Americans and the Holocaust: A Michigan Perspective installation view at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2025. Photo: Chloe Kirchmeier/MSU Broad Art Museum

Americans and the Holocaust: A Michigan Perspective

Exhibit open through Nov. 16, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, 547 East Circle Dr.

During the spring 2025 semester, Kirsten Fermaglich, Professor of History and Jewish Studies, organized her HST 480

capstone seminar to develop this exhibit. Students created their own physical and digital exhibits, using items donated by

MSU faculty and students whose families survived the Holocaust, as well as items donated by the Zekelman Holocaust Center

and the Joan Meyers Jampel Center for Michigan Jewish Heritages. Students read scholarly texts about America and the

Holocaust, learned about museum work, and worked closely with the Broad Museum, as well as MSU’s Lab for Education and

Advancement in Digital Research (LEADR), and the MSU Libraries to develop their exhibits. The students’ physical exhibit will

be at the Broad Art Museum until Nov. 16, and the students’ digital exhibit is available indefinitely through LEADR. At a time

when extremism, antisemitism, and anti-immigrant sentiment are rising, the exhibit is more relevant than ever.

Date

May 11, 2025 - Nov 16, 2025
Ongoing...

Time

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8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Labels

Exhibition

Location

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum
547 East Circle Dr.