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State Museum Has Collection Of Michigan-Made Toys
LANSING (WWJ/AP) - Toys with ties to Michigan such as a Daisy BB gun and Kellogg’s Pep collector buttons are on display at the Michigan Historical Museum. The collection features toy cars, toy...
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Detroit Science Center Remains Closed
DETROIT (WWJ) – The Detroit Science Center is staying closed for now. The center was hoping to re-open this week, but talks are continuing over the museum’s recovery plan. A three-year operating plan...
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Free Admission To Detroit Historical Museum On Sunday
DETROIT (WWJ) - The Detroit Historical Society is continuing its “Third Sunday Free Admission” promotion at the Detroit Historical Museum this Sunday, November 20. In addition, docent-led tours of the...
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Henry Ford Museum Revamps Automobile Displays
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – The suburban Detroit museum founded by auto pioneer Henry Ford is revamping its automotive displays, offering a fresh look at its rich collection and showcasing the enormous...
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Free End Of The Year Admission To Detroit Historical Museum
DETROIT (WWJ) - For the fourth consecutive year, the Detroit Historical Society is offering a special thank you to the community by offering free admission at the Detroit Historical Museum Dec. 26...
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MSU Delays Broad Art Museum’s Opening
EAST LANSING (WWJ/AP) - The opening has been postponed from April until the fall for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum on the campus of Michigan State University. The East Lansing school said last...
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“Driving America” Opens This Weekend At The Henry Ford
WWJ AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert gets a sneak preview of the new “Driving America” exhibit at The Henry Ford, which opens to the public on Sunday. For information on a special preview fund raiser,...
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Monroe County Gets Behind Custer Museum Idea
MONROE (AP) - Officials in Monroe County are pursuing the creation of a national Gen. George Armstrong Custer museum and monument. The Monroe Evening News reports the Monroe County Board of...
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‘Titanic’ Exhibit Opens At The Henry Ford
DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) – An exhibition focused on the Titanic has opened at Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn as the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking approaches. The museum will host “Titanic: The...
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Dossin Museum To Host Maritime Symposium
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is hosting a symposium in two weeks that will provide visitors with the chance to meet maritime authors, shipwreck divers and historians. The event is...
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Greenfield Village Opens For New Season
DEARBORN (WWJ) - It’s a sure sign of Spring: Greenfield Village opens it’s gates Saturday for the 2012 season. In true Greenfield Village fashion, there will be hands-on activities including sorting,...
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Detroit Museum To Host Navy’s War Of 1812 Display
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The National Museum of the United States Navy’s traveling mini-exhibit on the War of 1812 opens this weekend in Detroit. Called “War of 1812: A Nation Forged by War,” the display...
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Plans Would Expand Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
WHITEFISH TWP. (WWJ/AP) - Plans are in the works to expand the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The U.S. House and Senate recently approved legislation correcting an error in...
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All Aboard! Museum Offers Historic Train Ride Through Macomb County
MOUNT CLEMENS (WWJ) – Want to take a nostalgic trip on a 1930’s passenger car pulled by a real diesel locomotive? Well, now you can, thanks to the Michigan Transit Museum. Buy your tickets in a real...
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Free DIA Admission For Canton Residents On Sunday
DETROIT (WWJ) - Canton residents can receive free admission to the Detroit Institute of Arts this Sunday, July 15. Canton residents can simply present their driver’s license or state ID and receive...
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Detroit Comic Brings Award-Winning Show To Charles H. Wright Museum
DETROIT (WWJ) - An award-winning actress and comic brings her musical comedy to Detroit this week. “Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them” takes the stage at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African...
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Kid Rock Foundation Donates $250K To Detroit Music Gallery
DETROIT (AP) – A history of music in Detroit – from jazz to blues to Motown to techno and hip hop – will be covered in an interactive museum gallery supported by a $250,000 donation by the Kid Rock...
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Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum Opens Saturday
EAST LANSING (WWJ/AP) - A $40 million Zaha Hadid-designed art museum opens Saturday at Michigan State University. The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum features a facade of pleated stainless steel and...
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Dossin Great Lakes Museum To Close For Renovation
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – This weekend marks the final opportunity for visitors to check out the Dossin Great Lakes Museum for a while. The maritime museum on Detroit’s Belle Isle is set to undergo a...
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Walter P. Chrysler Museum To Reduce Public Access
AUBURN HILLS (WWJ/AP) - The Walter P. Chrysler Museum in metro Detroit has run out of money and its classic car collection won’t be open to the public except for special occasions. Officials told The...
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Michigan Science Center In Detroit To Open Dec. 26
DETROIT (WWJ) – We now know when the science center, closed for more than a year because of budget problems, will reopen in the city of Detroit. Armed with a new name, the Michigan Science Center is...
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Cranbrook Institute Shows Off New Observatory
BLOOMFIELD HILLS (WWJ/AP) - Cranbrook Institute of Science is offering visitors opportunities to view its new observatory. The museum, located on Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills, says the...
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Michigan Science Center In Detroit Is Finally Open, For Good
DETROIT (WWJ) - The former Detroit Science Center reopens Dec. 26 under a new moniker. The museum, which was closed for 15-months due to budgetary problems, has now become the debt-free, not-for-profit...
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Detroit’s Motown Museum Unveils New ‘Girl Groups’ Exhibit
DETROIT (WWJ) - In the 1960s, Motown’s stable of dazzling girl groups was unequaled on the pop music scene – in Detroit or anywhere else. Responsible for a non-stop avalanche of hits, The Marvelettes,...
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Yankee Air Museum Hosts Traveling NASA Exhibit
BELLEVILLE (WWJ/AP) - The Yankee Air Museum in Belleville is welcoming a traveling NASA exhibit as well as one of the space agency’s former shuttle commanders. Michigan native Jack Lousma is scheduled...
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Henry Ford Museum Hosts ‘America’s World’s Fairs’ Artifacts Exhibit
DEARBORN (WWJ) - From highways to the television, all-electric kitchens to robots, world’s fairs of the 1930s introduced Americans to the modern and technological wonders that were expected to change...
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Beatles Legend Paul McCartney Helps Restore Motown Magic
DETROIT (WWJ) – It’s considered one of Motown’s most-prized musical instruments, a nine-foot long, 1877 Steinway piano, and now it’s back home. The piano received an extensive renovation thanks to...
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Arab American National Museum In Dearborn Taps Deputy For Top Job
DETROIT (AP) - The Arab American National Museum conducted a countrywide search for a director, but found its top candidate was already on the job. The museum in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn...
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Detroit Historical Society Gets $500,000 Grant
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The Ford Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Detroit Historical Society as part of the society’s $20.1 million fundraising effort, the “Past>Forward Campaign.” The...
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Public Input Sought For New Detroit Historical Museum Exhibit
DETROIT (WWJ) - Calling all Detroiters: The city’s historical museum want’s your input in creating their newest exhibit “Detroit Decides: Our Most Celebrated Buildings.” Whether it’s the Penobscot...
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‘Detroit Resurgent’ Exhibit On Display At MSU
EAST LANSING (WWJ/AP) - A collection of portraits and stories from Detroit’s workforce is going on display at the Michigan State University Museum. “Detroit Resurgent” is a collection of 62...
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Curators Offer Show Of Support For Detroit Institute Of Arts
DETROIT (AP) - The Association of Art Museum Curators plans to hold its annual conference in Detroit as a show of support for the Detroit Institute of Arts, which is having some items in its collection...
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Pinball Machines Get New Home, Life In Museum
GREEN OAKS TOWNSHIP (WWJ) – Calling all pinball wizards! There’s a new place where you can play your favorite games all weekend long. It’s safe to say Clay Harrell has a “thing” for pinball machines,...
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Closed Part Of Michigan Prison Opening As Museum
BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Part of the former Southern Michigan Correctional Facility in the Jackson area is opening to the public on Saturday as a home for history. The Ella Sharp Museum of Art...
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Saturday Is Free Family Day At Detroit Children’s Museum
DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Children’s Museum is hosting a free family day and Detroit Public Schools enrollment fair this weekend. Children between the ages of 4 and 10 and their families will be able...
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South Carolina May Pay $5M For Confederate Flag Display
By JEFFREY COLLINS/Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Taxpayers may be shelling out more than $5 million for a new Confederate flag display at a museum. A proposal given initial approval Thursday...
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Ancient Elk Bones Returned To Michigan Museum After 32 Years
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) – An ancient elk’s skull and antlers that were found and stolen in Woodhull Township more than 30 years ago have been returned. The Argus-Press reports that an anonymous person...
View ArticleFree DIA Admission For Detroit Residents On Sunday
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit residents can get free admission to the Detroit Institute of Arts this Sunday. The DIA wants to thank its patrons for their support of the museum’s Inside Out program. DIA...
View ArticleAretha Franklin Exhibit Debuts At The Charles H. Wright Museum
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit museum that hosted Aretha Franklin’s public visitations after her death is again holding space for her — this time with an exhibit featuring photographs, videos and the red...
View ArticleDetroit’s Motown Museum Expansion Gets $500K Boost Thanks To DTE Energy
DETROIT (AP) — The Motown Museum’s expansion plans are getting a $500,000 boost. The grant from the DTE Energy Foundation was announced Monday by Robin Terry, CEO and chairwoman of the museum . The...
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