Exhibits in Michigan
Continuing Exhibits: "Furniture City," Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids (NEH)
"Made in America: The History of the American Industrial System," Henry
Ford Museum, Dearborn (NEH)
"Travel 'On the Road' with Charles Kuralt," Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn
"Hitsville USA and The Motown Sound: The Music and the Story," Henry
Ford
Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, and Motown Historical Museum, Detroit (NEH)
"Michigan in the Twentieth Century," Michigan Historical Museum,
Lansing
"Anishinabek: People of This Place." Public Museum of Grand Rapids,
Grand Rapids (NEH)**
"Rally Round the Flags," Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing
"Collecting A-Z: 'A' Is for Autos," Public Museum of Grand Rapids,
Grand
Rapids
"Motor City Exhibition," Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit
"Henry's Story: The Making of an Innovator," Henry Ford Museum &
Greenfield Village, Dearborn
"Selling the Automobile," "Building a Name: The Beginning of Chevrolet"
and "Flint and the American Dream," Alfred P. Sloan Museum, Flint
"Saved By The Light: Michigan's Magnificent Lighthouses," Michigan
Maritime Museum, South Haven
Reopens April 4:
"The Story of the People Who Built and Used Boats on the Great Lakes," Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven
April 13-July 6:
"Swedish Folk Art: All Tradition is Change," Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
Through May 11:
"Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age," Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit (NEH)
Through June 15:
"Women and Gender in Ancient Egypt: From Prehistory to Late Antiquity." Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Through July 13:
"Barns Across Michigan" photo exhibit, Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
Opening July 16:
"Splendors of Ancient Egypt," Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Through Sept. 1:
"The Car and the Camera: The Detroit School of Automotive Photography," Public Museum of Grand Rapids
Through September:
"From Her Heart to Her Hands," Plymouth Historical Museum, Plymouth
Through Fall, 1998:
"Nda Maamawigaami: Together We Dance" Contemporary Great Lakes Pow Wow Regalia, Nokomis Learning Center, Okemos
Calendar-April
APRIL 4:
"Gender, Sexuality and Death in Graeco-Roman Egypt" Women and Gender in
Antiquity Lecture Series, 7 p.m., Angell Hall, U-M, Ann Arbor
APRIL 5:
Michigan Museums Association Collections Care Workshop, Museum of Arts and History, Port Huron
APRIL 7 & 28:
"In Dreamtime" adult reading and discussion program, Carl Sandburg
Branch-Livonia Public Library, Livonia**
APRIL 9:
"America at Mid-Century" adult reading and discussion program, Flint
Public Library, Flint**
APRIL 9-10:
"Striketime" touring dance program, Northeast Michigan Community Foundation, Alpena**
APRIL 10:
"Teachable Moments" from the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide: Lessons of
Hatred and Evil" Educators Workshop, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Wayne State University, Detroit
APRIL 11-12:
"We Did It ... So Can You: The Best Preservation in Michigan" Michigan Historic Preservation Network Conference, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Bay City
"Michigan in Perspective" Local History Conference, McGregor Conference
Center, Wayne State University, Detroit
APRIL 13:
"Swedish Traditions" lecture, Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
APRIL 14:
"Arts & Humanities: Partners at the Threshold of the 21st Century"
Partnership Forum, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Lovett Hall, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn**
Chautauqua Presenter Sandra Hansen, Osceola Public Schools, Dollar
Bay**
Chautauqua Presenter Michael Deren, Sylvan Christian School, Grand
Rapids**
APRIL 15:
DEADLINE: Collaborative Projects in Communities Proposals for Michigan
Humanities Council funding
Chautauqua Presenter Malini Srirama, Bryant Elementary School, Ann
Arbor**
Chautauqua Presenter Terry Wooten, Forest Hills Central Middle School,
Grand Rapids**
APRIL 15, MAY 20 & JUNE 17:
"And the Winner Is..." adult reading and discussion program, Milford Public Library, Milford**
APRIL 16-19:
"Fespaco and Carthage Nights in Michigan: Public Viewings of African Films/Discussions with African Filmmakers," Michigan State University, East Lansing**
APRIL 17:
"Writers Live at the Library - Stuart Dybek," 7 p.m., Noble Branch-Livonia
Public Library, Livonia
APRIL 19:
Michigan Museums Association Collections Care Workshop, Traverse City
"Great Lakes Cement Boats" Lake Lore Program, 7 p.m., Michigan Maritime
Museum, South Haven
APRIL 22:
Chautauqua Presenter Sandra Hansen, Powell Township School, Big Bay**
APRIL 28:
Chautauqua Presenters Project Lakewell, Shiawassee District Library, Owosso**
"Ford Operations in the Upper Peninsula" annual meeting program, Delta
County Historical Society, Highland Golf Club, Escanaba