One of the premier university art museums in the country, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is a meeting place for the arts, bridging campus and community, visual art and contemporary culture, scholarship and accessibility. It’s near universal collections and approximately 93,000 square-foot facility allow it to function as a critical campus and community resource as well as a midsized regional museum. UMMA presents a diverse and dynamic lineup of visual, performing, literary, and film arts year-round in multiple spaces throughout the Museum, extending and contextualizing the art on view in its collections and special exhibitions galleries.
Things To Do At UMMA
Things To Do At UMMA
- Explore the galleries
- Visit the DialogTable
- Listen to a poetry reading
- Attend a concert
- Watch a film
- Take a tour
- Go on a date
- Drop-in and Draw
- Hang out with friends
- Shop at the Museum Store
- Study
Visit UMMA’s Fall 2012 Special Exhibitions
- Benjamin West: General Wolfe and the Art of Empire
- September 22, 2012-January 13, 2013
- Discovering Eighteenth-Century British America: The William L. Clements Library Collection
- September 22, 2012-January 13, 2013
- African Art and the Shape of Time
- August 18, 2012-February 3, 2013
- Jesper Just: This Nameless Spectacle
- August 18-December 9, 2012
- Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries
- August 11-December 30, 2012
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Get Involved
UMMA’s Student Programming and Advisory Council (SPAC) recruits new members each spring. Find additional information on our website.
UMMA also recruits Student Docents at the beginning of every school year. Learn more about our Student Docent program here.
Follow Us Online
University of Michigan Museum of Art
- 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Visit UMMA's website
- Academic year hours (September 1 through April 30)
- Galleries open Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday 12:00 to 5:00 pm; closed Mondays.
- Building open seven days a week, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.
- Admission is always free!
About the Author
Lauren Harroun, Education Program Coordinator, University of Michigan Museum of Art
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