Please join the Museum Studies Program at our upcoming lecture as part of our "It's Alive! Re-Discovering Institutions of Living Collections" Fall event series.
Presenter: David C. Michener, Associate Curator, University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum
Title: Fleeting Beauty, Enduring Consequences: Decisive Issues in Peony Garden Collection Management
Date: Wednesday, October 23
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Helmut Stern Auditorium of the University of Michigan Museum of Art
Summary: This presentation highlights the historic Peony Garden at the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum and its aesthetic and cultural value in order to examine how museum practices frame decisions about the continued growth and significance of this diverse living collection.
