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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

Automobile - 1987 Cadillac Hearse

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Transparency

Poster - Lend as they fight

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Poster - Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival

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Postcard - Central High School, Detroit, Mich.

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Postcard - Casino, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

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Negative, Film

Receiver, Global Positioning

Music, Sheet - Finky the Caveman

Postcard - Water Works Park, Detroit, Mich.

Certificate, Achievement - Detroit Public Schools
Primary Grades
Certificate of Promotion

Postcard - Muir Fountain - Belle Isle - Detroit - Mich

Ad, Magazine

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Envelope

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Program - Silver Anniversary of Anne Campbell as Detroit News Poet

Recipe - Heinz Oven Baked Beans Recipes

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Lamp

Iron

Advertisement

Card, Holiday

Advertisement - 75th Season 1943

Booklet - Movement,
Detroit's Electronic Music Festival, 04

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Mug, Coffee - Dhs_2025_091_006_01_sf

Tag, Merchandise

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Cup, Coffee

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Transparency, Lantern-slide

Print, Photographic - Huron Portland Cement Company

Music, Sheet - Detroit: Always R'arin' To Go

Poster - Help Him Win by Saving And Serving,
Buy War Savings Stamps

Report - A New System of Surface Rapid Transit

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Negative, Film

Plate, License

Program - Official Program, Detroit APBA Gold Cup Race, July 12 - 15, 2001

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