Random Images | Detroit Historical Society

Visit

Visit

With two great museums, the Detroit Historical Society offers engaging opportunities to learn about and explore the city's rich history, from its automotive legacy to its maritime heritage.

Plan Your Visit

Detroit Historical Museum

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Group Visits & Tours

Rentals

Filming & Photography Policies
Exhibitions & Projects

Exhibitions & Projects

Explore exhibitions, immersive experiences, and learning opportunities – at our museums, in the community, and online!

Current Exhibitions

Experience an exhibition

Past Exhibitions

Browse past exhibitions

Projects

Projects that dive into history
Events

Events

Enjoy a variety of events, from lectures, book talks, and film screenings to family-friendly activities, behind-the-scenes tours, concerts, and more!

Events Calendar

Browse upcoming events
Research & Learning

Research & Learning

Explore a wide range of tools and resources crafted to inspire curiosity and support learning for educators, students, and lifelong learners alike.

Search Collections

For Educators

Teaching tools

Lesson Plans

School Tours & Programs

In Classroom Learning

History Resources

Research Assistance

Dig into our collection

On-Site Research & Loans

Speaker's Bureau

Bringing Detroit History to You

Request a Speaker

Online Research

Browse and learn

Digital Collection

Encyclopedia of Detroit

Timeline of Detroit

Blog
About

About Us

Learn about our history, meet the dedicated team preserving Detroit’s legacy, and discover what we’re doing today.

Our Museums

About Us

Careers at the Society

Our Staff

Rentals

Filming & Photography Policies
Support

Contribute

Help celebrate and protect Detroit’s legacy by giving, getting involved, or becoming part of our community!

Support

Explore Ways To Get Involved

Become a Member

Giving

Volunteer

Artifact Donation

Digital Collection: Random Images

Print, Photographic - Interior of Drake's Millinery Shop

Booklet - Eighty Years of Growing, 1856 - 1936

Photograph, Cabinet

Print, Photographic

Cup, Coffee - Dhs_2024_128_009_01_sf

Catalog - Annual Catalogue of Garden, Flower and Field Seeds of the Best European and American Growth Put Up for Sale By M.T. Gardner & Co. Seedsmen

Flier, Political - Equality at the Ballot Box

Print, Photographic

Letter

Booklet - Labor Monograph No. 3, a Contemporary Analysis of a Labor Union

Pass

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Scene at Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Plate, Dinner

Dress

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Letter

Magazine - Sports Illustrated, Volume 30, No. 15, April 14, 1969

Negative, Glass-plate

Cabinet, Medicine

Stereograph - The Hudson Super-Six Touring Sedan - A 365-Day Car - The Choice Of Thousands Of Fine Car Buyers; Price $2175 FOB Detroit, Hudson Motor Car Co, Detroit, USA

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Lithograph

Stereograph

Print, Photographic

Toy

Brochure

Print, Photographic

Gown, Evening

Print, Photographic

Card, Membership

Newsletter - WE Winkelman Employees, vol. 10, no. 8
July, 1962

Book - Beyond the Difference

Photograph, Cabinet

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Iron

Crate

Postcard - Characteristic Scene, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Booklet - The Catholic School Picture

Photocopy - Str. No. 127, Deck & Cabin Plan

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Search the Collection

Plan Your Visit Get information about hours, location, admission, and more!

Explore History Uncover stories of innovation, culture, and Detroit’s transformative journey.