Quad Anniversary Lecture Series - Free Evening Admission!

2026 marks a rare convergence of milestones: 325 years since Detroit’s first European settlers, 250 years since the founding of the United States, and the 75th and 65th anniversaries of the openings of the Detroit Historical Museum and Dossin Great Lakes Museum.
Join us for a series of evening lectures to celebrate these intersecting anniversaries. On the dates below, the museum will be open from 5-8 pm with FREE admission. Lectures start at 6:30 pm. Find more details and registration at detroithistorical.org/2026
Thursday, 5/28: Detroit in 1776
Bill Pringle, Curator of Collections
Thursday, 6/11: Freedom Confirmed: Pres. Lincoln’s Courage to Create Change
Rodney Deal, VP of Outreach & Education
Thursday, 6/25: Great Fire of 1805 and the Making of Modern Detroit
Jeremy Dimick, Director of Collections & Curatorial
Thursday, 7/23: Stars and Stripes O’er the Strait
Joel Stone, Curator Emeritus
Thursday, 8/6: Skirmish, Siege, and Surrender: Detroit in 1812
Eden Mitchell, WCHP Research Associate
Thursday, 9/3: Midnight: Detroit & the Underground Railroad
Billy Wall-Winkel, Field Curator
Thursday, 9/17: Why 1701?
Lily Chen, Curatorial Coordinator
Thursday, 10/29: College Symposium Night
Student presenters from University of Detroit and Wayne State University