Summer Exhibit: The Underground Railroad in Michigan Exhibit

Summer Exhibit: The Underground Railroad in Michigan Exhibit

July – August
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, 10am-3pm
Thursday, 10am-7pm

Included with General Admission
THS Members: FREE
Non-members: $7/Adult, $5/Senior, $5/Youth 6-17
Children under 6: Free

Click here to reserve your admission tickets. Walk-ins are also welcome!

Michigan has deep ties the Underground Railroad and the anti-slavery movement. The movement was complex and peopled showed their support in a variety of ways. Take a walk around the Village to learn about how Michigan played a vital role in the anti-slavery movement and how the landscape of Michigan changed after slavery was abolished.

The exhibit includes research completed by Village staff and includes posters in all of our buildings. You can experience this exhibit by purchasing General Admission to the Village.

Guest Exhibit: The Underground Railroad in Oakland County Exhibit

July – August
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday, 10am-3pm
Thursday, 10am-7pm

FREE (No General Admission Ticket required)

Come see six exhibit panels that are the result of “The Oakland County Underground Railroad Project,” a multi-community public history project to research and provide access to evidence-based local Underground Railroad history led by The Birmingham Museum and Oakland County Historical Commission, funded in part by Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts.

These six panels will be available for the public to view for FREE in our Main Building. When you arrive, please check-in with a staff member before going to view the panels.

Related Programs

• Tuesday July 15, 6pm - Midnight: Detroit & the Underground Railroad by Billy Wall-Winkel, Field Curator at Detroit Historical Society
• Thursday August 7, 6pm, - Unlikely Conductors: The Role of Indigenous People in the Underground Railroad by Heather Bruegl, Curator of Political and Civic Engagement at The Henry Ford

The summer exhibit and related programs are supported by Troy Community Foundation.