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The museum also used to be administered through the same organization as the University Herbarium. The public exhibit museum was founded in 1956, [3] and today has more than 100,000 visitors annually. [2] The museum is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. [2] It employs 23 full-time staff and between 50-70 paid student docents. [2]
The former Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building on Central Campus, looking towards the northeast. The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History, formerly known as the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, began in the mid-19th century and expanded greatly with the donation of 60,000 specimens by Joseph Beal Steere, a U-M alumnus, in the 1870s.
72000661 [1] Added to NRHP. April 14, 1972. The Old West Side Historic District is a primarily residential historic district located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and roughly bounded by 7th Street, Main Street, Huron Street, Pauline Boulevard, and Crest Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
History. The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum was founded in 1978, with approval from the city of Ann Arbor, as a touring collection of exhibits built by local specialists and volunteers. The museum opened at its permanent location in 1982 in the city's historic brick firehouse with 25 exhibits on two floors, one staff person, and ten volunteers.
March 24, 1972. The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology is a museum of archaeology located on the University of Michigan central campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the United States. The museum is a unit of the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. [2] It has a collection of more than 100,000 ancient and medieval ...
Bentley Historical Library. Coordinates: 42°17′21.93″N 83°42′44.84″W. Bentley Historical Library. The Bentley Historical Library is the campus archive for the University of Michigan and is located on the University of Michigan 's North Campus in Ann Arbor. It was established in 1935 by the regents of the University of Michigan.
Cobblestone Farm and Museum. / 42.24500°N 83.71056°W / 42.24500; -83.71056. The Cobblestone Farm and Museum, which includes the Dr. Benajah Ticknor House (also known as the Ticknor-Campbell House) is an historical museum located at 2781 Packard Road in Ann Arbor Michigan. [ 3] The museum gets its name from the cobblestone used to ...
Art museum. Director. Christina Olsen (2017–present) Website. umma.umich.edu. The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) is one of the largest university art museums in the United States, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan with 94,000 sq ft (8,700 m 2). Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War ...