotted shirt (Sophia Saliby). Text on image describes the event in the post.
Two images of artists are juxtaposed in a rectangle outlined in pink. Left, a creative double overlay of a DJ in a beanie and glasses (Carl Craig), right, a woman in a bright green long-sleeved shirt and baseball cap with arms outstretched in front of a screen (Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm). Below, an image of the moderator in a smaller circle, a woman with long dark hair and a polkadotted shirt (Sophia Saliby). Text on image describes the event in the post.
On a white background, quarter circle shapes in shades of blue, red, and orange, with scattered orange highlights spell "UNWIND" in a creative way. Other text reads “Unwind: Your once-a-month exhale: CREATE Comic Con at the Museum! Location: MSU Museum on April 3. Register at museum.msu.edu”
A photo of MSU students dancing while wearing glowing headphones and glowstick jewelry, slightly blurred. In the big room, one wall has a graphic that reads THE COMMONS.
A graphic with hot pink textured glitchy background, with black text that reads "speculative futures: APIDA Sounds and Stories: Panel Talk and Musical Performance on April 4, 2026."
A view from the audience, everyone facing the stage where a man in a grey suit, Director of the MSU Museum Devon Akmon, speaks at a glass lectern.
A glitch effect covers half the image. White text against the pink and blue background on the left reads “Clone of the Dance: Performance and Conversation on Thursday, April 2 from 5:30-7 PM in the MSU Museum Commons. Register museum.msu.edu” On the right side of the image, a photo of glitchy, blurry dancers wearing white and lit by an eerie purple glow. Fractured copy of the title is flipped.
On a green gradient background, white text reads "MSU Museum Closing at Noon on Friday, March 20. Regular hours resume Saturday, March 21"
Closeup of a bust of a human head used for Phrenology, complete with markings across the wood surface. Nearby, a student works in a sketchbook. Other artifacts can be seen in the background with other students drawing.
Two images of artists are juxtaposed in a rectangle outlined in pink. Left, a creative double overlay of a DJ in a beanie and glasses (Carl Craig), right, a woman in a bright green long-sleeved shirt and baseball cap with arms outstretched in front of a screen (Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm). Below, an image of the moderator in a smaller circle, a woman with long dark hair and a polkadotted shirt (Sophia Saliby). Text on image describes the event in the post.
A small, brown frog with large eyes sits on a leaf above poster text that reads "Chronicles of a Field Biologist, Discovering Hidden Species in the Jungle with Kin Onn Chan on Thursday, March 19 at 7 PM. Speciation Cellars on 928 Wealthy ST SE"
A group of nine diverse individuals pose for a photograph on stage, smiling.
Audience members lean back in their theater-style chairs to look up at a spectrum of the rainbow above them overlaid with images of MSU and Lansing in a dark room.
A glitch effect covers half the image. White text against the pink and blue background on the left reads “AI, Elections, and the Fight for Facts: Panel Conversation on Thursday, March 19 from 5:30-7 PM in the MSU Museum Commons. Register at museum.msu.edu” Above the text is the MSU Museum logo in white and the MSUFCU logo. On the right half of the image, a distorted and glitchy image of protestors, barely visible through the effect, raising their fists up in the air towards the cloudy sky. The title repeats upside down over the image.
An Asian man wearing a blue tweed blazer over a red sweater with glasses and short hair stands in front of a glass lectern with the MSU Museum logo in green. He holds up a yellow book by Brittany Rogers as he presents on a stage in front of an audience.