Broad Museum interim director seeks to embed arts and culture across campus

<p>“On November 10 the museum will turn 10 years old. When <a href="https://broadmuseum.msu.edu">the museum</a> opened and was founded in 2012, there was a great outpouring and show of support and excitement," says <a href="https://broadmuseum.msu.edu/staff/steven-bridges">Bridges</a>. "That’s continued through the years, and we’ve softened some of the hard angles, if you will, of the museum to bring in a better diversity of audiences and build a sense of inclusivity. The museum is on this campus in service to MSU and to the broader mid-Michigan region that we serve. We offer a wide range of exhibitions, and we promote faculty and student engagement with the museum. But these are also areas I think we can really lean into further and develop more. We want to bring out the collection formally known as the Kresge Art Museum Collection and make sure that it's a pivotal hallmark piece of who we are as an institution.”</p><p>Bridges discusses the September 17 <a href="https://broadmuseum.msu.edu/broadtoten">(B)road to Ten</a> fundraising event benefitting the new Open Storage Center—a project designed to bring major parts of the collection out of private, offsite storage and into the museum for public enjoyment. And he highlights other exhibits and events at the museum.</p><p>“There’s a great opportunity for us to continue to embed ourselves and integrate ourselves across campus. We're a part of the university arts and culture and collections unit on campus now. And this integration of arts across campus is really important. While we hope that people always come and visit us, I want to make a concerted effort to get the arts into classrooms and into other areas of campus and make those connections to make sure that all students and all faculty understand the importance of working arts into the curriculum and into the experience more generally at the university.</p><p>“Where we’re located on campus is a huge benefit to us being at the gateway between the university campus and our greater communities, but there