Events by Month
January 17, 2022
MLK, Jr. Day: Give Us the Ballot
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with our annual “MLK, Jr. Day: Give Us the Ballot” event on Monday, January 17 at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Visitors can participate in a voter registration project for kids as well as listen to an expert on the importance of registering to vote. Kids will make their own ‘mock’ voter registration cards and receive MLK worksheets and coloring pages.
January 20, 2022
Virtual Third Thursday Speaker Series: Deconstructing Nostalgia
Explore the intersection of personal and historical nostalgia and the role that cultural institutions play in demystifying and concretizing these idealistic perceptions of our collective past in our January Third Thursday Speaker Series.
Join Dr. Victoria Wolcott, Professor of History at the University of Buffalo, and Malika Pryor, Senior Director of Education, Programs, and Outreach at the Detroit Historical Society, in this rich and robust virtual conversation.
January 27, 2022
Members-Only Reception & Tour
You and a guest are invited to join us at the Detroit Historical Museum for a casual reception where you can mix and mingle with other members while enjoying music, refreshments, docent-led gallery tours and giveaways.