Museums at the University of Michigan
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The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is home to a number of museums, with a majority of them on Central Campus.
- The Exhibit Museum of Natural History includes a planetarium and exhibits on geology, paleontology in Michigan, Michigan wildlife, Native American culture and anthropology. The building also houses three research museums:
- Museum of Anthropology - home to the program in anthropological archaeology in the United States
- Museum of Paleontology (UMMP)
- Museum of Zoology - collection includes over 15 million specimens representing all orders of birds, amphibians and reptiles, mites, and insects, and over 80% of orders of fish and mollusks
- The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology has a collection of Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and Middle Eastern artifacts.
- The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) has approximately 18,000 works of art, including European, American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and African, as well as changing exhibits.
Also on Central Campus and housed in the School of Dentistry building is the Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, which contains artifacts pertaining to the history of the dental profession.
The Detroit Observatory is adjacent to the University Hospital complex. Containing two telescopes, it is the first observatory in Michigan and the second in Midwest, and is the second oldest building remaining on campus.
The Nichols Arboretum is also adjacent to the University Hospital complex.
Other museums include:
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens (located on the eastern outskirts of Ann Arbor)
- UM Herbarium, a research and teaching collection
- Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments (located in the Earl V. Moore Building of the School of Music on the university's North Campus), housing over 2500 pieces of historical and contemporary musical instruments from all over the world
- Warren Robbins Gallery and Slusser Gallery, art exhibit galleries for the School of Art & Design
[edit] External links
- Museums and Galleries at the University of Michigan
- Museums and Other Cultural Attractions at the University of Michigan
- University of Michigan Museum Resource
