Exhibits
Upcoming Exhibits
American Ingenuity: Embracing the Freedom to Dream
September 25 - November 21, 2010
The Lorenzo Cultural Center explores the themes of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship, showcasing through visuals and artifacts the creativity of those who innovate and the impact of their work.
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American Ingenuity Show/Hide Details
Explores the themes of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship, showcasing through visuals and artifacts the creativity of those who innovate and the impact of their work.
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Kites to Kitty Hawk Show/Hide Details
From the Drachen Foundation
In celebration of flight, this exhibit chronicles the kites and their inventors in the movement toward the goal of man-powered flight, from the early pioneers in Europe and the United States through the Wright Brothers and their first flight at Kitty Hawk.
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Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future Show/Hide Details
From the Smithsonian Institution's Museum on Main Street Program
Provides a unique view, focusing on popular culture and technology, of how Americans of the late 19th and 20th centuries envisioned the future. Produced in partnership with the National Museum of American History, under the direction of curators Joseph J. Corn, Stanford University, and Brian Horrigan, Minnesota Historical Society. This project was made possible through the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Hearst Foundation.
Past Exhibits
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 Coummunity 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
Febrary - 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
