The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is not just a daytime destination. Beneath the soaring dome of its Ford Freedom Rotunda — one of Detroit’s most striking interior spaces — the museum hosts a year-round rhythm of concerts, lectures, film screenings, dance and community celebrations that keep the Warren Avenue landmark glowing after dark.
Signature gatherings celebrate milestones from Juneteenth and Kwanzaa to the museum’s founding in 1965 by Dr. Charles H. Wright, a Detroit physician who believed his city needed a museum of its own people’s history. Today the institution he started holds more than 35,000 artifacts and welcomes visitors from around the world.
Check thewright.org for this season’s program calendar, and pair an evening event with a daytime walk through the core exhibition, And Still We Rise. The museum is at 315 East Warren Avenue in the Cultural Center.
