#specialexhibits

Not that archivists like museums or anything, but if you’re looking for history, art, or science museums, Detroit and the surrounding area has a variety to choose from.

In addition to their permanent exhibits here are some Detroit area museums with special exhibits during MAC 2019:

Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202

·         From Camelot to Kent State: Pop Art, 1960-1975

·         Ruben & Isabel Toledo: Labor of Love

·         Extraordinary Eye, Extraordinary Gift: The Legacy of Margaret Herz Demant

 Charles H Wright Museum 315 E Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

·         Slavery At Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty     

·         Music and Saints: The Art of Jerome Wright

      Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit 4454 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201

·         Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces 1966-1976

·         Parallels and Peripheries

·         Useless Utility

·         Gradient Colors

 Michigan Science Center 5020 John R St, Detroit, MI 48202

·         Sun, Earth, Universe

 Arab American National Museum 13624 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI 48126

The Far Shore: Navigating     Homelands

 Cranbrook Institute of Science 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801

·         Doom of the Dinosaurs: Are We Next?

 Cranbrook Art Museum 39221 Woodward Ave Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303 

·         Wild Vinyl: Designer Art Toys

·         The Beach Detroit

·         Daniel Arsham, The Source: A Catalog of Late-20th-Century American Relics

 Detroit Historical Museum 5401 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202

·         Detroit 67: Perspectives

·         Aretha

·         American Black Journal

 Here are some other museums to check out:

·         Motown Museum, 2648 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208

·         Tuskegee Airmen National Museum, 6325 W Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48209

·         Dossin Great Lakes Museum, 100 The Strand, Detroit, MI 48207

·         Belle Isle Aquarium, 3, Inselruhe Ave, Detroit, MI 48207

·         Belle Isle Conservatory, 900 Inselruhe Ave, Detroit, MI 48207

·         The Henry Ford, 20900 Oakwood Blvd. Dearborn, MI 48124

·         Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Rd, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI 48236

·         Meadowbrook Hall, 350 Estate Drive, Rochester, MI 48309

·         Dearborn Historical Museum, 915 Brady St, Dearborn, MI 48124

·         Holocaust Memorial Center, 28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48334-3738

·         Detroit Public Library Galleria, 5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202      

 Photo source: KM