Detroit Historical Society Events Listing

Woman and baby walking in front of a Kosher butcher shop.
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...

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Woman and baby walking in front of a Kosher butcher shop.
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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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Homeschool Day
May 15 2024 | 10:00am to 11:30am

Ages 6+ Families are invited to join us for a group tour of the museum, featuring the S.S. William Clay Ford Pilot House; the...

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Black and white aerial photograph depicting a view along I-75, looking south from the Division Street pedestrian bridge, with the I-375 interchange under construction. In the lower right is the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. In the lower left is Bishop Union School. In the background is the downtown skyline.
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...

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Black and white aerial photograph depicting a view along I-75, looking south from the Division Street pedestrian bridge, with the I-375 interchange under construction. In the lower right is the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects. In the lower left is Bishop Union School. In the background is the downtown skyline.
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...

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Guernsey Dairy
May 17 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

Limited tickets remaining! We’re taking “eating local” to where it all starts – the farm! Join us at Guernsey Dairy Farm, a third...

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Alger Theater
June 8 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

Limited tickets remaining! Tour the historic theater, currently under renovation, and learn about its evolution from a...

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Book Tower Tour #2
June 14 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

SOLD OUT! Two tour dates! The wait is over. . . Book Tower has been restored to its former glory and is officially open. The...

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Devries & Henry the Hatter
June 16 2024 | 10:00am to 11:00am

Limited tickets remaining! Visit two of Detroit’s oldest businesses, located in Historic Eastern Market. Devries & Co. has...

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Still from the 1932 film Uncle Moses, showing a man with a beard wearing a vest and bow tie, holding a cigar.
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"...

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Still from the 1932 film Uncle Moses, showing a man with a beard wearing a vest and bow tie, holding a cigar.
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"...

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The Schvitz Tour #1
June 22 2024 | 10:00am to 10:30am

Limited tickets remaining! Two tour dates! Open to guests since 1930, The Schvitz is Detroit’s original urban health club and the...

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The Schvitz Tour #2
June 29 2024 | 10:00am to 10:30am

Limited tickets remaining! Two tour dates! Open to guests since 1930, The Schvitz is Detroit’s original urban health club and the...

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Shop for Shabbat on Hastings Street
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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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