This summer and fall, we're excited to partner with the Detroit Public Library to host a series of economic empowerment conversations at library branch locations around the city. The panel...
We're thrilled to announce that the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has selected the Detroit Historical Society for a 2018 Award of Merit for Detroit ’67: Looking...
Exciting news! Out of 29 finalists, the Detroit Historical Society has been selected as one of 10 recipients of the 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service for Detroit...
From April 2 to April 7, 2018, 11 talented Detroit-area high school students joined us at the Detroit Historical Museum for an intensive Spring Break immersion program, Detroit Design 2067....
The Detroit Historical Museum has been named one of 29 national finalists for the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ 2018 National Medal for Museum and Library Service for Detroit...
Today we join organizations and individuals across the country in recognizing the National Day of Racial Healing. Part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation effort, NDORH...
The Detroit Historical Society has been preserving Detroit's stories, and the artifacts that make those stories tangible, for almost 100 years. This year, we told an especially difficult Detroit story...
Pamela Taylor was five years old, living in the 12th and Clairmount area of Detroit in 1967. She vividly remembers the tanks and smoke that hot July. She also has...
“Many people moving or visiting Detroit now, say things like,’It’s making a comeback,’ and behave as if the city is a new discovery,” says artist Sydney G. James. “I would...
By Sarah Rose Sharp August 17, 2017 Originally published at CultureSource Any longtime resident of Southeast Michigan has a story about the Summer of 1967 and the infamous events that escalated to a...