Exhibits
Spring 2012
Becoming Michigan: From Revolution to Statehood
February 25 - May 5, 2012
Join us at the Lorenzo Cultural Center as we bring the state’s early history to life through a wide range of exhibits, presentations and activities.
Explore the places, people and events that were instrumental in the birthing of the only state in the nation comprised of two distinct peninsulas.
Discover the diverse facets of the state’s early history, beginning with many of the historic events and cultural influences that preceded Michigan’s entry into the Union.
Delve into the issues of the times, including the battle for the control of the Great Lakes, the booming fur trade, and the dissension between Native Americans and early settlers.
Learn about Michigan’s part, including the infamous Surrender of Detroit, in what is sometimes known as the Second American Revolution. The War of 1812 spawned an upsurge in American nationalism and a symbol to support it, The Star Spangled Banner.
And, uncover the role the Toledo War, the nearly bloodless boundary dispute between the State of Ohio and Territory of Michigan, had in propelling Michigan to statehood in January 1837.
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Becoming Michigan Show/Hide Details
Join us at the Lorenzo Cultural Center as we bring the state’s early history to life through a wide range of exhibits, presentations and activities.Explore the places, people and events that were instrumental in the birthing of the only state in the nation comprised of two distinct peninsulas.
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Great Lakes Native Quilting Show/Hide Details
From the Michigan State University Museum
Examines the historical introduction of quilting as well as the contemporary use and meaning of quilts made by Oneida, Odawa, Potawatomi, Ojibwa and Mohawk quiltmakers living in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York and Ontario. Showcases 16 quilts and includes photographs of quilters and quilting activities, biographical sketches of contemporary quilts and four settings that demonstrate use of quilts in Great Lakes Native communities, both historically and today.
Past Exhibits
Michigan's Harvest: Food, Farming and Community
September 24 - November 20, 2011
America's Agricultural Fairs: Educating Community
Tableware from the Detroit Institute of Arts
Michigan Eats: Regional Culture Through Food
Michigan's Harvest
Michigan's Heritage Barns: An Artist's Perspective
The 1950s: Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age
February 26 - May 7, 2011
Atoms for Peace
Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age
American Ingenuity: Embracing the Freedom to Dream
September 25 - November 21, 2010
American Ingenuity
Kites to Kitty Hawk
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future
And Still They Prospered: Living Through the Great Depression
February 27 - May 8, 2010
The Way We Worked
Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry during Depression and War
Clarke Family Quilt Collection
More Than a Game: How Sports Shape Culture
September 16 - November 22, 2009
SuperWomen
The Sixties: A Decade that Defined a Generation
February 28 - May 16, 2009
A Dream Achieved
Bobby, Martin & John: Once Upon an American Dream
Ferry Cross the Mersey: The British Invasion
Michigan Moving Wall
Oh Freedom Over Me
Technicolor Dreaming: Psychedelic Posters
Viola Liuzzo: An Exemplary Woman in Extraordinary Times
A Journey of Hope: Michigan's Immigrant Experience
September 27 - November 23, 2008
America's Heritage: A History of U.S. Immigration
Immigration & Caricature: Ethnic Images from the Appel Collection
A Community between Two Worlds: Arab Americans in Greater Detroit
Michigan's Fight for Freedom: The Civil War Era
February 27 - May 4, 2008
Answering the Call: Captain John C. Hardy
Blue & Gray in Black & White: Michigan and the Civil War in Print
Currency in Conflict: Money of the Civil War
Frederick Douglass from Slavery to Freedom: The Journey to New York City
Great Lakes, Great Stories: Michigan's Maritime Heritage
October 6 - December 2, 2007
Era of Elegance
Great Lakes China
Michigan's Great Lights
Exotic Aquatics of the Great Lakes Region
Life on the Lakes
A Legacy of Service and Courage: The World War II Generation
February - May 2007
The Tuskegee Airmen
Faith & Courage: U.S. Chaplains' Service in WWII
When Humanity Fails
The Anne Frank Story
Michigan Women Who Served in WWII
GRAND OPENING · Science and Space Exploration: Imagining the Future
September - December 2006
Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of American Future
Children's Science Book Fair




