Here’s a history lesson kids actually ask for. A family tour of the Motown Museum puts children inside the story of Berry Gordy and the young artists — some barely older than they are — who turned a Detroit garage studio into the sound of young America.
Guides keep the hour-long tour lively with call-and-response, dance steps and plenty of ‘stop! in the name of love’ moments. Standing in Studio A, kids learn that Michael Jackson was nine when he first auditioned here, and that the Supremes rehearsed where they now stand. The echo chamber, the control room’s worn floor, Gladys Knight’s piano — it’s all close enough to touch the hem of history.
The Motown Museum is at 2648 West Grand Boulevard. Family tours book up on weekends; reserve at motownmuseum.org, then play the Motown playlist all the way home.
