The MSU Museum is Michigan's natural history and culture Museum and the state's first Smithsonian Institution affiliate.
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- Location:
- East Lansing, MI, 48824
- Phone:
- 517-355-7474 (recorded info)
- Mon - Fri:
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Sat:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Sun:
- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Michigan State University Museum
New exhibit:
Wild Turkey Management Cooperator Patch Entries
Now through Dec. 13
Community Gallery
"2009 Wild Turkey Management Cooperator Patch Entries," an exhibit supported by National Wild Turkey Federation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Project Wild, is now on display at the MSU Museum's Community Gal...lery until Dec. 13.
The Wild Turkey Management Cooperator Patches are designed by Michigan students from grades K-12. Each year, students are able to submit their design entries to Project Wild. The winning design from this year will be next year's patch.The designs on display are the winning and runner-up entries for 2009.
The exhibit shows varied Wild Turkey Management Cooperator Patches from previous years, the display of wild turkey calls, fun facts about turkeys and the very impressive red, white and blue head of the gobbler. Maybe that's why Ben Franklin wanted to make the Wild Turkey our nation bird! This exhibit also highlights hunting, stewardship, involvement in natural resources ethics and cultural heritage by young people of Michigan, and recognition of the effect of human intervention in preserving nature for future generations.
The MSU Museum's Community Gallery provides an opportunity to explore, study, and express the natural and cultural diversity of the world. Projects displayed reflects museum themes and exhibits, and recent projects have featured students' drawings, paintings, collages, and even puppets.For more information on current exhibits and programs, please contact the MSU Museum at 517-355-2370 or visit http://museum.msu.edu.
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See this staff profile with Rachel Laws, Nelson Mandela Museum/MSU Museum Curatorial Fellow for 2009.
Each November, Michigan State University joins institutions across the country in celebrating International Education Week. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S...
The MSU Museum Store is open extended hours to 7 p.m., on Wednesdays, Nov. 4 and 11. A special MSU Museum Store holiday benefit sale includes gifts, books and toys that celebrate world cultures and natural history...
New feature on the MSU Museum web site -- Soak up campus culture here: http://museum.msu.edu/GeneralInformation/Hours/#Tour
MSU Museum assistant curator of mammalogy and ornithology Pamela C. Rasmussen will be a featured guest on an Oct. 31 presentation of the national "Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?" broadcast life from the MSU Concert Auditorium...
The Michigan State University Museum will host and coordinate activities in celebration of the 2009 El día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in connection with the Cristo Rey Community Center in Lansing. Featured Oct. 28 - Nov....
Known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged from hiding on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University scientist...
