Events by Month
January 12, 2024
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
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Join us for a tour of the breathtaking mother church of the Detroit Archdiocese and the center of the Catholic community of faith. This Norman Gothic design, completed in 1915, was dedicated as a church on Thanksgiving Day in 1930 and as a cathedral in 1951. We’ll learn about the stained glass windows, the plaza, the Latin Cross floor plan, and many other intricate details.
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Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
SOLD OUT!
Join us for a tour of the breathtaking mother church of the Detroit Archdiocese and the center of the Catholic community of faith. This Norman Gothic design, completed in 1915, was dedicated as a church on Thanksgiving Day in 1930 and as a cathedral in 1951. We’ll learn about the stained glass windows, the plaza, the Latin Cross floor plan, and many other intricate details.
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January 15, 2024
MLK Day Celebration
This MLK Day, meet Sharon Elizabeth Sexton, Chair of the Black Historic Site Committee, who will read from and discuss her new children's book MLK Jr's Detroit Dream. Based on her own experience of attending the 1963 Detroit Walk to Freedom, the book describes the triumphs and tragedies of the American Civil Rights movement from a child's perspective. Books will be available for purchase in the museum store.
January 20, 2024
Detroit Opera House
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Join us for an exclusive backstage tour featuring the costume and prop shops. Located on the corners of Broadway Street and Madison Street at Grand Circus Park, the theater now known as the Detroit Opera House was originally opened January 12, 1922, as the Capitol Theater. At the time of its gala premiere, the 4,250-seat theater, designed by renowned Detroit architect C. Howard Crane, claimed to be the fifth largest in the world.
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January 25, 2024
Members-Only Reception & Tour
Join us for a casual morning reception at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum to meet other members while enjoying refreshments, an activity, and docent-led gallery tours.
January 27, 2024
Thirty-Five | 20 Opening
The Detroit Historical Museum will be open late (until 7 p.m.) on Saturday, January 27 to celebrate the Thirty-Five | 20 exhibition’s first day.
Pistons fans! Season ticketholders and anyone attending the January 27th Pistons-Wizards game at Little Caesars Arena can show a digital ticket stub at the museum front desk to receive free admission all weekend.
January 28, 2024
Music Hall - Cancelled
Due to the other events taking place downtown on 1/28 this tour will be rescheduled!
Step inside this magnificent 1928 theater, the first of its kind in Detroit designed with intention and care for live theater, and Aretha’s Jazz Café, one of Detroit’s best kept secrets, nestled inside the Music Hall. Tour will run 5-6:30 p.m., followed by an optional free performance in Aretha’s Jazz Café starting at 7 p.m.
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