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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 - 1890

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Hang Your Hat in Detroit

Magazine - The Polish Review, Vol. IV, No. 43, Nov. 16, 1944

Booklet - Detroit, Wayne County and Michigan -
A Story for Children

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Glass-plate

Book - Beyond the Difference

U-Matic - Eastern Market
Cut-A-Ways
5-17-1991

Poster - We Have Faith

Postcard - Postcard with Image of Chief Kaw-Baw-Gam

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Poster - New Center One

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Menu

Print, Photographic

Contract

Print, Photographic

Program, Concert

Postcard - Post Office and Federal Courts, Detroit, Mich.

Nutpick

Poster - You Are One of 50,000,000 Americans
Who Must Fill Out an Income Tax Return by March 15th

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print - The Architectural Forum

Stein

Postcard - Detroit River Skyline

Catalog - Ferry's Home Garden Guide

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Menu

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Program, Theater

Print, Photographic - Studio

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Negative, Film

Print, Photographic

Music, Sheet - Mama, Where is Papa? Tell Me Why He Don't Come Home

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