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
"The Story of the People Who Built and
Used Boats on the Great Lakes," Michigan
Maritime Museum, South Haven
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 July 25:
"On the Road: Art and the Automobile" and
"Art and Sports: Images to Herald the
Olympic Games," Kresge Art Museum,
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Through Sept. 1:
"The Car and the Camera: The Detroit
School of Automotive Photography," Public
Museum of Grand Rapids
Opening Sept. 7:
"Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of
Culture," Museum of Art, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor
"Produce for Victory: Posters on the
American Home Front, 1941-45," Wm.
Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba**
Sept. 19-Nov. 16:
"Panoramas of Passage: Changing
Landscapes of South Africa," Flint
Institute of Arts, Flint
"Symbols of Rites and Rituals: The Justice
and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams Collection of
Artifacts from West Africa and the
Equatorial Forest," Flint Institute of Arts,
Flint
"The Jews of Ethiopia," Sloan Museum,
Flint
Sept. 20-Nov. 1:
"The African Skies," Longway
Planetarium, Flint
Through September:
"From Her Heart to Her Hands," Plymouth
Historical Museum, Plymouth
Opening Nov. 6:
"Produce for Victory: Posters on the
American Home Front, 1941-45," Tri-Cities Historical Museum, Grand Haven**
Through Fall, 1998:
"Nda Maamawigaami: Together We Dance"
Contemporary Great Lakes Pow Wow
Regalia, Nokomis Learning Center,
Okemos
Opens in December:
"Arab Americans in Greater Detroit: A
Community Between Two Worlds," Detroit
Historical Museum, Detroit**
Through Jan. 5:
"Common Bonds," Holland Museum,
Holland
Opening Jan. 5:
"Produce for Victory: Posters on the
American Home Front, 1941-45," Alpena
Public Library/Otsego County Library,
Alpena and Gaylord
Calendar-July
JULY 12:
Culture: Continuity and Change
Chautauqua Presenter Thomas Scheidt,
Henriette Branch - Jackson District Library,
Pleasant Lake**
Heritage Boat Gathering, Michigan
Maritime Museum, South Haven
JULY 12-13:
"French Heritage Days," Father
Marquette National Memorial, St. Ignace
JULY 14-19:
Museum Week 1997, Beaver Island
Historical Society, Beaver Island
JULY 17:
"A Taste of History," Henry Ford Museum
& Greenfield Village, Dearborn
JULY 19:
Ojibwa Pow Wow, Sugar Island
Culture: Continuity and Change
Chautauqua Presenter Allen Pifer, 8
p.m., Upper Tahquamenon Falls State
Park, Paradise**
"Sawdust Days," Hartwick Pines
Lumbering Museum, Grayling
JULY 24:
Teacher History Workshop, Walker
Tavern, Cambridge Junction
JULY 28:
"Teaching Law and Citizenship"
seminar, Michigan State University, East
Lansing
JULY 27-AUG. 22:
"The Arab World and the West" study
program, Center of Middle Eastern and
North African Studies, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor (NEH)
Calendar-August
AUG. 2:
"The ABCs of Collections Care"
workshop, Detroit Historical Museum,
Detroit
Civil War Encampment, Fort Wilkins
Historic Complex, Copper Harbor
French Heritage Days, Father Marquette
National Memorial, St. Ignace
AUG. 3:
Immigrant Heritage Day, Michigan Iron
Industry Museum, Negaunee
AUG. 5:
Michigan Humanities Council Grant
Writing Workshop, 1-4 p.m., Rare Book
Room, Michigan Library and Historical
Center, Lansing
AUG. 7:
"The ABCs of Collections Care"
workshop, Iron County Historical Museum,
Caspian
AUG. 9:
Fayette Heritage Day, Fayette Historic
Townsite, Garden
AUG. 14-17:
Festival of Michigan Folklife, Michigan
State University, East Lansing
AUG. 16:
Culture: Continuity and Change
Chautauqua Presenters Larry Massie
and Priscilla Massie, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.,
Historic Charlton Park Village, Hastings**
AUG. 17:
"Romancing the Stone: Stories of the
Petroglyphs and Native Americans,"
Sanilac Petroglyphs, Bad Axe
AUG. 18:
"Mapping of the Great Lakes" Lake
Lore Program, Michigan Maritime
Museum, South Haven
AUG. 22:
Festival of Native American Culture,
Museum of Ojibwa Culture, St. Ignace
AUG. 23:
"Reliving History: Civil War Muster,"
Jackson
AUG. 23-24:
MSU American Indian Heritage Pow
Wow, Michigan State University, East
Lansing
AUG. 30: