History Resources

The Port Huron Museum of Arts and History, housed in an historic Carnegie Library built in 1904, provides exhibitions and programs relating to local history, fine arts (with an emphasis on regional art), decorative arts, natural history, and Great Lakes marine lore.

Preservation Detroit is Detroit’s oldest and largest architectural preservation organization and has been working to honor Detroit’s rich architectural heritage since 1975. Over the last three decades, the scope of Preservation Detroit has grown to encompass the entire city, from historic homes to skyscrapers to sites of cultural significance.

The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm interprets, preserves and collects the history of the greater Rochester area for present and future generations. It also operates historic buildings in the old Stoney Creek Village, which include two historic houses, a darn barn and a one room schoolhouse.

The Rochester-Avon Historical Society was founded in 1969 to help preserve, collect and interpret the history of the greater Rochester area for present and future generations.

The Romulus Historical Park is set in the center of downtown on Hunt Street and demonstrates the community's commitment to blending the old with the new.

This charming district includes a historical museum located in the town's original schoolhouse, restored Kingsley House, 1923 Monitor Windmill, Wabash Freight building, and caboose, as well as a spacious park, gazebo, and pavilion available to reserve for private parties and events.

The RHGS offers programs every third Tuesday in the Roseville Library's Erin Auditorium every month throughout the year (except for July, August and December). Our speakers provide entertaining and informative presentations on local history and genealogy. RHGS activities include the Erin Township Records, Historic House Marker and the Oral History projects.

The Royal Oak Historical Society is a volunteer, membership organization whose purpose is to encourage historical study and research, to collect and preserve historical materials, and to record the forklore connected with the City of Royal Oak and its vicinity.

Located in St. Claire Shores, the Selinsky-Green Farmhouse Museum represents the history of a typical family of the late nineteenth century.

The Alfred P. Sloan Museum focuses on regional history, historic automobiles, and hands-on science.

This organization is devoted to the history of steam railroading in Michigan. 
 

The purpose of the organization is to preserve the history of the City of Taylor for future residents to enjoy. 

Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) has created Teachinghistory.org with the goal of making history content, teaching strategies, resources, and research accessible.

The Henry Ford provides unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories and lives from America's traditions on ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation. Our purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions to help shape a better future.

The Troy Historical Society promotes the appreciation and awareness of the rich heritage of Troy, encourages preservation of records, pictures, structures, and other objects of local historical significance, and to sponsors programs to carry out these purposes.

The purpose of the Museum shall be to educate and inform the general public about the culture, art, and history of Ukrainians, their immigration to the United States and the contributions of Americans of Ukrainian descent to America; to engage in research in these areas; to maintain archives for the deposit of documents and other records relating to these topics; to acquire, preserve, exhibit artifacts of artistic, historical, and scientific value relating to these subjects; to sponsor public programs in order to study and preserve the heritage of Ukrainian Americans.

The Reuther Library collects, preserves, and provides access to the heritage of the American labor movement and related reform movements of the twentieth century.

The purpose of the Washtenaw County Historical Society is to foster interest in and to elucidate the history of Washtenaw County from the time of the original inhabitants to the present.

Dedicated to collecting, protecting, and preserving the history of Waterford for the interest and education of present and future generations. We have a research library and many artifacts and displays for community interest. 

Waterford Historic Village is our interpretation of Waterford's place in history. Some of our buildings are original, some are exact replicas and some are representations of what the buildings would have looked like in the early 1900's as progress and prosperity brought Waterford successfully into the next century.

The Wayne Historical Society was founded in 1956 to promote, collect and preserve the history of the city of Wayne, Michigan. The society works in partnership with the City of Wayne to run the Wayne Historical Museum, a free, volunteer-run city history museum and archive.

The mission of the Westland Historic Village Park is to preserve, protect and publish Westland and Nankin Township history for the education and enjoyment of residents and non-residents.