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Detroit Historical Museum

48202 Detroit, MI, United States of America (USA) (Michigan )

Address 5401 Woodward
 
 
Floor area 7 432 m² / 80 000 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Heritage- or City Museum
  • Passenger cars
  • Model Railway


Opening times
Wednesday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm; Sunday: 1pm - 5pm

Admission
Status from 01/2024
Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Children: $6, Family: $35

Contact
Tel.:+1-313-833 18 05  Fax:+1-313-833 53 42  
eMail:https://detroithistorical.org/about-us/how-contact-us   

Homepage detroithistorical.org/detroit-historical-museum/plan-your-visit/general-information

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Location / Directions
N42.359595° W83.067415°N42°21.57570' W83°4.04490'N42°21'34.5420" W83°4'2.6940"

The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit.

Nearby bus stops are located at Woodward & Kirby, Cass & Kirby and Woodward & Warren.
The nearest QLINE stop is Ferry St.
A MOGO bike share station is located outside the museum at Kirby & Woodward.

Description

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The Detroit Historical Museum chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more.

detroithistorical.org:
Signature Exhibitions

The America’s Motor City exhibition
tells the fascinating stories of both how cars built metro Detroit and how metro Detroit built cars, as well as why Detroit became the Motor City.

The exhibit incorporates the museum’s popular Automotive Showplace exhibit at its entrance, where cars from our collection are featured.

Detroit 67: Perspectives

Detroit: The "Arsenal of Democracy"

Doorway to Freedom – Detroit and the Underground Railroad
Detroit was a pivotal part of the Underground Railroad, an informal network of safe houses and people willing to help runaway enslaved people.

Legends Plaza

Meier’s Wonderful Clock

Motor City Music

Origins: Life Where the River Bends

Streets of Old Detroit
The Detroit Historical Museum’s most beloved signature exhibit, located on the lower level, is undoubtedly the Streets of Old Detroit.

Step into Detroit’s past and experience the city’s dramatic transformation from rural frontier town to industrial giant in three time periods: the 1840s, 1870s and 1900s.

The Allesee Gallery of Culture

The Glancy Trains
A crowd favorite for years, The Glancy Trains are from the collection of Alfred R. Glancy Jr. (1908–1973), real estate financier and former-owner of the Empire State Building in New York City. During the 1950s and 1960s, Mr. Glancy enjoyed hosting “train parties” for friends, neighbors, schoolchildren and scout groups each holiday season at his home in Grosse Pointe Shores.

The latest version of this model train layout includes a playful representation of rare artifacts and one-of-a kind trains, along with interactive buttons that control different functions, making it one of the Museum’s most popular attractions for children of all ages! In addition, the exhibit also includes four panels along the back wall that discuss the history of rail travel in Detroit — including railroads, the city’s train stations, the streetcars and trolley age, and interurbans. Two more panels located on the side walls of the gallery discuss model trains, the Glancy family and their train collection.

Special thanks to our Glancy Train volunteers for all their work building and maintaining the layout.

Changing Exhibitions

Automotive Showplace

The Automotive Showplace is a changing exhibit space at the Detroit Historical Museum that features rare and unique vehicles from the Detroit Historical Society’s collection, presented by Warner Norcross + Judd.    NOW OPEN

More Changing Exhibitions see Museum's site.


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