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A Museum on the Verge: A Socioeconomic History of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1882–2000. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2841-5. Abt, Jeffrey (2017). Valuing Detroit's Art Museum: A History of Financial Abandonment and Rescue. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-45218-0.
The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It 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. [1]
Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
For many years The Book Club of Detroit held its regular meetings at the Scarab Club. [7] The annual Exhibition of Michigan Artists at the Detroit Institute of Arts was originated by the Scarab Club in 1911. [citation needed] In 1915 the Scarab Club Prize became the top award and in 1917 the first Scarab Club Gold Medal was awarded.
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Michigan Science Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit are also located in the Art Center area. Substantial residential areas, including the East Ferry Avenue Historic District and late-19th century homes to the east of the Detroit Institute of Art. These neighborhoods ...
City of Detroit [27] Sentry: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: 1996-1997: Richard Bennett: sculpture: aluminum and gold: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History [28] The Spirit of Detroit: Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Museums in Detroit — Wayne County, Michigan. ... Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History; D. ... Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; P.