Detroit Historical Society Events Listing

Family Program: Scrap-enger Hunt
May 5 2024 | 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Try your hand as a Hastings Street peddler! Go on a “Scrap-enger” hunt throughout In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings...

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Woman and baby walking in front of a Kosher butcher shop.
Lecture: Catherine Cangany, PhD, "Kosher Meat Riot of 1910"
May 5 2024 | 2:30pm to 4:00pm

To feed their families amid rapid inflation, fed-up Orthodox women took on the Gilded-Age robber barons' "Beef Trust." Join JHSM...

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Woman and baby walking in front of a Kosher butcher shop.
Lecture: Catherine Cangany, PhD, "Kosher Meat Riot of 1910"
May 5 2024 | 2:30pm to 4:00pm

To feed their families amid rapid inflation, fed-up Orthodox women took on the Gilded-Age robber barons' "Beef Trust." Join JHSM...

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Homeschool Day
May 7 2024 | 10:00am to 11:30am

Ages 6+ Families are invited to join us for a group tour of the museum, featuring our Origins: Life Where the River Bends,...

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2024 Detroit Historical Society Ball: A Salute to the Legends
May 11 2024 | 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Join the Detroit Historical Society Board of Trustees and Event Co-Chairs Margery Krevsky-Dosey, Leslye Rosenbaum, Linda...

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2024 Detroit Historical Society Ball: A Salute to the Legends
May 11 2024 | 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Join the Detroit Historical Society Board of Trustees and Event Co-Chairs Margery Krevsky-Dosey, Leslye Rosenbaum, Linda...

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Homeschool Day
May 15 2024 | 10:00am to 11:30am

Ages 6+ Families are invited to join us for a group tour of the museum, featuring the S.S. William Clay Ford Pilot House; the...

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Black and white aerial photograph depicting a view along I-75, looking south from the Division Street pedestrian bridge, with the I-375 interchange under construction. In the lower right is the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. In the lower left is Bishop Union School. In the background is the downtown skyline.
Panel Discussion: Black Bottom & I-375: Past, Present, and Future - Free Admission!
May 16 2024 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Black Bottom was a thriving Black neighborhood when it was torn down to create a freeway in the name of “urban renewal.” Sixty...

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Michigan's Venice: The Transformation of the St. Claire Maritime Landscape 1640-2000 by Daniel F. Harrison PhD book cover, white text on a blue sky background, lower half of the image features a two-masted ship under sail in a river.
Book Talk: Michigan's Venice
May 16 2024 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Join author Daniel F. Harrison as he discusses his new book Michigan's Venice: The Transformation of the St. Claire Maritime...

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Michigan's Venice: The Transformation of the St. Claire Maritime Landscape 1640-2000 by Daniel F. Harrison PhD book cover, white text on a blue sky background, lower half of the image features a two-masted ship under sail in a river.
Book Talk: Michigan's Venice
May 16 2024 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Join author Daniel F. Harrison as he discusses his new book Michigan's Venice: The Transformation of the St. Claire Maritime...

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Black and white aerial photograph depicting a view along I-75, looking south from the Division Street pedestrian bridge, with the I-375 interchange under construction. In the lower right is the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. In the lower left is Bishop Union School. In the background is the downtown skyline.
Panel Discussion: Black Bottom & I-375: Past, Present, and Future - Free Admission!
May 16 2024 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Black Bottom was a thriving Black neighborhood when it was torn down to create a freeway in the name of “urban renewal.” Sixty...

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Guernsey Dairy
May 17 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

Limited tickets remaining! We’re taking “eating local” to where it all starts – the farm! Join us at Guernsey Dairy Farm, a third...

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Memorial Day Holiday Hours - Free Admission!
May 27 2024 | 1:00pm to 5:00pm

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum will be open with special holiday hours from 1-5 p.m. on Monday, May 27. Even better, admission is...

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DRINKS x DESIGN: Design in History
June 6 2024 | 5:30pm to 8:30pm

Drinks x Design offers an opportunity for creative businesses throughout the city to open their doors and share their work with...

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DRINKS x DESIGN: Design in History
June 6 2024 | 5:30pm to 8:30pm

Drinks x Design offers an opportunity for creative businesses throughout the city to open their doors and share their work with...

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Alger Theater
June 8 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

Limited tickets remaining! Tour the historic theater, currently under renovation, and learn about its evolution from a...

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Book Tower Tour #2
June 14 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

SOLD OUT! Two tour dates! The wait is over. . . Book Tower has been restored to its former glory and is officially open. The...

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Devries & Henry the Hatter
June 16 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

Limited tickets remaining! Visit two of Detroit’s oldest businesses, located in Historic Eastern Market. Devries & Co. has...

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Still from the 1932 film Uncle Moses, showing a man with a beard wearing a vest and bow tie, holding a cigar.
Yiddish Film Night: "Uncle Moses" - Free Admission!
June 20 2024 | 6:30pm

When poverty and persecution compel his Polish landsmen (person from the same town or region) to leave their shtetl, "Uncle"...

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Still from the 1932 film Uncle Moses, showing a man with a beard wearing a vest and bow tie, holding a cigar.
Yiddish Film Night: "Uncle Moses" - Free Admission!
June 20 2024 | 6:30pm

When poverty and persecution compel his Polish landsmen (person from the same town or region) to leave their shtetl, "Uncle"...

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