List of museums and collections at the University of Michigan

Located on the university's North Campus is the Warren Robbins Gallery and Slusser Gallery of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

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.

[2] The exhibit displays include material borrowed from the other U-M museums, which are all different departmental units.

The collections support undergraduate and graduate education, and a portion are displayed in the U-M Museum of Natural History.

[4] Between 1972 and 1974, the museum was involved in the excavation of the archaeological site of Dibsi Faraj in northern Syria.

[7] UMMA presents special exhibitions and diverse educational programs featuring the visual, performing, film and literary arts that contextualize the gallery experience.

[10] The Matthaei Botanical Gardens, is a 350-acre facility located on the eastern boundary of Ann Arbor, about 10 km from campus.

The University of Michigan Herbarium, a research and teaching collection, is located south of the main campus.

The former Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building on Central Campus, looking towards the northeast
Image is a wide angle view of a modern building with long windows and terracotta siding.
U-M Biological Sciences Building that houses the Museum of Natural History, Darwin's Cafe, and several departments. Situated across the street from the previous Ruthven Museums Building. Image taken April 2022.
Kelsey Museum