Historical Museum Events Listing
City of Champions Day - Free Admission!
April 20 2024 | 10:00am to 5:00pm
The 1935–36 seasons were a special time for Detroit's athletes, teams and especially, Detroit sports fans. The Detroit Tigers...
Members-Only Reception & Tour
April 25 2024 | 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Join us at the Detroit Historical Museum for our monthly member reception. This month we will be highlighting one of our newest...
The Coloring Museum Pop Up
April 26 2024 | 10:00am to 5:00pm
Kick off NFL Draft weekend with a day of coloring at the Detroit Historical Museum! Featuring custom, sports-themed illustrations...
Women in Public Art Lecture & Discussion
April 28 2024 | 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Join us for a lecture and discussion on Women in Public Art - Women Artists & Sculptors presented by Preservation Detroit in...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Panel Discussion: Black Bottom & I-375: Past, Present, and Future
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...
Yiddish Film Night: "Uncle Moses"
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"...
Family Program: Shopping for Shabbat
June 30 2024 | 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Outfit the dinner table before sunset! Explore In the Neighborhood: Everyday Life on Hastings Street, Jewish Historical Society...
Lecture: Julia DiLaura "Schlussel Bathhouse Archaeology"
June 30 2024 | 2:30pm to 4:00pm
In 1907 Louis Schlussel opened a bathhouse at the corner of Alfred and St. Antoine streets, featuring Detroit’s first documented...
Panel Discussion: Immigration Past & Present
July 11 2024 | 6:30pm to 8:00pm
From its 1701 origins through today, Detroit has been enriched by and depended on immigrants. In partnership with JCRC/AJC, our...