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University Students

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

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 'Silver Linings' at the annual Artscapade! in August 2024.

August 24, 2024 — January 5, 2025

Taubman I

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 — Jan 26, 2025

Eleanor Noyes Crumpacker Gallery

Upcoming
Events

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

Zell Visiting Writers Series: Reading and Q&A with Marie-Helene Bertino

Helmut Stern Auditorium

Thu, Sep 12, 2024 5:30pm–6:30pm

Webster Reading Series: Clara Rosarius and Elizabeth Lee

Helmut Stern Auditorium

Fri, Sep 20, 2024 7:00pm–8:00pm

Artist Talk with Fred Wilson: The Silent Message of the Museum

Historic Theater

Thu, Sep 26, 2024 5:30pm–7:00pm

Silver Linings Curator Talk with Liz Andrews: Deep Roots, Bright Futures

Helmut Stern Auditorium

Fri, Sep 27, 2024 7:30pm–8:30pm

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

Feel Good Friday: Fall Opening

Whole Museum

Fri, Sep 27, 2024 7:00pm–10:00pm

Students and community members in special exhibition 'Silver Linings' at the annual Artscapade! in August 2024.

Exhibition Tour — Silver Linings with julia elizabeth neal and Quinn Hunter

A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I

Sun, Oct 6, 2024 2:00pm–3:00pm

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