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Michigan State exhibit shares Nassar abuse victims' stories

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan State University Museum is staging an exhibit created in collaboration with the sexual assault victims of now-imprisoned former sports doctor Larry Nassar.

"Finding Our Voice: Sister Survivors Speak" opens Tuesday. The exhibit incorporates and is inspired by teal ribbons that were tied to trees around campus as a reminder of the survivors.

The display also includes a wall of 505 tiles honoring the known victims of Nassar. There's also a detailed timeline extending through the exhibition covering three decades of abuse.

Nassar was sentenced to decades in prison after hundreds of girls and women said he sexually molested them under the guise that it was medical treatment. His crimes encompassed his time working for Michigan State and Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians.

The exhibit runs through March 2020.

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For more stories on Larry Nassar and the fallout from his years of sexual abuse of young women and girls: https://apnews.com/LarryNassar

Amanda Smith, co-curator of the 'Finding Our Voice: Sister Survivors Speak' exhibit, stands in front one of the pieces in the MSU Museum's exhibit in East Lansing, Mich., Monday, April 15, 2019. Smith holds a picture of herself at the age when Larry Nassar's abuse began. The show opens April 16 and runs through March of 2020. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP) The Associated Press
Jordyn Fishman, a senior at the University of Michigan, poses in front of her painting, which is part of the Michigan State University Museum's 'Finding Our Voice: Sister Survivors Speak' exhibit in East Lansing, Mich., Monday, April 15, 2019. The exhibit reflects on the sexual abuse centered on the Michigan State University campus in recent years. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP) The Associated Press
Curators of the 'Finding Our Voice: Sister Survivors Speak' exhibit, from left, Jordyn Fishman, Katie Black, Amanda Smith, and Melissa Hudecz pose for a photo in the MSU Museum's main gallery in East Lansing, Mich., Monday, April 15, 2019. The exhibit reflects on the sexual abuse centered on the Michigan State University campus in recent years. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP) The Associated Press
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