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At UMMA, students from The University of Michigan and beyond can find opportunities to make an impact. Help UMMA lead change, find your next obsession, or simply discover your new favorite study spot in the UMMA Cafe!

University Faculty

Enhance your lessons with unique and unexpected connections to art. Make the UMMA experience part of your curriculum with in-person or virtual tours, custom course resources, and more.

The future of art lives at UMMA. We welcome K–12 students and educators with customized field trip opportunities, class resources, and teacher development information.

Everyone is welcome to Feel Free at UMMA. Check out our community resources to see virtual tours, family resources, and everything you need to make the most of your next visit.

Current
Exhibitions

Exhibitions are featured for a limited time, but the experience will stay with you. Visit us to keep learning.

A line of people walk toward a museum entrance, and a large sculpture of a white head stands tall next to them.

Jaume Plensa: Behind the Walls

Jaume Plensa

Ongoing

UMMA Exterior

Groups of people stand and walk through a light green room with dark wooden vitrines and gilded framed paintings on the wall in the Unsettling Histories exhibition.

Unsettling Histories: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism

Ongoing

European and American Decorative Art

A celebration of UMMA's fall season with exhibition openings of You're Welcome, Hear Me Now, and A Gathering.

We Write To You About Africa

Ongoing

A. Alfred Taubman Gallery II

Overview of the entire Crumpacker Gallery, two floors filled with works of art apart of the Curriculum Collection

Curriculum / Collection

Ongoing

Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge

View of a gallery installation. Black walls with gold and silver text tell the story of the Burt Lake Band of Anishinaabe Native Americans

Andrea Carlson

Now thru June 2025

Vertical Gallery

Art gallery interior showing an exhibition space with light blue walls and tiled floors. Two benches are centrally placed on the floor. To the left, a large colorful abstract painting is displayed, featuring vibrant reds and oranges with scattered elements of blue and pink. Adjacent to the right is a smaller framed artwork. A wall text titled "A Gathering" is visible on the right side.

Ongoing

Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse

Students and community members in special exhibition 'Hey We Need to Talk!' at the annual Artscapade! in August 2024.

Hey, We Need to Talk!

Aug 31, 2024 — Feb 09, 2025

Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery

Interior of the LA Raza Art & Medioa Collective with a vibrant, colorful mural on a green wall. Glass doors and windows are reflecting the outside street view. An exhibit display with graphical panels is placed in the foreground.

La Raza Art and Media Collective

1975 – Today

Dec 7, 2024 — July 20, 2025

Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery

Upcoming
Events

What’s next? There’s always something happening at UMMA.

Background with purple and pink clouds with two crossed bandaids in the foreground with big bold black text that reads, Take Care' at the center.

Take Care: Democracy, Art & Healing

Museum of Art

Thu, Jan 30, 2025 7:00pm–9:00pm

Artist Talk with Jarod Lew: Strange You Never Knew

Helmut Stern Auditorium

Sat, Feb 1, 2025 4:00pm–5:15pm

Daring Dances Presents: A Screening of the new film, JJ, by Pauline L. Boulba and Aminata Labor

Helmut Stern Auditorium

Wed, Feb 5, 2025 7:30pm–9:00pm

Zell Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Tyehimba Jess

Helmut Stern Auditorium

Thu, Feb 6, 2025 5:30pm–6:30pm

Table displaying an array of colorful printed materials including zines made by UM Stamp Students.

Exhibition Tour: La Raza Art and Media Collective with Artist Nicole Marroquin

Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery

Sun, Feb 9, 2025 2:00pm–3:00pm

performers and guests enjoy Queer Night at UMMA, part of Feel Good Friday

Feel Good Friday — Queer Night 2025

Museum of Art

Fri, Feb 14, 2025 7:00pm–10:00pm

Collection
Highlights

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