WE ARE OPEN!

Thank you to everyone for your unwavering support of the Charles H. Wright Museum during our unanticipated shutdown! We are taking reservations and all programs will resume as normal.

Experience The Wright

Where history's well within reach.

  • July is National Black Family Month!

    All month long, we encourage the enrichment of families through education, health, and self-improvement; this observance also encourages us to support our loved ones, to reflect with one another, and to invest in and inspire the next generation.
    Explore the observation

  • African World Festival is August 20-22, 2021!

    Save the date for Detroit's largest celebration of African diasporic culture! Each year, over 100,000 visitors journey to the grounds of The Wright for food, fashion, music and dance performances, workshops, and more...
    Learn more

  • "Enshrined: Presence + Preservation" is on display

    This exhibition, featuring dozens of works of art by Detroit native Mario Moore, demonstrates his commitment to celebrating those who are within reach—presenting their labor and their leisure. He encourages us to question who is deserving of portraiture and thus preservation.
    Schedule your timed entry

  • Coming Soon: Camp Africa begins this July

    Registration for our annual Camp Africa is open!
    Sign up
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Michelle Obama, attorney, author and former First Lady
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Langston Hughes, poet and playwright
Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.
Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut

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