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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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
This image shows a modern art gallery with wooden floors and glass railings. Several artworks are displayed on the walls, including a large colorful abstract painting and smaller framed pieces. Bright natural light streams in from a window on the right.
Curriculum / Collection 
Installation updated February 2026
Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery
Interior of a room with pastel blue walls featuring three framed digital displays on white tables, each depicting individuals in colorful attire. The room is furnished with modern, multicolored chairs arranged around the tables.
Zina Saro-Wiwa: Table Manners
Season 1
August 9, 2025 — August 30, 2026
Irving Stenn, Jr. Family Gallery
University students visit UMMA on September 25, 2025, joining tours led by David Choberka, Madeline October Wildman, and Julia Laplaca. A study room session was also led by LSA Professor Lisa Makman.
Come Talk To Me
September 2025 — Summer 2026
Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge
Guests gathered for UMMA’s opening reception of the exhibition, “American Sampler: Activating the Archive” held on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
American Sampler
Activating the Archive
Jan 24, 2026 - Ongoing
Vertical Gallery

Upcoming
Events

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

Headshot - Lonnie G Bunch III
An Evening with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch lll
Offsite, Rackham Auditorium
Tue, Mar 31, 2026 6:00pm–8:00pm
CJS Noon Lecture Series with UMMA Curator Natsu Oyobe: James Marshall Plumer’s Collecting Journey in War-torn Japan
Weiser Hall
Thu, Apr 2, 2026 12:00pm–1:30pm
Image of book cover for "Imperial Stewards"
Porcelains and Power: The Politics of Chinese Art in the Age of American Ascendancy
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Wed, Apr 8, 2026 5:30pm–6:30pm
Frame from movie, “Passin’ It On” in black and white showing a group of people and one person at the center speaking.
Film Sampler Series: “Passin’ It On”
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Sat, Apr 11, 2026 5:00pm–6:30pm
Related Exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive
Frame from movie, "Sir! NoSir!" showing people at a protest with many protest banners being shown.
Film Sampler Series: “Sir! No Sir!” and “19”
Helmut Stern Auditorium
Sat, Apr 11, 2026 2:00pm–5:00pm
Related Exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive
Two people making a silkscreen print.
Session 2: Print Demonstration and Exhibition Tour of American Sampler with Nicole Marroquin
Multipurpose Room, Vertical Gallery
Sun, Apr 12, 2026 3:00pm–4:00pm
Related Exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive

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