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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

Post Folder - Souvenir Folder of Detroit Michigan

Menu

Blueprint - Plaza Layout,
Historic Fort Wayne Parade Grounds Construction

Transparency, Slide

Postcard - Corner of Woodward Avenue and Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic

Card, Souvenir

Animal, Toy

Album, record - Who I Am

Print, Photographic

Crate

Print, Photographic

Lamp, Carbide

Postcard - Shrine of the Little Flower, Woodward & Twelve Mile Rd. Detroit

Recipe - Heinz Cooked Spaghetti

Print, Photographic

Card, Membership

Print, Photographic

Postcard

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Magazine - Dial

Drawing, Technical - Main Deck, T.S.S. Virginia

Poster - In Gratitude, Victory Loan

Platter

Statue

Lithograph - The Old City Hall

Poster - New Center One

Program, Theater

Print, Photographic

Program, Concert

Postcard, Picture - Fig. 5

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Ticket, Transportation

Menu

Print, Photographic

Report, Annual - Progress in the Solution of Detroit's Parking Problem

Chart, Navigational - Lake Superior

Chart, Navigational - General Chart of the Northern and Northwestern Lakes

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Envelope

Poster - Official United States War Films

Machine, Sewing

Spoon, Souvenir

Print, Photographic

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