Historical Museum Events Listing

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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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 - Free Admission!
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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Embracing a City Seminar: Panel with Livestream - Free Admission!
May 23 2024 | 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Join us for an interactive discussion covering the impact that thirty years of bold partnerships, collaborations, and grantmaking...

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Embracing a City Seminar: In-Person Panel Discussion - Free Admission!
May 23 2024 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Join us for an interactive discussion covering the impact that thirty years of bold partnerships, collaborations, and grantmaking...

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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" - Free Admission!
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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Family Program: Shopping for Shabbat
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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Panel Discussion: Immigration Past & Present - Free Admission!
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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