Lurie Carillon at University of Michigan

The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Carillon was built in 1996 on the University of Michigan North Campus. A gift to the College of Engineering from the Robert and Ann Lurie Family Foundation, it contains 60 bronze bells, with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons, all played from a traditional carillon keyboard and pedalboard. The bells were cast by the Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry in the Netherlands, while the tower was built to the design of Charles Moore (AB 1947, Hon Arch Ph.D. 1992) and Arthur Anderson.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon at 1:30 pm every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

There are no open recitals on campus holidays, study days, or final examination days. An online schedule of recitals, rehearsals, and instructional playing time on the Lurie Carillon is available on Google Calendar.