Exhibits

Winter 2013

The Gilded Age to the Great War: America at the Turn of the Century

February 23–May 5, 2013
Regular exhibit hours are: Wed.-Sat., 10 am - 4 pm, Sun., 1-4 pm

The Lorenzo Cultural Center examines the social issues, culture and events that moved the country forward into the 20th century. Through artifacts and displays, visitors can explore topics like World War I, the birth of labor unions, segregation, the wealth and philanthropy of industrialists, politics, immigration, art, music and architecture of the time period, and much more.

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  • So I Come To America: Detroit Pre-World War I Immigrants Show/Hide Details

Past Exhibits

Changing Gears: The Birth of American Industry

September 21st – November 18th

Becoming Michigan: From Revolution to Statehood

February 25 - May 5, 2012
  • Becoming Michigan
  • Great Lakes Native Quilting

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

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