As Michigan's largest public science and culture museum, MSU Museum is steward for 1 million objects and specimens from around the world. The Museum offers something for every group through changing exhibitions, hands-on activities, traveling exhibitions, varied collections, field- and collections-based research, educational programs, and community events. The main exhibition building features three floors with 15 galleries and exhibit spaces with collections and research, new and recent acquisitions, MSU faculty work and experimental student projects, and traveling exhibits. The MSU Museum is the state's first Smithsonian Institution affiliate.