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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.

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Detroit Historical Museum

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

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

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

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

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Digital Collection: Random Images

Program, Theater

Booklet

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Plate, Butter

Candlestick

Tablespoon

Invitation

Sketch - View Looking East, Upper Workings

Stereoview

Bill of Sale

Letter

Catalog - Universal Almanac and Catalogue of Garden Seeds, 1888

Map - Woodbridge Farm
As Divided by the Commissioners in Partition

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Helmet, Firefighter's

Print, Photographic

Newspaper - The Detroit Daily Post, Vol. 9, No. 80

Menu

Blueprint - Steel Hull Screw Tug, Engineer, N.Y.,
for New York Harbor, N.Y.,
Midship Section

Print, Photographic - Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic School - Front Entrance

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Bag, Sail

Blueprint - 63 Ft. Aircraft Rescue Boat - Mark 3,
Crews Quarters Arrangement

Print, Photographic - 58 Bagley in the 1920s

Game, Dexterity

Newsletter - Charlie Noble

Casserole

Program

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic - "The Thinker"

Print, Photographic

Program - Gar Wood Trophy Race

Card, Identification - Midnight Funk Association

Trunks

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Blueprint - Sail Plan of Yacht Trident

Plat - Plat of the Town of McMillan

Print, Photographic

Postcard

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