The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University was awarded $1 million from MSU Federal Credit Union in support of an expansion across Grand River Avenue that will provide increased access and research for the MSU Broad’s 7,500 piece permanent collection.
Join us for the opening weekend of the MSU Broad Art Lab in conjunction with the East Lansing Art Festival. Stop by from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 19-20 for a first look at this new space and explore the inaugural exhibition, "Mining the Collection," curated by MSU students with an interest in museum studies. Get a taste of what’s to come in this experimental space and share your ideas for future collaborations and activities in the Art Lab.
Following the grand opening weekend, the Art Lab’s public hours will be noon to 4 p.m., Tuesday–Sunday. The Art Lab is located at 565 E Grand River Ave., East Lansing, Mich., 48823.
The Art Lab will provide additional exhibition spaces for its collection and a research center focused on the museum of tomorrow. The collection will serve as an access point to education and research and will include a study center and cases for visiting instructors, students and researchers to integrate the collection into teaching and learning.
The MSU Broad’s living and expanding collection spans artistic production from Ancient Greece and Rome and pre-Columbian cultures, to Medieval and Renaissance, to Modern and Contemporary and enables the museum to explore the art of our time through the long lens of art history.
Partnering with MSU’s Arts & Cultural Management and Museum Studies to position the collection as a gateway to scholarly research and understanding, the MSU Broad will provide a world-class learning experience in the arts for graduate and undergraduate students across academic disciplines.
“We are thrilled to partner with the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum and MSUFCU to bring the Broad collection with its Kresge heritage further out into the community,” said Christopher P. Long, dean of the College of Arts & Letters. "Access has always been the heart of the MSU land-grant mission and the liberal arts endeavor at its core, so this gift advances that mission by providing more members of our community with educational opportunities to be transformed by the power of art.”
The museum is one of 10 areas of the university to receive support from a $5.5 million gift the MSUFCU made to expand opportunities for community members to engage in the arts, business and science.