U-M Museum of Art to open after extensive renovations

The University of Michigan's newly refurbished Museum of Art has become an artistic gateway.

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The people behind the newly refurbished University of Michigan Museum of Art weren't so much trying to make a better art museum as much as they were trying to make a better Diag.

They wanted to turn the Museum of Art into an indoor version of the Diag where students, staff and community members would gather and interact. In essence, the new facility would serve as a gateway of sorts for the university.

"Philosophically, we were thinking how can me make the art museum a more essential part of the university and the community," says James Steward, director of the U-M Museum of Art.

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