Detroit Historical Society | Where the past is present

Maritime Miniatures

See over 150 of our ship models on display together for the first time in 20 years! Read more…

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

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

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

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

News & Events

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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.

Learn how Fisher Body Company grew from a family business operated by a close-knit group of brothers into a central pillar of General Motors