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If there's one place in Greater Lansing that you could go and spend an entire weekend, it's Michigan State University! Yes, student activities and higher learning take center stage but visitors can find so much more! MSU's campus is home to a nationally recognized museum, beautiful gardens, carillonneurs, Big Ten athletics, one of the nation's largest cafeterias and that's just to name a few.

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Abrams planetarium.

Rediscover the wonders of the universe at Abrams Planetarium. The sky theatre features fantastic star shows produced by a digital star projector…

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

The MSU Broad Art Museum connects people with art through experiences that inspire curiosity and inquiry. With a focus on the art of our time—in…

The MSUFCU Club at Spartan Stadium

Host your next event at the home of Spartan Football on the campus of Michigan State University. The Club presented by MSUFCU, on the 4th floor…

The MSU Museum is an innovative and experimental collaboratory that exists to catalyze creativity. Here, people can openly explore, express, and…

MSU Horticulture Gardens

The MSU Horticulture Gardens are actually a family of three gardens: The 4-H Children's Garden is designed especially for children, and is…

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Wharton Center for Performing Arts is committed to inspiring the mind and moving the soul. Our stages offer a diverse array of performances…

MSU Bug House

Did you know that a cricket's ears are on its knees? Or that a fly has taste buds on its feet? A visit to the Bug House will explain these…

Breslin Student Events Center

The 15,000-seat Breslin Student Events Center is located on the picturesque campus of Michigan State University. Home of the MSU men's and…

Beaumont Tower

Beaumont Tower marks the site of Old College Hall-the first building in America erected for instruction in scientific agriculture. A gift from…

W.J. Beal Botanical Garden

Beal Botanical Gardens, founded in 1873, is the oldest continuously operated garden of this type in the United States. It includes over 5,000…

MSU Barns - University Farms / Animal Science Dept

Visitors can observe milking procedures every afternoon on MSU's dairy farm. Visit the farms of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, horses, poultry…

MSU Department of Theatre

Students and faculty present a series of main stage and student productions annually, ranging from the classics to contemporary fare and…

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Tour MSU - Visits

Schedule a group visit, group tours are available for groups of 20 - 60 students between ninth and twelfth grades. .

Thank you for your interest in Michigan State University, Go Green!  

The following prompts can help you plan a campus visit:  

Do you know your travel time to East Lansing? Noting especially lower bus speeds, construction, and heavy traffic times.

Will you need to arrange parking for your transportation during your visit? Parking must be arranged in advance if drivers will not be staying with their vehicle.

Is your group able to pay fees for certain campus options? MSU Tours is not able to assist financially for guests visiting campus. 

Are there specific campus locations you want to see? Please note that not all campus locations are available for tour, i.e. athletics spaces. 

Is there anything the MSU Tour Team should know about your group? Do you have a student who will need accommodations to participate in a campus visit?

To book a Group Tour between January 2024 and April 2024 please choose from the available visits below. 

MSU Tours offers group tours on weekdays excluding University breaks or holidays. All available dates will be visible in the calendar until booked. 

If there are no dates that work for your group, please consider:

• A self-guided tour option  Click here to see the Self-Guided tour options
• Online visits through the Office of Admissions.  Click here for the Online Visit options

Individual prospective Spartans and their support systems are invited to click here to see admissions visit options .

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office .

MSU is one of the biggest, greenest campuses in the country, welcoming visitors from around the world.

Find popular destinations on campus, explore transportation and lodging options and make the most of your visit.

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There’s much to see and do on MSU’s 5,200-acre campus, whether you’re a high school student who wants to experience campus life first-hand or you’re planning a visit to explore MSU’s gardens and park-like grounds.

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Campus maps.

Explore campus with interactive maps and directions.

Bike Rental

On-campus bike shop provides the MSU community with bike sales, rentals and repairs year-round.

Capital Region International Airport

Located only minutes from campus the Lansing airport offers convenient travel opportunities.

CATA Campus and City Bus Services

Numerous busing options are available for all Spartans, on campus and in surrounding areas.

Michigan Flyer Airport Shuttle

Reliable, affordable motor coaches connect East Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

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Information about daily parking, buying a semester pass, obtaining a faculty/staff permit, or paying a parking violation.

The Lansing area has many options for places to stay. Choose from recommended local hotels and inns where you’ll find a warm welcome.

Entertainment Venues & Tickets

Agriculture & livestock pavilion.

Hosts livestock and agricultural events.

Spartan sports tickets, schedules and more.

Breslin Student Events Center

Hosts MSU basketball and student and community events.

College of Music

See world-class student and faculty musicians perform.

Department of Theatre

Creating performances and plays that matter.

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Dynamic arts programming, education, and outreach.

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Abrams Planetarium

Creating exciting planetarium shows for all ages.

Alumni Memorial Chapel

Historic chapel and popular wedding venue.

Beal Botanical Garden

Outdoor laboratory to study and appreciate plants.

Beaumont Tower

Campus icon built in 1928 as a monument to teaching.

Broad Art Museum

World-class contemporary art museum.

Observe and interact with live insects and arachnids.

City of East Lansing

One of the top college towns in the nation.

City of Lansing

Michigan’s capital city, just minutes from campus.

Dairy Store

Legendary ice cream and cheese made and sold on campus.

Demmer Center

Shooting sports education and training facility.

Forest Akers Golf Courses

Two public golf courses located on the MSU campus.

Hidden Lake Gardens

Arboretum and gardens located in Tipton, MI.

Horticulture Gardens

More than a dozen acres of campus gardens.

Kellogg Biological Station

One of North America’s premier inland field stations.

Main Library, Gast Business, and Schaefer Law Libraries.

Science and culture museum with 15 galleries.

Tennis Center

Home to a range of classes, leagues and travel teams.

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W. J. Beal Botanical Garden & Campus Arboretum

The W.J. Beal Botanical Garden is listed on the Michigan State Register of Historic Places. Information about the Garden and Professor Beal are displayed on green historical markers near the gazebo, alongside the Red Cedar River, and in Sleepy Hollow. 

ADMISSION & HOURS

Beal Garden is open to everyone, year-round, sunrise to sunset, and is always free.

The Garden is located on the campus of Michigan State University south of West Circle Drive between the Main Library and I.M. Circle. Ornate metallic gates mark the entrances from West Circle Drive. For driving directions use:

330 W Circle Drive East Lansing, MI 48824

Visitor Parking can be found at Lot 62 . The visitor lot is South of the Red Cedar River, near the corner of Chestnut Road and Red Cedar Road adjacent to Spartan Stadium. Please visit the Parking Kiosk, on the northwest corner of the lot, to remit payment for parking. Parking is free along West Circle Drive on weekends and after 6:00 on weekdays.

ACCESSIBILITY

The Garden, once nicknamed 'The Sunken Garden,' has limited entry points for people using wheelchairs and other mobility devices. The entrances from the MSU Main Library and West Circle Drive have stairs, but the Garden may be accessed without navigating stairs by using the Red Cedar River Trail from the west end of the Administration Building or the Beal Street Bridge at the west end of the Garden. Beal Garden resides within the floodplain of the Red Cedar River.

The core of the Garden features display beds on level turf. Surrounding this collection are diverse plant collections arranged along the hillsides. Walkers can meander through these collections by the footpath. The perimeter of the Garden is enclosed by paved sidewalk.

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Register to visit.

Admission is free, but registration is required. Register in person at the Museum’s Welcome Center, located via the wheelchair-accessible entrance on the ground floor, or register online. You do not have to arrive at an exact time, and you are welcome to stay during the open hours of the Museum. 

REGISTER HERE

If you have questions, please contact Museum Education  or call the Welcome Center at 517-355-2371.

Admission is free

Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Please note the MSU Museum will embark on an ambitious 18-month renovation starting July 2024. The Museum will continue to serve students and faculty through various outreach programs, off-site exhibitions, and educational initiatives. Read More Here

Museum Introduction Video

Hall of Animal Diversity

Habitat hall, new horizons gallery, the sandbox gallery, conference room, women’s restroom.

Science On a Sphere ®

Collections connections, main gallery, main office, women’s restroom (baby changing station).

GROUND FLOOR

Welcome center, ground floor gallery, hall of evolution, wheelchair accessible entrance, men’s restroom (baby changing station).

Download the Guide to the Museum PDF

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2025 march madness: men's ncaa tournament schedule, dates.

The 2025 March Madness tournament starts with Selection Sunday on March 16 as 68 teams will play in the 2025 NCAA tournament for men's basketball. Check out the full schedule below:

• Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 16
• First Four: March 18-19
• First round: March 20-21
• Second round: March 22-23
• Sweet 16: March 27-28
• Elite Eight: March 29-30
• Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
• NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas

These are the sites for the men's tournament in 2025:

And here is the game-by-game rundown for the 2024 men's tournament. Click or tap on each game to be taken to the final stats.

2024 NCAA tournament schedule, scores, highlights

Monday, April 8 (National championship game)

• (1) UConn 75 , (1) Purdue 60

Tuesday, March 19 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

• (16) Wagner 71 , (16) Howard 68
• (10) Colorado State 67 , (10) Virginia 42

Wednesday, March 20 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

• (16) Grambling 88 , (16) Montana State 81
• (10) Colorado 60 , (10) Boise State 53

Thursday, March 21 (Round of 64)

• (9) Michigan State 66 , (8) Mississippi State 51
• (11) Duquesne 71 , (6) BYU 67
• (3) Creighton 77 , (14) Akron 60
• (2) Arizona 85 , (15) Long Beach State 65
• (1) North Carolina 90 , (16) Wagner 61
• (3) Illinois 85 , (14) Morehead State 69
• (11) Oregon 87 , (6) South Carolina 73
• (7) Dayton 63 , (10) Nevada 60
• (7) Texas 56 , (10) Colorado State 44
• (14) Oakland 80 , (3) Kentucky 76
• (5) Gonzaga 86 , (12) McNeese 65
• (2) Iowa State 82 , (15) South Dakota State 65
• (2) Tennessee 83 ,   (15) Saint Peter's 49
• (7) Washington State 66 , (10) Drake 61
• ( 11) NC State 80 , (6) Texas Tech 67
• (4) Kansas 93 , (13) Samford 89

Friday, March 22 (Round of 64)

• (3) Baylor 92 ,   (14) Colgate 67
• (9) Northwestern 77 , (8) Florida Atlantic 65  (OT)
• (5) San Diego State 69 , (12) UAB 65
• (2) Marquette 87 ,   (15) Western Kentucky 69
• (1) UConn 91 , (16) Stetson 52
• (6) Clemson 77 , (11) New Mexico 56
• (10) Colorado 102 , (7) Florida 100   
• (13) Yale 78 , (4) Auburn 76 
• (9) Texas A&M 98 , (8) Nebraska 83
• (4) Duke 64 , (13) Vermont 47
• (1) Purdue 78 , (16) Grambling 50
• (4) Alabama 109 , (13) College of Charleston 96
• (1) Houston 86 , (16) Longwood 46
• (12) James Madison 72 , (5) Wisconsin 61
• (8) Utah State 88 , (9) TCU 72 
• (12) Grand Canyon 77 , (5) Saint Mary's 66

Saturday, March 23 (Round of 32)

• (2) Arizona 78,  (7) Dayton 68
• (5) Gonzaga 89 , (4) Kansas 68
• (1) North Carolina 85 , (9) Michigan State 69
• (2) Iowa State 67 , (7) Washington State 56
• (11) NC State 79 , (14) Oakland 73
• (2) Tennessee 62 , (7) Texas 58
• (3) Illinois 89 , (11) Duquesne 63 
• (3) Creighton 86 , (11) Oregon 73 (2OT)

Sunday, March 24 (Round of 32)

• (2) Marquette 81,  (10) Colorado 77
• (1) Purdue 106,  (8) Utah State 67
• (4) Duke 93 , (12) James Madison 55 
• (6) Clemson 72 , (3) Baylor 64
• (4) Alabama 72 , (12) Grand Canyon 61
• (1) UConn 75 , (9) Northwestern 58
• (1) Houston 100 , (9) Texas A&M 95 (OT)
• (5) San Diego State 85 , (13) Yale 57 

Thursday, March 28 (Sweet 16)

• (6) Clemson 77 , (2) Arizona 72
• (1) UConn 82 , (5) San Diego State 52
• (4) Alabama 89 , (1) North Carolina 87
• (3) Illinois 72 , (2) Iowa State 69

Friday, March 29 (Sweet 16)

• (11) NC State 66 , (2) Marquette 58
• (1) Purdue 80 , (5) Gonzaga 68
• (4) Duke 54 , (1) Houston 51
• (2) Tennessee 82 , (3) Creighton 75

Saturday, March 30 (Elite Eight)

• (1) UConn 77 , (3) Illinois 52
• (4) Alabama 89 , (6) Clemson 82

Sunday, March 31 (Elite Eight)

• (1) Purdue 72 , (2) Tennessee 66
• (11) NC State 76 , (4) Duke 64

Saturday, April 6 (Final Four)

• (1) Purdue 63 , (11) NC State 50
• (1) UConn 86 , (4) Alabama 72

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Former President Donald Trump talks about immigration, economy in Waukesha: recap of Wednesday's rally

Former President Donald Trump was in Waukesha Wednesday for his second rally of the presidential campaign in Wisconsin, speaking at the Waukesha County Expo Center.

Trump's visit comes off the heels of the latest Marquette University Law School poll, which showed him with a two-percentage point lead over President Joe Biden, well within the margin of error. Wisconsin is one of just a handful of contested states that will  decide the next presidential election .

Trump was last in Wisconsin on April 2, when he held a rally in Green Bay . The Waukesha rally is Trump's first campaign event since the start of his hush money trial in Manhattan.

Here's a recap of the day's events:

Immigration, economy major focus of Trump's speech

Similar to his rally in Green Bay, Trump used his speech to criticize Biden on his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, calling it "the worst border in the history of the world."

"Biden came in and unleashed mayhem on our economy, just like he unleashed mayhem on our border," Trump said. "They have people flowing in from the poorest and the heaviest-crime countries all over the world."

In the latest Marquette University Law School poll , Wisconsin voters considered Trump better than Biden at handling immigration and border security, plus the economy, Israel-Hamas war and foreign relations. Biden had the lead on health care, abortion policy and Medicare and Social Security.

Voters overall ranked the economy as their top issue, with 33% saying it would be most important for deciding who to vote for. Immigration and border security was the second, with 21% citing that issue.

More: Takeaways from Donald Trump's Wisconsin rally: economy, immigration, early voting

— Hope Karnopp

Democrats focus on abortion policy in response

In response to Trump's visit, Democrats focused on abortion access, a key message that they've delivered at Biden campaign events.

"Trump’s abortion bans are wreaking havoc across the country — something he called “incredible” today — and he’s fine with it. Because it’s all about him, not Wisconsin, and not America," said Brianna Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Biden-Harris campaign in Wisconsin.

"As president, Donald Trump delivered less jobs and paved the way for extreme abortion bans across America. His next term could be worse: more bans, more suffering, and higher costs."

Trump briefly addressed abortion in his speech, repeating his position that abortion is best left up to the states. In an interview before his remarks, he declined to weigh in on whether the state Supreme Court should uphold a lower court's ruling restoring abortion access in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin chairman of Republican Party will continue promoting early voting

Republican Party of Wisconsin chairman Brian Schimming told reporters he will continue promoting early voting.

“The Republican National Committee will continue to do that, and so will the president,” Schimming said.

Trump has sent mixed messages on early voting, but has recently shifted his tone. Following the 2020 election, Trump sought to throw out ballots cast in-person absentee in Milwaukee and Dane counties.

Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow also asked the crowd to vote early.

“We are going to get hammered by out-of-state money," Farrow said. "They’re going to flood every single election that we have. If we get out and vote early, that means our dollars can be targeted to those who haven’t voted yet.”

Staunch Trump ally Mike Lindell splits off over early voting stance

One of Trump’s staunchest allies Wednesday split from the former president on a key issue to the 2024 election cycle: early voting.

Mike Lindell, a pillow manufacturer and one of the most prominent purveyors of Trump’s false election claims, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he didn't support the former president’s recent about-face on absentee voting.

“I’m 100% against voting early. I always will be," Lindell said. "It’s harder for (Democrats) to cheat with same-day voting."

Trump has long encouraged supporters to abstain from voting absentee and sought to throw out all in-person absentee ballots cast in the two most populous Wisconsin counties during the 2020 election. But Republicans have persuaded Trump to change his stance on the voting option to encourage GOP voters to maximize their voting power.

Lindell, who was meeting with rally attendees Wednesday outside of the Waukesha County Expo Center, also promoted the recall of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who has become a target of Trump and his allies over his unwillingness to take steps to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss.

“Robin Vos has to go,” Lindell said. “Vos is the most toxic politician I’ve ever come across.”

— Claudia Levens and Molly Beck

Supporters begin filing into venue for Trump rally

Supporters are slowly beginning to filter in to the Waukesha County Expo Center, where Trump is set to take the stage at 2 p.m.

A large crowd waited outside the expo center long before doors opened, forming a line that snaked through part of the parking lot.

More: Trump backers flock to Wisconsin rally, shrug off break from hush money trial

Vendors sell Trump merchandise outside rally

Steven Reid, 38, of Tennessee wound through the line of Trump supporters before the doors opened Wednesday trying to sell merchandise.

On his cart were hats, keychains, bracelets and more. He said many people already seemed to have hats, though.

“Sometimes they buy stuff and sometimes they don’t,” said Reid, who said he travels the country selling merchandise at Trump rallies.

— Alison Dirr

Biden campaign slams Trump for 'harmful' working-class policies

Ahead of Trump’s visit to Waukesha, the Biden campaign slammed Trump for his backing of policies the Biden campaign characterizes as being harmful to “working people here in Wisconsin,” citing tax cuts for corporations and the nation’s wealthiest residents.

“Wisconsinites can’t continue to pay the price while Trump only looks out for himself and his rich donors,” Biden’s Wisconsin communications director Brianna Johnson said in a statement.

“Enough is enough. Wisconsinites are throwing their support behind President Biden because his focus is on empowering American workers. He oversaw the fastest rate of union growth in Wisconsin in the last 30 years, became the first sitting president to join a picket line, and just last week announced plans to put more money in workers’ pockets by getting them the overtime pay they deserve."

— Molly Beck

Milwaukee protest organizers denounce Trump visit

On the Southside of Milwaukee, organizers and supporters for Voces De La Frontera gathered as they had for nearly 20 years to march for immigrant rights. But Trump’s visit to Waukesha was not ignored by organizers.

“You are not welcome in Wisconsin,” said Christine Neumann Ortiz, executive director for Voces. “You are the real threat to democracy. You orchestrated a failed coup with your corrupt followers and white supremacists. and we reject your racist platform, that promises, dictatorship, military-style mass, deportation, and family separation.“

And while Trump’s visit gathered attention from organizers, so did the protest encampments at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee. Students on those campuses and others around the country have been organizing demonstrations against their universities' involvement with the Israeli government and its action against Palestinians in Gaza.

Omar Flores, co-chair for the Coalition to March on the RNC, said the police response to the encampments 'will inform us of how they will treat us during the RNC.'

“The city of Milwaukee and nearby municipalities plan to roll out the red carpet for the Republicans and their hateful agenda, and the residents will do everything they can to reject hate in our communities,” Flores said.

But the Biden administration received some criticism from activists for its backing of Israel in its conflict with Palestinians.

“We see that the US government found $26 billion to finance Israel’s bombardment and destruction of Gaza over 30 hospitals and can’t find the funds to keep maternity wards here in Milwaukee open,” said Dr. Roa Qato, gynecologist and co-leader of the Milwaukee Chapter of Healthcare Workers for Palestine.

“We see families under Biden, and under Trump, struggling to make ends meet and to be able to pay for necessary medical supplies and medication.”

— Ricardo Torres

Crowd gets to Trump rally in Waukesha early

Bil Aldrich, 51, of DeForest pulled up to the rally before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in a truck flying a Trump 2020 flag that he said he keeps up even when he's not at an event.

He said he goes to every Trump rally he can, and this is his sixth since October 2020.

“They’re fun, great people,” he said. “Every stranger is a better friend than some of my closest family.”

He called Trump “honest to a fault” and said the criminal charges he's facing are “show trials.”

“They’re BS, but he’ll prevail one way or another, even if he ends up running the country from jail,” Aldrich said.

Trump under gag order about Stormy Daniels trial

Trump is taking advantage of a rare mid-week day out of a New York courtroom where he's on trial for allegedly paying off a porn star to be quiet about a past sexual relationship during his first campaign for president. 

But Trump faces potential jail time if he again violates a gag order he's under as part of the court proceeding, making it unlikely he'll mention the case in Waukesha.

Trump was fined after he posted on his social media site Truth Social about potential witnesses in the case, including his former attorney, Michael Cohen, and the porn star at the center of the case, Stormy Daniels. 

New York Judge Juan Merchan fined Trump $10,000 for the posts, which he deemed a violation of the gag order, and said Trump should be able to campaign freely and defend himself against political attacks but that he not willfully violate the court’s orders. 

“If necessary and appropriate under the circumstances, (the court) will impose an incarceratory punishment,” Merchan wrote. 

Where is Donald Trump speaking Wednesday?

Trump is holding his rally at the Waukesha County Expo Center, where he speak at around 2 p.m.

The same expo center was used in early March when first lady Jill Biden rallied a crowd of mostly women voters around abortion and health care.

In 2020 , Trump won Waukesha County with about 60% of the vote, compared to Biden's 39%. Margins of victory for Republican presidential candidates in the county have dropped from 35 points in 2012 to 27 in 2016 to 21 in 2020.

What will Donald Trump talk about in Wisconsin on Wednesday?

Trump will "contrast the peace, prosperity and security of his first term with Joe Biden’s failed presidency," his campaign said.

At his Green Bay rally, Trump tore into Biden over his administration's handling of immigration issues at the southern border. The Marquette poll showed Wisconsin voters see Trump better at handling immigration and border security.

Trump also promised to keep Social Security intact if reelected. In that same poll, voters said Biden would do a better job of handling Medicare and Social Security.

Trump also repeated false claims that he won the 2020 election in Wisconsin. Biden won Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes in 2020, a defeat that was key to Trump's reelection loss that year.

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