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 http://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