Events by Month
December 1, 2018
Noel Day
Free admission!
To offer more opportunities for family fun and better manage the crowd for this popular event, this year’s Noel Night will offer daytime activities. The Detroit Historical Museum will join the other museums in our neighborhood by featuring entertainment and activities from 11 am to 5 pm (the museum will then close at 5 pm).
December 3, 2018
Historic Houses of Worship Tour
Limited tickets still available!
Since 1972, the Historic Houses of Worship tours have acquainted metro Detroiters with the contributions religious institutions have made in the development of our community. These tours are sponsored by the Detroit Historical Society.
December 8, 2018
Fall Film Series: Rouse Simmons: The Christmas Tree Ship
The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner which sank in Lake Michigan in a violent storm in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off the coast of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board.
Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Running Time: 35 minutes. Admission is FREE.
Fall Film Series: Rouse Simmons: The Christmas Tree Ship
The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner which sank in Lake Michigan in a violent storm in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off the coast of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board.
Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Running Time: 35 minutes. Admission is FREE.
December 8, 2018
Fall Film Series: Detroit, Remember When: Motor City Memories
Travel back in time and experience Detroit traditions that live on in rare films, old photographs and fond memories in this extraordinary documentary. From Briggs Stadium to Boblo, Black Bottom to the Boulevard, this made-in-Detroit documentary captures the spirit of the city in reminiscences of what used to be and remembrances of what once was. Summer days at Belle Isle, the Vernor’s soda fountain, Jefferson Beach and Edgewater Park are among the sites revisited in footage and from Detroit-area family collections and media archives.
Fall Film Series: Detroit, Remember When: Motor City Memories
Travel back in time and experience Detroit traditions that live on in rare films, old photographs and fond memories in this extraordinary documentary. From Briggs Stadium to Boblo, Black Bottom to the Boulevard, this made-in-Detroit documentary captures the spirit of the city in reminiscences of what used to be and remembrances of what once was. Summer days at Belle Isle, the Vernor’s soda fountain, Jefferson Beach and Edgewater Park are among the sites revisited in footage and from Detroit-area family collections and media archives.
December 8, 2018
2018 Detroit Historical Society Ball
Detroit Historical Society Ball
Lexus Velodrome
601 Mack Avenue, Detroit
Chris Campbell, Master of Ceremonies/Emcee
** Honorary Host Committee and Patron Tickets are SOLD OUT! Late Night Party tickets are still available
December 9, 2018
Packard Proving Grounds
Limited tickets still available!
Special Sunday tour!
Dedicated in 1927, the buildings at the Proving Grounds in Utica were designed by Albert Kahn and the oval test track was so well-engineered that drivers could travel around the banked curves in excess of 100 mph without holding the steering wheel. Come explore the lodge building and garage as you learn about the many ways the grounds have been used throughout their history.
December 9, 2018
Fall Film Series: Rouse Simmons: The Christmas Tree Ship
The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner which sank in Lake Michigan in a violent storm in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off the coast of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board.
Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Running Time: 35 minutes. Admission is FREE.
Fall Film Series: Rouse Simmons: The Christmas Tree Ship
The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner which sank in Lake Michigan in a violent storm in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off the coast of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board.
Shown at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Running Time: 35 minutes. Admission is FREE.
December 9, 2018
Fall Film Series: Detroit, Remember When: Motor City Memories
Travel back in time and experience Detroit traditions that live on in rare films, old photographs and fond memories in this extraordinary documentary. From Briggs Stadium to Boblo, Black Bottom to the Boulevard, this made-in-Detroit documentary captures the spirit of the city in reminiscences of what used to be and remembrances of what once was. Summer days at Belle Isle, the Vernor’s soda fountain, Jefferson Beach and Edgewater Park are among the sites revisited in footage and from Detroit-area family collections and media archives.
Fall Film Series: Detroit, Remember When: Motor City Memories
Travel back in time and experience Detroit traditions that live on in rare films, old photographs and fond memories in this extraordinary documentary. From Briggs Stadium to Boblo, Black Bottom to the Boulevard, this made-in-Detroit documentary captures the spirit of the city in reminiscences of what used to be and remembrances of what once was. Summer days at Belle Isle, the Vernor’s soda fountain, Jefferson Beach and Edgewater Park are among the sites revisited in footage and from Detroit-area family collections and media archives.
December 10, 2018
Black Bottom Historical Marker Community Input Session
The Michigan Historical Commission needs your input on a potential state historical marker for Detroit’s Black Bottom Neighborhood.
The Detroit Historical Society’s Black Historic Sites Committee will host facilitators from the Michigan History Center for a two-hour discussion. Please join us and share your thoughts on what information should be included in the marker, and where the marker should be placed. Light refreshments will be served.
Black Bottom Historical Marker Community Input Session
The Michigan Historical Commission needs your input on a potential state historical marker for Detroit’s Black Bottom Neighborhood.
The Detroit Historical Society’s Black Historic Sites Committee will host facilitators from the Michigan History Center for a two-hour discussion. Please join us and share your thoughts on what information should be included in the marker, and where the marker should be placed. Light refreshments will be served.
December 14, 2018
5th Annual Belle Isle Holiday Stroll
The annual Belle Isle Holiday Stroll is a free event that has brought thousands of people to Belle Isle each winter for an evening packed with holiday celebration.
December 15, 2018
December 26, 2018
Holiday Break Film Series
Visit the Detroit Historical Museum during your holiday break! We'll be open regular hours (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. weekdays & 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekends) from Wednesday, December 26 to Sunday, December 30 and feature daily screenings of film series favorites. Admission to the museum and the films is FREE.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m. screenings daily:
Holiday Break Film Series
Visit the Dossin Great Lakes Museum during your holiday break! We'll be open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. from Wednesday, December 26 to Sunday, December 30 and feature daily screenings of film series favorites.
Admission to the museum and the films is FREE.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m. screenings daily:
Holiday Break Film Series
Visit the Detroit Historical Museum during your holiday break! We'll be open regular hours (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. weekdays & 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. weekends) from Wednesday, December 26 to Sunday, December 30 and feature daily screenings of film series favorites. Admission to the museum and the films is FREE.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m. screenings daily:
Holiday Break Film Series
Visit the Dossin Great Lakes Museum during your holiday break! We'll be open from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. from Wednesday, December 26 to Sunday, December 30 and feature daily screenings of film series favorites.
Admission to the museum and the films is FREE.
11 a.m. and 1 p.m. screenings daily:
December 31, 2018
Noon Year's Eve
Join us for our family friendly New Year’s celebration! 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 to the museum and the event is free, although parking fees may apply.
The museum will be open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. for this special event.
