http://stateparkinformation.com/topic/detroit-historical-society2010-06-16T06:15:22Z2010-06-16T06:15:22ZAP Featurestag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-06-16:/museums/event-great-lakes-museum-new-exhibits-964973a/

<div id="subtitle">Event at <a title="Dossin Great Lakes Museum" href="/topic/Dossin+Great+Lakes+Museum" >Dossin Great Lakes Museum</a> in <a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >Detroit</a> looks at 2 new exhibits for its 50th year</div><div><p>An event at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit is highlighting two new exhibits at the museum.</p><p><a title="Detroit Historical Society" href="/topic/Detroit+Historical+Society" >Detroit Historical Society</a> Curator Joel Stone on Wednesday is...

2010-03-08T05:15:23ZAP Featurestag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-03-08:/museums/dossin-great-lakes-museum-detroit-marks-50th-865965a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Dossin Great Lakes Museum" href="/topic/Dossin+Great+Lakes+Museum" >Dossin Great Lakes Museum</a> on <a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >Detroit</a>'s Belle Isle kicks off year of 50th anniversary events</div><div><p>The <a title="Detroit Historical Society" href="/topic/Detroit+Historical+Society" >Detroit Historical Society</a> is kicking off a yearlong observance of the 50th anniversary of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum this weekend.</p><p>The events begin Sa...

2010-04-16T16:59:46ZSea Classicstag:stateparkinformation.com,2010-04-16:/museums/detroit-historical-society-170562a/

<div><p>In 1666, the French explorer Rene Robert de la Salle visited <a title="Canada" href="/topic/Canada" >Canada</a>. He discovered the land on which the city of <a title="Detroit" href="/topic/Detroit" >Detroit</a> would would rise. A scene attributed to circa 1680 is preserved in stained-glass that once stood in the Gothic-style smoking lounge of the steamer City of Detroit III, the queen of the Great Lakes luxury steamships in the early 20th century.</p><p>When the age of luxury on the Gre...