DHS Image Library

Examines the events of July 1967, what led up to them, where we are today and efforts that are moving Detroit forward.

The Detroit Historical Society collected 500+ 1967 oral histories, housed online and accessible from this kiosk.

Joe's Record Shop was located on 12th Street and is reconstructed in the exhibit.

The tank display houses an interactive animation based on stories in our oral history collection.

The Detroit Historical Museum is located at the corner of Woodward Ave. and Kirby St. in Midtown Detroit.

Thousands of school aged children visit the museum every year.

Enter the museum on Kirby St. Admission is always free.

One of the only items that you can't touch, the bell is one of the larger artifacts taken from the ship.

Stepping through iStep back in time inside the reconstructed gentleman’s lounge of the City of Detroit III

Visit our maritime museum on Belle Isle.

Visitors will see what its like drive a hydroplane, learn about different ships, and sit in a canoe in this interactive exhibit.

Built by the River highlights the ways in which Detroiters have long used the river and lakes around us.

Experience the music through the ages that added to the culture of Detroit

Visitors will see the replica of the car that Charles Brady King first drove on the streets of Detroit in March of 1896.

The Motor City exhibition has been revised and rebranded as America’s Motor City.

Detroit’s rich heritage lies with the men and women who’ve always called Detroit “home."

The new gallery explores Detroit-area innovators and innovations, emphasizing how Detroit has historically been.

The Miss Pepsi championship hydroplane of the 1940s and 50s, currently on display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The gallery is divided into three areas where Detroit was linked to the war effort: the factory, the community, and the home.

Sanders Storefront has been added to The Streets of Old Detroit exhibit

Visitors to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum can experience what it's like to captain a Great Lakes freighter.

This new exhibition highlights the culture that all Detroiters recognize as our own.

Visitors will hear the roar of the Glancy Trains as they zoom on by on their tracks.

Detroit was a pivotal part of the Underground Railroad.