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African American Genealogy
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Alfred P. Sloan Museum
1221 E. Kearsley Street
Flint MI 48503
Phone: 810-237-3450
Fax: 810-237-3451
Email: sloan@sloanlongway.com
Website: www.sloanmuseum.com
Mission: The Alfred P. Sloan Museum focues on regional history, historic automobiles, and hands-on science.
Programs: The museum has different galleries and exhibits to help its visitors learn about history, historic autmobiles and science |
Another Ann Arbor
MI
Website: www.anotherannarbor.org
Mission: Another Ann Arbor, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization established in 1989 to promote the history, culture, and concerns of African Americans in Washtenaw County. |
Arab American National Museum
13624 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn MI 48126
Phone: 313-582-2266
Fax: 313-582-1086
Email: aanm@accesscommunity.org
Website: www.arabamericanmuseum.org
Mission: The Arab American National Museum's mission is to document, preserve, celebrate and educate the public on the history, life, culture and contributions of Arab Americans. We serve as a resource to enhance knowledge and understanding about Arab Americans and their presence in the United States. |
Association of Great Lakes Maritime History
Website: http://www.aglmh.org/aglmh/awards.php |
Benson Ford Research Center
Website: www.thehenryford.org/research/index.aspx |
Birmingham Historical Society
P.O. Box 223
Birmingham MI 48009
Phone: 248-642-2817
Fax: 248-642-5551 |
Burton Historical Collection
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-833-1480
Email: mpatricK@detroit.lib.mi.us
Website: www.detroit.lib.mi.us/burton/burton_index.htm
Mission: It began with the private library of Clarence Monroe Burton and contains many documents dealing with Detroit, Michigan, the Old Northwest, Canada and New France.
Programs: Special collections of books, manuscripts, atlases, photographs and genealogical materials |
Chaldean Cultural Center
5600 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield MI 48323
Phone: 248-681-5050
Fax: 248-681-9191
Email: info@chaldeanculturalcenter.org
Website: www.chaldeanculturalcenter.org
Mission: The Chaldean Cultural Center celebrates and explores the extraordinary history, arts, traditions, and contributions of the Chaldean people from ancient times to the present, serving as a repository of our collected history and stories into the next century. By forging relationships with other educational and cultural institutions, it not only nurtures pride within the Chaldean community, but also promotes greater understanding between communities.
Programs: The Chaldean Cultural center has exhibits, multi media presentations, hands-on activites and workshops and lectures |
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
315 E. Warren Avenue
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-494-5800
Fax: 313-494-5855
Website: www.maah-detroit.org
Mission: The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History provides exceptional learning opportunities, exhibitions, programs and events based on outstanding collections and research that explore the diverse history and culture of African Americans.
Programs: The Museum provides exhibitions and programs that explore the diversity of African American history and culture. |
Dearborn Historical Museum, Commandant's Quarters of the Detroit Arsenal
21950 Michigan Avenue at Monroe in Dearborn
Dearborn MI 48126
Email: http://www.detroit1701.org/Commandant's%20Quarters.html
Programs: The Museum has 4 exhibit buildings: the Commandant's Quarters, The McFadden-Ross House, Exhibit Annex, and Gardner House. These all have different exhibits that depict Dearborn at different times and some native American and military history. |
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
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Detroit Society for Genealogical Research
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit MI 48202
Website: www.dsgr.org
Mission: When the Detroit Society for Genealogical Reseach was founded, its primary objective was to be a non-profit organization for the preservation and perpetuation of the records of ancestors and families of the commonwealth, and to be of assistance to the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.
Programs: Genealogical Research |
Downtown Historic Churches Association
Historic Trinity, Inc. 1345 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit MI 48207
Phone: 313-567-3100
Fax: 313-567-3209
Website: http://www.historictrinity.org |
Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
1100 Lake Shore Road
Grosse Pointe Shores MI 48236
Phone: 313-884-4222
Fax: 313-884-5977
Email: info@fordhouse.org
Website: www.fordhouse.org
Mission: The House of Edsel and Eleanor Ford is home to exquisite architecture, breathtaking views, and a collection of fine a decorative arts that tell the story of one of America's most important industrial families.
Programs: The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House offers general, group, and private tours. Its grounds and its activities center are open to the public for functions such as wedding photography and showers along with non profit functions. |
Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collections
Website: http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?p=about&c=shipping |
Fred Hart Williams Genealogical Society
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-438-3233
Email: fredhartwilliams@yahoo.com
Website: www.fhwgs.org
Mission: Fred Hart Williams Society is researching and preserving African American family research
Programs: Meetings and Traveling exhibitions along with research being open to the public |
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan
P. O. Box 1900
Royal Oak MI 48068
Email: FCHSM-email at Habitant.org.
Website: http://fchsm.habitant.org/
Mission: The French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan was founded in 1980 as an educational, historical, cultural, and genealogical non-profit organization. It seeks to make people aware of the rich culture and history of French Canadians in North America, with special emphasis on those who explored and settled in Michigan.
Our aims are: To promote an awareness of and an appreciation for our French-Canadian heritage in Michigan; to facilitate contact and interaction among people of French-Canadian descent, for the purpose of researching family histories; and to act as an educational and social group by sponsoring and participating in functions that further interest in and awareness of the French-Canadian heritage in North America.
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German-American Heritage Foundation
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Glancy Trains Modular Group
MI
Website: www.glancytrains.com
Mission: This organization provides outreach and programming related to the Detroit Historical Museum's Glancy Trains exhibit. |
Great Lakes and Seaway News
Website: www.boatnerd.com |
Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum
367 North 3rd Street
Rogers City MI 49779
Phone: (989) 734-0706
Email: lor@i2k.net
Website: http://www.gllmm.com
Mission: We are a group of professionals living in different cities all over Michigan interested in the history of the men and women who served the Great Lakes shipping industry. Like with most areas, most of our sailors have had their final bells and/or are enjoying their lives in the Great Lakes states and wintering in Florida or Arizona.
We are a preservationist group committed to keeping this great part of maritime history alive and well.
We are the first maritime museum that honors the people who served the shipping industry. We honor them by inducting each one into the "Great Lakes Lore Maritime Museum" on a very special day. Every third weekend in August the "Lore" hosts "The Lake Lore Celebration" a Friday and Saturday full of maritime stories, speakers, and entertainers, climaxed with the induction of the men and women who served, along with the information about them that we have processed. |
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and Historical Society
111 Ashmun Street
Sault Ste. Marie MI 49783
Phone: 800-635-1742
Website: www.shipwreckmuseum.com
Mission: To collect, preserve, study and interpret the material culture of the Great Lakes with primary emphasis on maritime history as it relates to the U.S. Lifesaving Service, U.S. Lighthouse Service, U.S. Coast Guard, ships and travelers who fell victim to the perils of maritime transport.
Programs: The Shipwreck museum offers a museum, overnight stays at Whitefish Pointe Light Station and the society also goes on underwater expeditions to wrecks such as the Edmund Fitzgerald. |
Grosse Pointe Historical Society
381 Kercheval Avenue
Suite 2
Grosse Pointe Farms MI 48236
Phone: 313-884-7010
Fax: 313-884-7699
Email: info@gphistorical.org
Website: www.gphistorical.org
Mission: Grosse Pointe Historical Society aims to promote the preservation of local heritage and share the knowledge with the community
Programs: Research, Website Slide shows and tours, Historic Provencal-Weir House across the street is open for tours |
Henry Ford Estate
4901 Evergreen Road
Dearborn MI 48128
Phone: 313-593-5590
Fax: 313-593-5243
Website: www.henryfordestate.org
Mission: The Henry Ford Estate is the estate where Henry and Clara Ford lived.
Programs: The Estate offers tours along with holding special programs and being open to the public for functions. Visitors can also dine in the original pool house. |
Henry Ford Heritage Association
Website: www.hfha.org
Mission: The mission of the Henry Ford Heritage Association is to foster interest in the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, and to preserve and interpret the landmarks associated with his life. |
Historical Collection of the Great Lakes
Website: www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page38714.html |
Historical Society of Michigan
1305 Abbott Road
East Lansing MI 48223
Phone: 517-324-1828
Fax: 313-324-4370
Email: hsm@hsmichigan.org
Website: www.hsmichigan.org
Mission: The Historical Society of Michigan is a member-supported non-profit that fosters a deeper understanding of and appreciation for all Michigan history. |
Holocaust Memorial Center
28123 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills MI 48334
Phone: 248-553-2400
Fax: 248-553-2433
Email: info@holocaustcenter.org
Website: www.holocaustcenter.org
Mission: To preserve the memory of the 6,000,000 Jews murdered during the Holocaust along with the 5,000 Jewish communities wiped out by the Nazis. The Holocaust Memorial Center also aims to record the apathy of many who did nothing and the honor of those who risked their lives to help save Jews along with recording the terror of the Nazi Holocaust and the events that led up to it. To recall the cultural, social, and religious richness of Jewish life in Europe prior to the Holocaust and finally to help future generations understand and direct their lives to the maintenace of an open free society and to nourish a social consciousness whereby the righteous acts of few become the standard of many.
Programs: The Holocaust Memorial Center includes a museum and also has lectures and events |
Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan
2068 Michigan Avenue
Detroit MI 48216
Phone: 313-937-9719
Email: mikeigsm@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~miigsm/
Mission: The IGSM is a non-denominational organization focusing on genealogical research in all thirty-two counties of the Emerald Isle. The society is open to everyone! The group has grown steadily, and is now comprised of over one hundred and twenty five active members. |
Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan
P.O. Box 251693
West Bloomfield MI 48325
Website: www.jgsmi.org
Mission: JGS of Michigan is a leader in education, research, information exchange forums and resources for Jewish genealogy.
Programs: the Jewish Genealogical Society as programs such as conferences and lectures along with allowing people to research |
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
6600 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield MI 48322
Phone: 248-432-5517
Email: jhsofmichigan@msn.com
Website: www.michjewishhistory.org
Mission: To educate, celebrate and promote awareness of the contributions of the Jews of Michigan to our state, our nation and the world.
Programs: The Jewish Historical Society of Michigan offers programs, exhibits, and tours of Jewish Historical sites around Michigan. |
Mackinac State Historic Parks
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Macomb Historical Society and The Crocker House Museum
15 Union Street
Mount Clemens MI 48043
Phone: 586-465-2488
Website: www.crockerhousemuseum.com
Mission: The Macomb County Historical Society and its Crocker House Museum provide educational experiencesof Mount Clemens and Macomb County History through the use of artifacts, rotating exhibits, publications, stories, and special educational programs. Our purpose is to collect and preserve our local heritage to instill an appreciation of our community's unique history.
Programs: The Macomb Historical Historical Society and Crocker Museum use artifacts, rotating exhibits, publications, stories, and special educational programs. |
Marine Historical Society of Detroit
AL
Website: www.mhsd.org
Mission: The Marine Historical Society of Detroit, a non profit organization founded in 1944 provides a focal point for individuals and organizations interested in and concerned with the history of the Great Lakes and its maritime heritage.
Programs: The Marine Historical Society of Detroit offers publications and models of ships |
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Website: www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/HomePort.asp |
Michigan Archival Association
AL
Website: www.maasn.org
Mission: The Michigan Archival Association is the primary association devoted to the archival community in Michigan |
Michigan Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society
MI
Website: www.bluewaternrhs.com
Mission: This organization is dedicated to the promotion of Michigan's rich railroading history. |
Michigan Council for History Education
701 Pray-Harold
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti MI 48197
Website: www.michiganhistoryed.org
Mission: The MCHE is dedicated to improving history education in Michigan.
Programs: The MCHE website contains information about the organization's annual conference and ongoing workshops. The website also contains a host of educator resources. |
Michigan Genealogical Council
P.O. Box 80953
Lansing MI 48908
Website: www.mimgc.org
Mission: the Michigan Genealogical Council is an organization composed of two delegates from each member society. It's objectives are to locate, preserve, publish and deposit in suitable repositories records of value to genealogists and to initiate activities which encourage and assist those who are involved in genealogical research.
Programs: Meetings, and publications |
Michigan Historic Preservation Network
107 E. Grand River Avenue
Lansing MI 48906
Phone: 517-371-8080
Fax: 517-371-9090
Email: info@mhpn.org
Website: www.mhpn.org
Mission: The Michigan Historic Preservation Network is the largest membership organization in the state dedicated to recognizing and preserving Michigan's rich cultural and architectual heritage/
Programs: The Michigan Historic Preservation Network has conferences and workshops |
Michigan Historical Center
702 W. Kalamazoo Street
P.O. Box 30740
Lansing MI 48909
Website: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17447_18595_18596---,00.html
Programs: The Michigan Historical Center runs the Michigan Historical Museum system, the archives of Michigan, records management, State Historic Preservation Office, SHO special projects and the Michigan History Magazine |
Michigan Humanities Council
119 Pere Marquette
Suite 3B
Lansing MI 48912
Phone: 517-372-7770
Fax: 517-372-0027
Email: contact@mihumanities.org
Website: www.michiganhumanities.org
Mission: The Michigan Humanities Council connects people and communities by fostering and creating quality cultural programs
Programs: The Michigan Humanities Council has many programs such as its touring program, radio program, media project, and its grants program |
Michigan Maritime Museum
260 Dyckman Avenue
South Haven MI 49090
Phone: 269-637-8078
Fax: 269-637-1594
Email: info@michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Website: www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org
Mission: The Michigan Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation of Michigan Great Lakes waterways, maritime history, and culture. The Museum will provide a maritime education to the public.
Programs: The Maritime Museum has a museum, a harbor walk, and it offers sails on it's 19th century ship, "Friends Good Will." |
Michigan Oral History Association
5580 West State Road
Lansing MI 48906
Phone: 517-321-1746
Website: http://michiganoha.org/ |
Motor Cities Automobile National Heritage
200 Renaissance Center
Suite 3148
Detroit MI 48243
Phone: 313-259-3425
Fax: 313-259-5254
Website: www.motorcities.org
Mission: MotorCities National Heritage Area is an affiliate of the National Park Service dedicated to preserving, interpreting and promoting the automotive and labor heritage of the State of Michigan. |
Motown Historical Museum
2648 W. Grand Boulevard
Detroit MI 48208
Phone: 313-875-2264
Fax: 313-875-2267
Website: www.motownmuseum.com
Mission: To preserve the history and legacy of Motown Record Corporation through the conservation of Motown’s original site on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit, MI (USA). To educate and motivate people, especially youth, through exhibitions and programs that promote the values of vision, creativity and entrepreneurship. To build awareness of the global impact of Motown and its artistic contributions to entertainment.
Programs: The Museum has exhibits that include historical photographs, artwork, music, costumes, and other memorabalia that help to celebrate and educate about Motown. |
National Automotive History Collection
Website: www.detroit.lib.mi.us/nahc/index.htm |
National History Education Clearinghouse
4400 University Drive
MSN 1E7
Fairfax VA 22030
Website: www.teachinghistory.org
Mission: The National History Education Clearinghouse is designed to help K-12 teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. |
Organization of American Historians
112 N. Bryan Avenue
P.O. Box 5457
Bloomington IN 47407
Phone: 812-855-7311
Fax: 812-855-0696
Website: www.oah.org
Mission: The Organization of American Historians promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.
Programs: OAH has lectures, the "Talking History" Radio Channel and many other activities and events |
Packard Motorcar Foundation
Website: www.packardmotorfdn.org |
Piast Institute
11633 Joseph Campau St
Hamtramck MI 48212
Phone: (313) 733-4535
Email: info@piastinstitute.org
Website: http://www.piastinstitute.org/
Mission: Piast Institute is the only independent think tank and research center in North America devoted to Polish and Polish American affairs. It is also one of fifty-six United States Census Bureau Census Information Centers, the only such center with a special focus on a major European ethnic group.
With its staff, boards and international network of fellows, Piast develops conferences, seminars, publications, public programs, lectures, and exhibits that provide accurate, timely and current information about Poland, Poles, and Polish Americans. It also has a special interest in the role of Ethnicity in American Life.
With its resources and its position as a Census Information Center, Piast Institute also acts as a data resource center helping Polish, Polish American and other community groups develop policy papers and historical, cultural, political, economic, social, and demographic studies on a wide variety of topics.
The Piast Institute is also officially certified by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration as a designated assistance site with trained staff to help immigrants with visa, documentation and status issues.
The Institute’s mission and programming also aim to celebrate Polish contributions to American as well as general world culture, and to address and counter inaccurate or defamatory information about Poland, Poles or Polish Americans.
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Plymouth Historical Society
155 South Main Street
Plymouth MI 48170
Phone: 734-455-8940
Fax: 734-455-7797
Website: www.plymouthhistory.org
Mission: The Plymouth Historical Society seeks to promote education by historical study and research; to collect, preserve and exhibit historical materials connected with the Plymouth Community; and to maintain the Dunning Memorial Building as the Plymouth Historical Museum, providing those who enter with "Knowledge of our forefathers, enjoyment of our heritage, encouragement toward preservation, and inspiration to continue progress." -- Margaret Dunning, Museum benefactor |
Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
Website: http://www.pgsm.org/ |
Port Huron Museum
MI |
Preservation Wayne
4735 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48201
Phone: 313-577-3559
Fax: 313-577-7666
Email: info@preservationwayne.org
Website: www.preservationwayne.org
Mission: Preservation Wayne's mission is to preserve, promote and protect the neighborhoods and structures that define Detroit.
Programs: Advocacy for historic preservation, a tour series and forums about preservation |
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
1005 Van Hoosen Road
Rochester Hills MI 48306
Phone: 248-656-4663
Fax: 248-608-8198
Website: http://www.rochesterhills.org/city_services/museum/overview.asp
Mission: Because appreciation of the present is enhanced by understanding the past, The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm interprets, preserves and collects the history of the greater Rochester area for present and future generations. |
Royal Oak Historical Society
707 Girard Ave.
Royal Oak MI 48073
Phone: 248-542-7449
Website: www.royaloakhistoricalsociety.com
Mission: 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. |
Selinsky-Green Farmhouse Museum
22500 Eleven Mile Road
Saint Clair Shores MI 48081
Phone: 586-771-9020
Fax: 586-771-8935
Email: stachowm@libcoop.net
Website: http://www.michigan.org/Property/Detail.aspx?p=B11107
Mission: The Selinsky-Green Farmhouse Museum represents the history of a typical family of the late nineteenth century.
Programs: The Selinsky-Green Farmhouse has changing exhibits and special events and activities |
Steam railroading Institute of Owosso
MI
Website: www.mstrp.com
Mission: This organization is devoted to the history of steam railroading in Michigan. |
The Ford Piquette Plant
Website: www.tplex.org |
The Henry Ford
20900 Oakwood Boulevard
Dearborn MI 48124
Phone: 313-271-1620
Website: www.thehenryford.org
Mission: The Henry Ford rovides 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.
Programs: The Henry Ford operates the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, the Ford Rouge Factory Tour and the Benson Ford Research Center. |
The History Channel
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Website: www.history.com |
The Michigan's Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame
213 W. Main Street
Lansing MI 48933
Phone: 517-484-1880
Fax: 517-372-0170
Email: mail@michiganwomenshalloffame.org
Website: www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org
Mission: The goal was to change what is taught and thought about a women's role in history and now they teach about women and history and recognize distinguished women.
Programs: The Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame displays cultural and historical exhibits on the accomplishments and achievements of Michigan women. |
The University of Michigan Documents Center
AL
Website: www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/michhis.html
Mission: This site is an online collection of Michigan history resources |
Troy Historical Society
60 West Wattles Road
Troy MI 48098
Phone: 248-524-3570
Email: info@troyhistory.org
Website: www.troyhistory.org
Mission: The Troy Historical Society wants to promote the appreciation and awareness of the rich heritage of the citizens of Troy, to encourage preservation of records, pictures, structures, and other objects of local historical significance, and to sponsor prorams to carry out these purposes.
Programs: The Troy Historical Society includes the Troy Museum and Troy Historic Village |
Ukrainian American Archives & Museum of Detroit
11756 Charest Street
Hamtramck MI 48212
Phone: 313-366-9764
Email: ukrainianmuseum@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org
Mission: 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.
Programs: The Museum has different collections and archives along with events and archives throughout the year. |
Walter P. Chrysler Museum
One Chrysler Drive
Auburn Hills MI 48326
Phone: 248-944-0450
Website: www.chryslerheritage.com |
Walter P. Reuther Library
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit MI 48202
Phone: 313-577-4024
Email: reutherreference@wayne.edu
Website: www.reuther.wayne.edu
Mission: The Reuther Library collects, preserves, and provides access to the heritage of the American labor movement and related reform movements of the twentieth century.
Programs: Research, exhibits and collections |
Walter P. Reuther Library –Archives of labor and Urban History
Website: www.reuther.wayne.edu |
Warren Historical and Genealogical Society
5460 Arden
Warren MI 48092
Phone: 586-258-2056
Email: warrenhistsoc@yahoo.com
Website: http://members.glis.net/whgs/
Mission: The Warren Historical and Genealogical Society is group of people sharing a love for history generally, and Warren's history particularly, regardless of where they live now.
Programs: The Warren Historical and Genealogical Society has a Museum, the Bunert One-room School, you can walk thru the Historic Warren Union Cemetery and Historic Village attend their historic events and their meetings. |
Washtenaw County Historical Society
P.O. Box 3336
Ann Arbor MI 48106
Phone: 734-662-9092
Email: wchs-500@ameritech.net
Website: www.washtenawhistory.org
Mission: The purpose of the Washtenaw County Historical Society is to foster interest in and to elucidate the history of of Washtenaw County from the time of the original inhabitants to the present.
Programs: The Washtenaw County Historical Society has a museum with exhibits and offers heritage tours around the area. |
Wyandotte Historical Society
2610 Biddle Avenue
Wyandotte MI 48192
Phone: 734-324-7284
Fax: 734-324-7283
Website: http://wyandottemuseums.com/dotnetnuke/
Programs: The Wyandotte Historical Society includes a Historical Museum where one can research local history and genealogy and host events |