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Videos: See What the Detroit Historical Museum Delivers in Detroit '67: Perspectives

June 23, 2017, 1:46 PM by  Alan Stamm

Two years of contributions by scholars, community members, exhibit designers and nonprofit groups go on view Saturday when the Detroit Historical Museum opens an attention-grabbing review of a summer that shook Detroit and still shapes it.

Admission to an interactive, high-impact presentation titled Detroit '67: Perspectives is free this weekend and next week. Timed entry tickets are available Saturday and Sunday, starting at 10 a.m.


A portion of the museum's new displays.
(Detroit Historical Society photo)

"Tickets are limited to ensure a quality experience and to prevent overcrowding," says the museum, located in the Cultural Center at 5401 Woodward Ave.

Opening weekend events include performances, films, discussions and family activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. A schedule is here

Brown-bag lunch discussions, curator chats and other events next Monday through Friday are listed here. Timed tickets won't be issued, though entry still will be limited when galleries fill.

At the end of this article are a brief promotional video and another with three minutes of interview excerpts. 


Twitter photo by Ellice Engdahl

The museum also posts this description of its two-year project:

From the hundreds of oral histories in our archive, the assistance and input of our many partners and the latest historical scholarship, we have developed the Detroit 67: Perspectives exhibition to allow visitors to better understand the events of July 1967, what led up to them, where we are today and how to connect to efforts moving Detroit forward.

Detroit 67: Perspectives begins by looking at the complex, compounding factors that took place across metropolitan Detroit during the 50 years prior to 1967, followed by a review of the unrest that occurred between July 23 and Aug. 1, 1967.

Next, the exhibition explores the past 50 years up to the present day, detailing the progress we have made as well the setbacks we have encountered.

The exhibition narrative concludes by offering a perspective on what lies ahead and will challenge the community to use what we have learned in the past 100-plus years to help create a future for Detroit filled with unparalleled promise and opportunity.

Detroit 67: Perspectives has been developed in close collaboration with numerous scholars and subject matter experts. In addition to core cultural and nonprofit partners like the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, New Detroit, and the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, we have enlisted noted academicians, authors, and community leaders to help guide our effort.


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