Events by Month
December 26, 2017
Holiday Break Film Series
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum will be open all week between the 2017 Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
From Tuesday, December 26 – Sunday, December 31, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum will feature daily film screenings at 11 am and 1 p.m. each day:
11am “The Christmas Tree Ship”
December 31, 2017
Noon Year's Eve
How do children who are too young to stay up until midnight celebrate the New Year? They attend the Noon Year’s Eve celebration at the Detroit Historical Museum! Preschool and elementary-aged children and their families can make their own noisemaker, write a time capsule letter, enjoy cookies and hot cocoa and, most importantly, ring in the New Year with a countdown to noon!
Admission is FREE.
January 6, 2018
Fox Theatre
This tour is SOLD OUT. Please contact Casie at 313.833.1801 for wait list information.
January 13, 2018
Winter Film Series: Great Lakes, Ancient Shores: Sinkholes
In this short film, you will be able to explore the coastlines of the prehistoric Great Lakes. Take a look at the natural history of the ancient shores as individuals
dive into sinkholes, underwater springs and other shores.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 20 minutes. Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
Winter Film Series: Great Lakes, Ancient Shores: Sinkholes
In this short film, you will be able to explore the coastlines of the prehistoric Great Lakes. Take a look at the natural history of the ancient shores as individuals
dive into sinkholes, underwater springs and other shores.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 20 minutes. Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
January 13, 2018
Winter Film Series: Brothers on the Line
Directed by Victor Reuther’s grandson, Sasha, and featuring evocative archival footage, a pulsating soundtrack, as well as first-hand accounts from labor,
management, and political personalities – including one of the last interviews with Senator Ted Kennedy, “Brothers on the Line” is an award-winning documentary exploring the journey of the Reuther brothers – prolific union organizers who led an army of laborers into an epic struggle for social justice.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 60 minutes. Shown at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Winter Film Series: Brothers on the Line
Directed by Victor Reuther’s grandson, Sasha, and featuring evocative archival footage, a pulsating soundtrack, as well as first-hand accounts from labor,
management, and political personalities – including one of the last interviews with Senator Ted Kennedy, “Brothers on the Line” is an award-winning documentary exploring the journey of the Reuther brothers – prolific union organizers who led an army of laborers into an epic struggle for social justice.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 60 minutes. Shown at the Detroit Historical Museum.
January 14, 2018
Winter Film Series: Great Lakes, Ancient Shores: Sinkholes
In this short film, you will be able to explore the coastlines of the prehistoric Great Lakes. Take a look at the natural history of the ancient shores as individuals
dive into sinkholes, underwater springs and other shores.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 20 minutes. Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
Winter Film Series: Great Lakes, Ancient Shores: Sinkholes
In this short film, you will be able to explore the coastlines of the prehistoric Great Lakes. Take a look at the natural history of the ancient shores as individuals
dive into sinkholes, underwater springs and other shores.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 20 minutes. Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
January 14, 2018
Winter Film Series: Brothers on the Line
Directed by Victor Reuther’s grandson, Sasha, and featuring evocative archival footage, a pulsating soundtrack, as well as first-hand accounts from labor,
management, and political personalities – including one of the last interviews with Senator Ted Kennedy, “Brothers on the Line” is an award-winning documentary exploring the journey of the Reuther brothers – prolific union organizers who led an army of laborers into an epic struggle for social justice.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 60 minutes. Shown at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Winter Film Series: Brothers on the Line
Directed by Victor Reuther’s grandson, Sasha, and featuring evocative archival footage, a pulsating soundtrack, as well as first-hand accounts from labor,
management, and political personalities – including one of the last interviews with Senator Ted Kennedy, “Brothers on the Line” is an award-winning documentary exploring the journey of the Reuther brothers – prolific union organizers who led an army of laborers into an epic struggle for social justice.
Admission is FREE. Running time: 60 minutes. Shown at the Detroit Historical Museum.
January 15, 2018
MLK Jr. Day: "Bring the Dream to Life"
Free admission!
Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on MLK Day with “Bring the Dream to Life” on Monday, January 15 at the Detroit Historical Museum. The program hosted by the Black Historic Sites Committee will feature children’s activities including making your own Martin Luther King Jr. coloring and activity book, open mic poetry with a focus on “the spirit of Dr. King” hosted by One Single Rose as well as cupcakes to celebrate what would have been the activist’s 89th birthday.
January 18, 2018
Third Thursday Speaker Series: The Economic Roots of 1967
Our popular Third Thursday Speaker Series resumes this winter at the Detroit Historical Museum. Attendance is free, but pre-registration is encouraged, as space is limited. To register for a presentation, please contact Charnae Sanders, Public Programs Coordinator at 313.833.0277 or charnaes@detroithistorical.org.
The Economic Roots of the 1967 Uprising in Detroit
by Thomas A. Klug, Marygrove College
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 6–8 P.M.
Third Thursday Speaker Series: The Economic Roots of 1967
Our popular Third Thursday Speaker Series resumes this winter at the Detroit Historical Museum. Attendance is free, but pre-registration is encouraged, as space is limited. To register for a presentation, please contact Charnae Sanders, Public Programs Coordinator at 313.833.0277 or charnaes@detroithistorical.org.
The Economic Roots of the 1967 Uprising in Detroit
by Thomas A. Klug, Marygrove College
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 6–8 P.M.
January 19, 2018
Kirk in the Hills
This tour is SOLD OUT. Please contact Casie at 313.833.1801 for wait list information.
Friday tour!
Kirk in the Hills was the dream and vision of Colonel Edwin S. George, a Detroit businessman whose gift of his home and estate (Cedarholm) in 1947 made the Kirk possible. The congregation was organized by the Presbytery of Detroit in 1947, and the first services were held in Cedarholm Chapel (formerly Colonel George’s music room).
January 27, 2018
Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center
This tour is SOLD OUT. Please contact Casie at 313.833.1801 for wait list information.
January 30, 2018
Fed Challenge 2018
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch
The High School Fed Challenge is an academic competition that provides students grades 9–12 the opportunity to study the U.S. economy through the lens of the U.S. central bank. The program is designed to encourage students to learn more about economics and about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the policymaking group that makes interest rate decisions to foster economic strength and stability.