The Detroit region is rich with arts and culture and is a big reason why people love to live here.With over 30 art museums including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the sixth-largest fine arts mueum in the United States.
The region is also home to the largest collection off African-American art and artifacts in the world. This collection is housed at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
In addition, the region was the home of the first free standing Holocaust Memorial Center, which has vididly portrayed the Holocaust for more than 25 years.
With more than 40 theaters, the Detroit region is second only to New York City for theater seats east of the Mississippi river. Detroit is home to the beautifully restored Fox Theatre and Max M. Fisher Music Center which is home to the world reknown Detroit Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Leonard Slatkin.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is the largest fine arts museum in Michigan and sixth-largest fine arts museum in the nation. There are over 100 galleries featuring 5,000 years of world famous art treasures.
The new Detroit Science Center features five hands-on exhibit laboratories, two demonstration stages, Dassault Systemes Planetaruim and the IMAX Dome Theater.
The Detroit Historical Museum chronicles the history of Detroit from its founding in 1701 to present day. “The Streets of Old Detroit” exhibit features cobblestone streets and shops of the 1800s.
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is the largest museum of its kind in the world. The 16,000 sq. ft. gallery includes a slave dungeon and a 70-foot slave ship replica. There are numerous exhibits and two galleries dedicated to arts, crafts and technology.
The Robert T. Longway Planetarium is Michigan’s largest and best-equipped planetarium and learning center. Programs range from hands-on science demonstrations, telescope workshops and astronomy classes.
The Flint Institute of Arts is one of Michigan’s significant cultural resources operating as both a 17,000 square ft. storage facility, museum and art school. It features year-round temporary and permanent exhibits.
An outstanding collection of rare and antique automobiles, including the largest display of General Motor’s experimental cars in the nation, can be seen at Flint's Alfred P. Sloan Museum.
The Whiting Auditorium is well known for it’s beautiful concert ballet halls. It’s programs and services include presentations from some of the best regional, national, and international performing artists. It is also home of the Flint Symphony Orchestra.
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is easily identified by the two Battle of Lake Erie cannons on the front lawn. Past and present Great Lakes shipping exhibits are featured at this museum.
Located next door to The Henry Ford, the Automotive Hall of Fame is an exciting, educational resource interactive perspective for preserving and celebrating the motor vehicle industry.
The Motown Historical Museum was once known as Hitsville, USA. The impressive display includes album covers, gold records, sheet music, Michael Jackson’s sequined glove and the original world-famous recording studio A.
The Black Holocaust Museum is an ongoing historical documentation of the experience of slavery. The Black Holocaust Museum chronicles 400 years of history into one moving and unforgettable experience. The exhibit houses dramatic photographs and artifacts, as well as a reproduction of a slave cabin.
The Holocaust Memorial Center, the first of its kind, documents the events leading up to, and the horror of, the Holocaust. It preserves a wealth of European Jewish culture and history.
Before catching a show at Meadow Brook Theater, visit the Oakland University Art Gallery. The exhibits reflect six exhibitions of African, Oceanic, Oriental and Native art. Contemporary art shows, lectures and public tours are held frequently throughout the year.
The creative atmosphere of the Cranbrook Educational Community is enhanced by two museums. See Space, prehistoric and geological displays at Cranbrook Institute of Science. Take a ride on a rocket in the Institute’s planetarium. The Cranbrook Art Museum‘s collection of contemporary art gives an artist’s view of 20th - century society from the Arts and Crafts Movement to the avant-garde.
Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad in Flint has more than 34 historic structures of life in the 1800s. Take a ride aboard the steam locomotive, ferris wheel or carousel or tour the village in a horse drawn wagon.
Music and theater are big in Greater Detroit as evidenced by the area’s large number of concert and live performance venues. Watch children’s theatrical and musical art shows at Detroit’s Mosaic Youth Theatre, dinner theatre at the Andiamo Novi Theatre or musical revues at the vintage 1928 Gem Theater.
The Fox Theatre, an opulent former movie palace, stages everything from Broadway plays and big movie extravaganzas, to world-class entertainers. Broadway plays can also be seen at the Fisher Theater, originally a movie house which was redesigned into a theater. The Masonic Temple not only serves the needs of the Masons in Greater Detroit, but also features Broadway plays and concerts. The Music Hall is considered Greater Detroit’s home for dance, presenting major dance troupes, theatrical productions, children’s programming and concerts.
The Michigan Opera Theater performs at the Detroit Opera House, a multi-million dollar renovation of the former Grand Circus Theatre. Musical guests from around the world perform with the internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra at The Max M. Fisher Music Center under musical director Leonard Slatkin, in newly restored Orchestra Hall. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs summer concerts at the outdoor Meadow Brook Music Festival, on the campus of Oakland University. Meadow Brook Theater, also located at Oakland University, shows classic comedies, musicals and drama productions. Because of the theater’s design, no one in the audience is more than 19 rows from the stage.
DTE Energy Music Theater is an outdoor summer music theater where top name musicians entertain. The music theater generally is the venue with the largest number of ticket sales in the nation. Freedom Hill Amphitheatre is an indoor and outdoor state of the art music and movie theater surrounded by Freedom Hill County Park. It is considered one of the largest entertainment arenas in the United States, with a seating capacity of 4,000 pavilion seats and 3,000 lawn seats. The Freedom Hill Amphitheatre has an elegant onsite banquet facility, VIP Hillside Club and a newly acquired Andiamo Italia Restaurant.
The Detroit Zoo was the first U.S. zoo with cageless exhibits. The zoo has over 1,200 animals from 400 different species. The zoo offers both indoor and outdoor animal environments.
Belle Isle Park is the country’s largest and oldest city island park. The 1,000-acre island park features a colorful water fountain display and a Conservatory. The Belle Isle Zoo operates during the spring and summer months.
Tours of the Auto Barons' Homes
The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House is an elegant Cotswold-style home on 87 acres along Lake St. Clair. It preserves architecture and details of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
1100 Lake Shore Dr.
Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 48236
(313) 884-4222
Lawrence P. Fisher, founder of the Fisher Body Company, created a showplace in the Fisher Mansion with a design that combines elements of Italian Renaissance and vintage Hollywood architecture.
Fisher Mansion 383 Lenox Ave. Detroit, MI 48215 (313) 331-6740
The Henry Ford Estate was the magnificent final home of Henry Ford, automotive pioneer of the Ford Motor Company. The grounds house a self-sufficient powerhouse, underground tunnel and boathouse.
Henry Ford Estate
4901 Evergreen Rd.
Dearborn, MI 48128
(313) 593-5590
The Meadow Brook Hall Estate was built by Alfred and Matilda Dodge Wilson and is listed on both the Michigan and National Registry of Historic Places. The 88,000 square-foot tudor revival style mansion showcases authentic furnishings and priceless art treasures.
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