The Wright Museum After Dark: Ford Freedom Rotunda and a Year of Programs
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is not just a daytime destination. Beneath the soaring dome of its Ford Freedom Rotunda —...
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Detroit, Arsenal of Democracy: The Historical Museum’s World War II Story
When America needed tanks, planes and trucks to win World War II, it called Detroit — and Detroit answered. The Detroit Historical Museum’s Arsenal of...
Tour the Ford Rouge: Watch F-150s Being Born in Dearborn
There is only one place in America where you can watch a pickup truck being born from a theater seat in the sky. The Ford...
Icons of Conscience: The Rosa Parks Bus and the Lincoln Chair at The Henry Ford
Two quiet objects, two thunderclaps of history. At Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, visitors can step aboard the actual Montgomery city bus...
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation: Where America’s Story Lives Indoors
If Greenfield Village is America’s backyard, Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation is its attic — in the best possible way. The Dearborn museum gathers...
Dossin Great Lakes Museum: Belle Isle’s Treasure Chest of Maritime History
Detroit is a Great Lakes city, and its maritime soul lives on Belle Isle. The Dossin Great Lakes Museum, operated by the Detroit Historical Society,...
Streets of Old Detroit: A Time-Travel Stroll Inside the Detroit Historical Museum
Step off Woodward Avenue and into 1840. The Detroit Historical Museum’s beloved Streets of Old Detroit recreate three eras of city streets in the museum’s...
The Charles H. Wright Museum: ‘And Still We Rise’ Tells 800 Years of History
Every Detroiter should walk through And Still We Rise at least once. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History’s core exhibition guides visitors...
Folk Art at the DIA: Quilts, Carvings and the Art of Everyday Life
Not all masterpieces hung in palaces. The Detroit Institute of Arts’ Folk Art galleries, now on view, celebrate the extraordinary creativity of self-taught and community...
Final Days: ‘Reimagine African American Art’ Closes October 18 at the DIA
Detroiters have one last chance to see a landmark rehang. Reimagine African American Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts closes October 18, 2026, ending...
