How to take a tour of University of Michigan's most historic buildings
The community will get a chance to tour some of the University of Michigan's most historic and unique buildings on campus as part of the UMich200 Spring Festival, the university's bicentennial celebration.
A total of 23 different tours are being offered at 10 different buildings across campus during the "A-maizing Building Tours" event. Tours are scheduled at Burton Memorial Tower, Central Power Plant, William L. Clements Library, the Detroit Observatory, Hatcher Graduate Library, Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory, the Martha Cook Building, Rackham Building and the Michigan Union and Michigan League. All of the tours take place on April 6 and 7.
Most of the tours require pre-registration, which can be done online. For a complete listing of times and dates of tours, visit the UM Bicentennial website.
Bicentennial Office Associate Director Michelle French said the tours offer the public an opportunity to learn about the history behind some of UM's most noted buildings, but also open the doors to some buildings rarely seen by those outside the university community.
"What we're doing with the Spring Festival is focusing on the history behind some of these buildings," French said. "When we do tours again during the Fall Festival, we'll do a tour that looks more toward the future."
The tours also offer people a chance to take a look inside some of the campus' "hidden gems," French said.
"Burton Memorial Tower is open (to the public) once in a while, but most people don't realize that," French said. "I went to school and worked here and yet, I had never had a chance to get up there (until recently). The view is spectacular. It's the same thing with the Detroit Observatory - it's one of the oldest buildings on campus, but not many people have seen it and it's remarkable."
The A-maizing Building Tour is one of many events being hosted during the Bicentennial's Spring Festival. Other events include "True Blue! A Tribute to Michigan," featuring famous UM alums James Earl Jones, Darren Criss, Sanjay Gupta and Cecilia Munoz.
The event is expected to be a fast-paced combination of entertainment highlighting the university's commitment to the arts and an informative piece showcasing its history, taking place at 7 p.m. on April 8 at Hill Auditorium.
UM also is hosting its second colloquium of the Bicentennial, "The Research University and Society: Five UM Presidents on 40 Years of History," at 4:30 p.m. on April 6 in Rackham Auditorium.
Former UM Presidents Harold T. Shapiro (1980-87), James J. Duderstadt (1988-1996), Lee C. Bollinger (1996-2001) and Mary Sue Coleman (2002-2014) will join President Mark Schlissel in a bicentennial conversation about the past and future of Michigan and higher education.
How to take a tour of University of Michigan's most historic buildings
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