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  • Detroit Institute of ArtsDetroit Institute of Arts Detroit, Michigan
    The Detroit Institute of Arts was called the Detroit Museum of Art, and contains one of the biggest and best art collections in the nation. In 2003, it was ranked the second biggest municipally owned museum in the country with a magnificent collection valued at more than $1 billion. Containing over 100 galleries, and covering 677,000 square feet, with a big restoration and enlargement project finished in 2007 that added another 77,000 square feet. The museum building is considered a marvelous architectural creation on its own merits and the original building designed by Paul Cret is now flanked by south and north wings that are covered with white marble. The museum is part of the Cultural Center Historic District and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The first painting that was donated was in 1883 and has grown into a fantastic collection of more than 65,000 pieces. It is an encyclopedic museum, with collections spanning the world from ancient Egyptian relics to contemporary art. The institute also houses the 1150 seat Detroit Film Theater and holds excellent art exhibitions. The American art collection here is believed to be one of the most prominent in the country and have said it is the third best in the nation. Works of American artists were started collecting right after it opened in 1883 and it has become a strong survey of our history, with masterpieces of furniture, sculpture, decorative arts and paintings from the 18th century, 19th century and 20th century with contemporary art American art in all medias being collected as well. Included artists in this spectacular collection are; John James Audubon, Andy Warhol, George Bellows, James McNeill Whistler, George Caleb Bingham, Andrew Wyeth, Alexander Calder, William T. Williams, Mary Cassatt, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Dale Chihuly, Ossawa Tanner, Frederic Edwin Church, Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, Tony Smith, John Singleton Copley, John French Sloan, Leon Dabo, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Thomas Eakins, Paul Revere, Childe Hassam, Frederic Remington, Robert Henri, Sharon Que, Winslow Homer, Hiram Powers, George Inness, Duncan Phyfe, Georgia O'Keefe, Tom Phardel, Charles Wilson Peale and Rembrandt Peale.  And that is just a small listing of the American artists, because there are still the European masters to be included; like Vincent van Gogh, Pieter Bruegal, Jan van Eyck, Claude Monet, Giovanni Bellini, Odilon Redon, Peter Paul Rubens, Edgar Degas, Gerard ter Borch, Eugene Boudin, Albrecht Durer, Henri Matisse, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Eugene Delacroix, Auguste Rodin, Francois Rude, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijin and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. The list goes on and on with many of the best artists in the world, and housed here in one museum that will keep you walking around in a daze for the whole day or more.

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  • Motown Historical MuseumMotown Historical Museum Detroit, Michigan
    Hitsville U.S.A. was the nickname that was given to the Motown Records first recording studios located in Detroit, Michigan, which had been a photographers studio, and bought by Motown founder Berry Gordy in 1959. Borrowing money to buy the studio, former autoworker and songwriter Berry Gordy would convert the former photography studio into one of the greatest recording studios of all time. With such spectacular artists like Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, the Jackson 5, the Four Tops, the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Temptations, Tammi Terrell, the Isley Brothers and Martha and the Vandellas, the studio quickly climbed the ladder of success and fame. The studio was in the back and in the mid 1960s, the West Grand property soon became an annex to the Hitsville building that held the Motown's Jobete Music publishing division and the Golden World studio bought as a second recording studio. The company was so successful that it moved the operations to the Donovan building in downtown Detroit in 1968. After the 12th Street riot, Gordy moved the entire operation to Los Angeles and enlarged his offices there, with recording at the Hitsville U.S.A. place until 1972. The 12th Street Riot would be one of the worst riots in history in this country, and began on the morning of the 23rd of June, 1967. After 5 days, there were 43 people dead, 467 injured, over 7200 arrests made and over 2000 buildings burnt down. Only the 1992 riots of LA have surpassed it. The LA offices were growing and the Detroit offices used little after the move, but Gordy's sister, Esther Gordy Edwards didn't want to move to LA, so she was put in charge of the Detroit office in the Hitsville building, which she proceeded to make over into a museum with all the paraphernalia left over from its glory days. Many believe that the 13 years in Detroit were its greatest, and today the museum is one of the most popular attractions in the city.

January 11, 2011