As the state’s first Smithsonian Affiliate, the MSU Museum is an innovative and experimental collaboratory that exists to catalyze creativity.
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ALT Event graphic for "Humanity (1984/2026)" in a retro futurist style with beige background, teal and green swoops, and dark red stripe. Includes poster for "Humanity" in a dark, gritty style.
ALT Event graphic for "Loreta: A Speculative Workshop Reimagining the Future University" including photos of the presenters in bubbles as well as logos for the MSU Museum CoLab Studio, MSUFCU, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
ALT A bright neon green graphic with a halftone pattern of an MSU student, with her long dark hair over her shoulders, using an electronic turntable. White text in blue or green boxes reads "MSU Museum X Vaux: A Night of Electronic Music and Sound on Friday, October 16. Doors open at 7:30 PM with music from 8-11 PM. Sounds curated by Hammy, Kat3ars, and Katnip."
ALT Event graphic for "LORETA" in a retro futurist style with a dusty blue background, dark blue stripe, and photos of the workshop leaders in circles.
ALT An indigenous woman, Anishinaabe-Lakota artist and quill-worker Monica Raphael, with her long dark hair past the shoulders of her tan jacket and orange remembrance shirt, holds a microphone as she presents on stage in front of an MSU Museum banner.
ALT A Latinx man in a dark t-shirt (presenter Terry Blas) kneels by a table as a visitor to the MSU Museum wearing a yellowed striped shirt and large earrings flips through a page of comics. Other visitors sit at tables in the background.
ALT Three women in professional dress sit on a stage in front of a projection screen that reads "The Doctor Will See You Now" The woman in the middle holds a microphone as she speaks. Visitors can be seen out of focus in the foreground, listening.
ALT A group of MSU students wearing glowing headphones dance in the open MSU Museum Commons space.
ALT A young child stands in front of a kiosk, his guardian behind him, as an MSU student employee wearing an MSU Museum black t-shirt points to the screen. Hanging from the ceiling, a 3D sphere installation (Science on a Sphere) displays imagery of Jupiter in the dark navy room.
ALT A student with a blonde pony-tail, wearing a black t-shirt and jeans, examines a carillon bell on display in an acrylic case on a green pedestal. On the wall in front of her, a huge photo of the historic MSU Museum collections is displayed in black and white.
ALT Nine round "quillboxes" sit on display in a clear acrylic case, each crafted by hand with porcupine quills. The exhibit plaque reads "Gwek enaandegin Natural Colors."
ALT A visitor in a loose flowery shirt, long red hair, and tennis shoes sits on a green bench in front of a photo of a forest, listening to audio playing from a green rotary phone. The photo contains a person obscured with blur.
ALT Two large exhibition blocks, each taller than the average person with vivid color photos, are installed debut of the exhibit at University of Madison–Wisconsin. Photos are by Jim Vondruska, The New York Times
ALT A large photo installation at the debut of the exhibit at University of Madison–Wisconsin. Photos are by Jim Vondruska, The New York Times. A blurry passerby can be seen behind the installation carrying an umbrella.
ALT A close up of text on an exhibition block at the debut of the exhibit at University of Madison–Wisconsin. Photos are by Jim Vondruska, The New York Times.
ALT Two large photos on display outdoors at the debut of the exhibit at University of Madison–Wisconsin. Photos are by Jim Vondruska, The New York Times. The campus with brick collegiate gothic architecture can be seen in the background.
ALT On an orange gradient background, abstract shapes spell out “UNWIND” while the same text repeats at the top. White text underneath reads “Mystery at the MSU Museum. 10/02 from 7-9 PM at the MSU Museum.” A half-tone illustration of a young woman with stylized hair holds a magnifying glass up to her eye. A stylized vector icon of an eye outlined in white peers out from the magnifying glass.
ALT A poet in a bright yellow top, white skirt, black stockings, and tall platform shoes performs on a stage in front of a projection screen showing "Blurred Realities." She also wears a large statement ankh necklace and colorful hair scarf. In the foreground, audience members watch her performance.
ALT A conductor wearing all black holds his hands up in front of a clapping audience, with musicians standing behind him. Instruments include cello, violin, marimba, harp, and several woodwand instruments.
ALT Four gentlemen sit in clear chairs on a black stage in front of a projection that reads "Conversation: Music, Science, and Video Games" while a moderator, smiling, stands in front of a lectern labeled "MSU Museum"
ALT A group of students participate in a speculative future building activity at a rectangular table, magazines for collaging spread out in front of them while two students stand nearby, looking down.
ALT Event graphic for "The Doctor Will See You Now" in a retro futurist style with beige background, yellow swoop, and dark red stripe. Includes photos of speakers in spotlighted bubbles.
ALT Against a grainy black and white background, a graphic of a male DJ wearing a beanie, headphones, and a t-shirt black as he performs on a turntable with right hand raised. In an blue box, text reads “MSU Museum X Vaux: A Night of Electronic Music and Sound. House, Tech House, Techno, and UK Garage”
ALT "The Doctor Will See You Now" graphic with retro futuristic text on a beige background with a yellow stripe. Includes photos of the three panel participants.
ALT A black and white photo from 1940 of college students seated around rectangular tables in a library with built-in shelves, a fireplace, and stone walls. Beneath the photo, a current photo of the space unrecognizable with dinosaur skeletons on display. Text reads "Second floor reading room of the Michigan Sate College Library, now Habitat Hall of the MSU Museum ca 1940"
ALT Seven x-rays of fish, bones showing white against black backgrounds, are framed and hanging on a bright blue wall.
ALT Two MSU Museum visitors sit on a black leather bench in front of framed x-rays of fish.
ALT An MSU Museum visitor peers closely at framed x-rays of fish. Their blue jacket closely seems to match the surrounding bright blue walls.
ALT An MSU Museum visitor smiles as he takes a picture of a wet specimen in a jar inside an acrylic case. In the background, another visitor examines framed x-rays of fish.
ALT A collage of four books with the author/illustrator's photo. A Latinx man wearing a black shirt with a white cat collar and black glasses against a pale pink background. Books include "Reptil" from Marvel, "Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom," Steven Universe, and "Ariana Grande vs. Sargeant Shade"
ALT Black text over orange and white abstract, comics-themed graphic reads “speculative futures: Latinx Futures in Comics. Talk and Workshop with Terry Bias on September 17 from 6-7:30 in the MSU Museum Commons”
ALT A collage of four books with the author/illustrator's photo. A Latinx man wearing a black shirt with a white cat collar and black glasses against a pale pink background. Books include "Reptil" from Marvel, "Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom," Steven Universe, and "Ariana Grande vs. Sargeant Shade"