Current Exhibitions

Kahn exhibit

Experience Detroit's History in an Exhibition

Explore temporary and permanent exhibitions at the Detroit Historical Museum and the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, learn more about off-site exhibitions in the community, and view virtual exhibits.

Are you interested in hosting an exhibition in your museum, historic house, library, or business? Browse our traveling exhibitions for a selection of rentable exhibitions that are informational, eye-catching and budget friendly.

Historic street scene with vintage buildings, cars, and horse-drawn wagon under an overcast sky.

Wayne County History Project: Redford, Westland, Livonia, Garden City, Inkster, Wayne

Guardian Building

Community - Opens 06/07/2025

The first exhibition in the Wayne County History Project features Redford, Westland, Livonia, Garden City, Inkster, and Wayne. Explore powerful stories of innovation in Garden City, resistance in Inkster, and transformation in Livonia and Redford. Discover how neighborhoods blossomed through agriculture, industry, migration, and the fight for civil rights. 

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Black Bottom tour

Invoking the Spirit: Detroit's Black Bottom

Lafayette Plaisance Park

Community - Ends 12/31/2025

A dynamic, self-directed walking tour of Detroit's historic Black Bottom neighborhood, told through the lens of former residents and their descendants. 

The tour was created by the Detroit Historical Society, Design Core Detroit and Octane Design for the 2021 Detroit Month of Design, with community partnership from Bailey Park Neighborhood Development Corporation and Black Bottom Archives. 

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Book Tower aerial

Book Tower Historic Exhibition

Book Tower

Community - Ends 12/31/2025

In 2023 Bedrock reopened Book Tower in downtown Detroit after a complete renovation. 

To highlight the landmark building’s 100-year history, the Detroit Historical Society has partnered with Bedrock to create a Historic Exhibition in the building’s lobby, featuring items items salvaged in the building’s renovation along with unique artifacts loaned by the Book family.

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