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Boom Town

The Detroit Historical Museum is open Thursday - Sunday! Featuring the new exhibition Boom Town: Detroit in the 1920s Read more…

Visit Lafayette Park to experience our Invoking the Spirit: Detroit's Historic Black Bottom tour. Read more…

Visit us on Belle Isle year-round! Open Friday - Sunday. Read more…

Lean more about the legacy of Detroit 67 Project Director Marlowe Stoudamire. Read more…

Our commitment to racial justice informs everything we do. Read more…

Browse 500+ oral histories and explore the award-winning Detroit Historical Museum exhibition. Read more…

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The award-winning exhibition is becoming permanent at the Detroit Historical Museum!

Learn more about the city’s beer barons, neighborhood breweries and beer-drinking customs in the new exhibition Detroit’s Brewing Heritage.

New at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum! Learn about 20 different innovations that developed along the Detroit River during the 1920s.