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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

Print, Photographic - Photo of Robert Hopkin Painting '4 Ships in Fog'

Packet

Print, Photographic

Magazine - Dial

Postcard - The Seward - Seward at Woodward Ave. - Detroit, Mich.

Letter

Poster

Motorboat

Postcard

Transparency, Slide

Directory - Railway Express Agency Official Directory, List of Offices with Block Location and Schedule of First and Second-Class Express Rates No. 7, Also Superintendents, Claim Agents and District Accounting Bureau, Ninth Edition.

Toy, Car

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - La Detroit Waltzes

Print, Photographic

Poster - Concours d'Elegance

Spoon, Soda

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Drawing, Technical - Stout Bimotor Transport

Print, Photographic

Model

Pitcher, Cream

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Starlight

Hatbox

Layout - Sanders Good Things To Eat

Brochure - George W. Stark Elementary School

Pamphlet - McGregor Memorial 1958

Candlestick

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Trumpet, Speaking

Negative, Glass-plate

Lamp

Postcard - In Detroit Life is Worth Living

Newspaper

Tiller

Print, Photographic

Letter - News Bulletin
Central Business District Association

Envelope - The American Mother in Detroit

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Bust

Negative, Film

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