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Last Tour begins at 5:00pm.

We are closed on New Years Day, Memorial Day, Easter Sunday, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve.

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Motown Museum is the beating heart of the extraordinary Motown legacy—a destination that brings together people and ideas from different generations, and celebrates the past while simultaneously building a bridge to the future.

About Motown Museum

To ensure our vast collection maintains public visibility, and to keep things fresh for our guests, Motown Museum changes its main gallery exhibit 1-2 times per year. Here is what’s currently showing at our museum.

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Motown Museum transports you into an era of musical magic. From the moment you step on the plaza, you’ll be immersed in the Motown sound and will experience a profound sense of history.

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Hitsville NEXT Programs

Our uniquely curated community programs emphasize education, entrepreneurship and equity—with experiences, mentoring and exposure that nurtures and elevates tomorrow’s history makers. Museum programs cultivate creativity and entrepreneurship in budding talent, allowing great art, big ideas and innovation to flourish.

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Lyric Project

9 - 12 Grade | June 17 – 27

Lyric Project is a two-week workshop that helps students learn about songwriting, music production, and communicating powerful and authentic emotions through music...

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Ignite Summer Camp

9 - 12 Grade | July 8 - 18

Ignite is a two-week program designed for high school-aged singers who want to take their musical talents to the next level...

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Spark Summer Camp

6 – 8 Grade | August 5 - 15

For middle-school students passionate about music, we offer Spark, a day camp that helps students write and perform music together...

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Events

From memorable galas and concert performances, to community celebrations and educational programs, we host a range of special events throughout the year.

AMPLIFY: The Sound of Detroit Grand Finale Returns

May 4th, 2025

Sound Board inside MotorCity Casino

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Private Events

Interested in hosting your own event at Motown?

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Motown Legacy

As an irresistible force of social and cultural change, the legendary Motown portfolio made its mark not just on the music industry, but society at large, with a signature Motown Sound that has become one of the most significant musical accomplishments and stunning success stories of the 20th century.

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Like many other African Americans in the early 20th century, Berry Gordy, Sr. and his wife, Bertha Fuller Gordy, came North from Georgia to find a better life for themselves and their family.

Gordy Family

Motown is an extended family of some of the most iconic and influential artists, musicians and songwriters of our time. Brought together by destiny through their love for making music, they found themselves making history.

Motown Artists

The culmination of years of planning, hard work and generous contributions from dedicated donors, the highly anticipated, $50 million Motown Museum expansion project will grow the museum campus to a 50,000-square-foot world-class entertainment and education tourist destination.

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When you contribute to the Motown Museum, you become part of a rich musical and cultural legacy. We are a 501(c)(3) not for profit, tax-exempt organization in Detroit.

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🎙️ Saturdays at 2pm ET: Live From Motown Museum on SiriusXM's Smokey Soul Town (ch. 74)

Heard it through the Grapevine

Browse the latest news, announcements and press releases surrounding Motown Museum and our lineup of Detroit programming and events.

Gladys Knight Recognized at the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

December 2022

Seven-time Grammy Award®-winner and Motown alumna Gladys Knight has been recognized for her lifetime artistic achievements at the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors.

Perseverance Leads to Impact

December 2022

Why are Smokey Robinson and Otis Williams hanging out with the next generation of artists and entrepreneurs at Motown Museum?

Spotlight on CEO Robin Terry & Motown Museum’s $55 million expansion

December 2022

Robin Terry, Chairwoman & CEO of Motown Museum was featured on Spotlight on the News with Chuck Stokes.

Holiday Gifts from the Motown Store Featured on Local News

November 2022

Unique holiday gift ideas from the Motown Museum Store!

Music Icons Jam in Studio A

November 2022

This November, we welcomed a king, an actor, and a man with a clock to Studio A.

Weekends on Rocket Plaza Recap

November 2022

Now that the leaves are falling and colder weather is just around the corner, the events on Motown Museum’s Rocket Plaza are coming to a close for the season.