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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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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

Quilt

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Ice Fountain, Washington Blvd, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Magazine - The Council of Trades and Labor Unions and the Labor Movement of Detroit

Print, Photographic - Sinclair House "Hitching Post"

Program, Theater

Postcard - The Old Rustic Well, Palmer Park, Detroit, Mich.

Painting - White Shoals, Lake Michigan

Print, Photographic

Radio, Table

Cover, Document

Certificate, Stock

Photograph, Cabinet

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Belt

Menu

Program

Print - Detroit Water front from Windmill Pointe, 1838

Transparency, Slide - The Detroit Edison Company

Negative, Film

Drawing, Architectural - Wesson Ave. View of a Three Story, Eight Stores & Sixteen Apartment Building.

Transparency, Slide

Bag - Tuttle & Clark

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - I Want to Go Back to Michigan (Down on the Farm)

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Drawing, Technical - Offsets for Fire Tug, Clevelander
[Hull No. 75]

Postcard - The Bridge to Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Postcard - Penobscot Building, Detroit, Mich.

Button, Promotional

Menu

Specification - DN Ice Yacht Construction Procedure & Ponters

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

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