05 Jun Bringing Police and Community Together
Ike McKinnon was 14 when he left junior high school at the end of the school day, when an infamous “Big Four” car, a terrorizing police unit consisting of four...
01 Oct Detroit 67 Wins Second Place at Best in Heritage 2019 Conference
The Detroit 67 Project went to Croatia last week when team members Tracy Irwin, Marlowe Stoudamire and Elana Rugh participated in The Best in Heritage 2019 conference in Dubrovnik. At...
01 Oct Our Community Quilt Is Complete!
On Saturday, August 3, 2019, guests gathered on Legends Plaza at the Detroit Historical Museum to see the finished Four Freedoms Quilt, that combined squares collected from the community that...
01 Aug Family Pictures USA Premiere
In 2017, we partnered with the Family Pictures USA team as part of the citywide 50th anniversary commemoration of July 1967. Detroiters shared the history behind their family photos, and...
02 Nov Add Your Voice to Our Community Quilt
As the Henry Ford presents the internationally touring exhibition “Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms” through January 13, 2019, we are offering a partnership activity to explore how...
24 Oct Announcing the First-Ever Detroit Historical Society Youth Advisory Council
After the success of our first Detroit Design 2067 Youth Immersion Program in Spring 2018 and Detroit 67 Youth Summit in Fall 2018, the Detroit Historical Society is recruiting high...
18 Jul Detroit 67 Explores Economic Opportunity with New Panel Series
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...
17 Jul AASLH Names Detroit 67 a 2018 HIP Winner
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...
29 Apr We’re a National Medal Winner!
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...
27 Apr Detroit Design 2067 Youth Immersion Program
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....