Signature Exhibitions
Built by the River
In the John A. and Marlene L. Boll Foundation Gallery Detroit’s growth and development into one of the nation’s leading metropolitan regions is undeniably linked to the river that shares its name. The Dossin Great Lakes Museum’s new core exhibition...
Gothic Room
The Gothic Room in the Polk Family Hall is the first exhibit you enter when coming into the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Stepping through its doors is like stepping back in time inside the reconstructed gentleman’s lounge of the City of Detroit III,...
Miss Pepsi
Miss Pepsi, the fastest hydroplane in the Detroit River in its time, was perhaps the most famous symbol of a family that made their livelihood distributing nationally famous soft drinks to Detroiters and residents of the region. The company was...
Outdoor Treasures
Explore a collection of maritime artifacts on the shores of Belle Isle, including the bow anchor of the legendary Edmund Fitzgerald, naval cannons from the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812, a nautical flag pole and an anchor from the USS...
William Clay Ford Pilot House
The S.S. William Clay Ford, a Great Lakes freighter, was scrapped in 1987 and its pilot house was brought to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. The S.S. William Clay Ford provided years of reliable service transporting iron ore and coal from the upper...
