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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.
City of Detroit [4] [5] [6] Curved Form with Rectangle and Space: Scarab Club: 2000: Lois Teicher: sculpture: stainless steel: University Cultural Center Association [7] Detroit Chimera Graffiti Mural: Russell Industrial Center, Building Number 2
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (The Wright) is a museum of African-American history and culture, located in Detroit, Michigan.Located in the city's Midtown Cultural Center, The Wright is one of the world's oldest and largest independent African-American museums, holding the world's largest permanent collection of African-American culture. [1]
House Bill 4177, introduced by state Rep. Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit, would allow counties to establish historical museum authorities — and the bill is written to allow the Wright and the Detroit ...
The Cultural Center Historic District is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan, which includes the Art Center (or Cultural Center): the Detroit Public Library Main Branch, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Horace H. Rackham Education Memorial Building were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]
The old Detroit Museum of Art stood at 704 E. Jefferson Ave. The building opened in 1888. Support for the museum came from Detroit philanthropists such as Charles Lang Freer, and the auto barons: art and funds were donated by the Dodges, the Firestones and the Fords, especially Edsel Ford and his wife Eleanor, and subsequently their children.
Midtown attracts millions of visitors each year to its museums and cultural centers. [63] Other significant cultural centers include those in Dearborn, Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Grosse Pointe, Rochester, Royal Oak, and Ann Arbor. The fortunes of region's auto barons and business leaders continue to facilitate philanthropy for museums and ...