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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

Blueprint - Capitol Park Rehabilitation

Survey, Land - Sketch showing U.S. Lake Survey Slip at Fort Wayne

Print, Photographic

Newspaper - Das Detroiter Regierungsgebäude (Postamt)

Print, Photographic

Poster - Old King Cole and Mother Goose - A Spectacular Fantasy

Postcard - Nancy Brown's Peace Carillon, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich.

Print, Photographic - Fair Lane Manor

Print, Photographic

Tap, Beer

Print, Photographic

Lamp, Table

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Map - Visitor's Map of Metropolitan Detroit

Print, Photographic - Plymouth Central Middle School

Layout - Sanders

Catalog - People's Outfitting Co.
Vol. 10, 1911

Print, Photographic - Car #3088

Postcard - On West Side of Saginaw Street Between Kearsley and First Streets - 1855

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - State Street, Detroit, Mich.

Invoice - Statement
Rehabilitation Institute of Metropolitan Detroit

Menu

Iron

Casserole

Print, Photographic

Transparency, Slide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Postcard - Woodward Avenue, North of Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich.

Letter - Weekly Operation Report and Tire Inspection Record

Negative, Film

Carving

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Image, Digital

Menu - Sanders Devilsfood Buttercream Cake

Toy, Car

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