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  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 10am-6pm
  • Thursday: 10am-6pm
  • Friday: 10am-6pm
  • Saturday: 10am-6pm
  • Sunday: 10am-6pm

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.

Current Exhibit

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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Ignite Summer Camp
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Ignite Summer Camp


9 - 12 Grade | July 9 - 19

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 6 - 16

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.

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Motown MIC: The Spoken Word Competition Grand Finale


September 20, 2024

The Cube, Detroit

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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.

Expansion

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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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Museum Hours

  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 10am-6pm
  • Thursday: 10am-6pm
  • Friday: 10am-6pm
  • Saturday: 10am-6pm
  • Sunday: 10am-6pm
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🎙️ Saturdays at 2pm ET: Live From Motown Museum on SiriusXM's Smokey Soul Town (ch. 74)

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Ignite Summer Camp

9 - 12 Grade | July 9 - 19

Ignite Summer Camp

Program Dates

July 9 - 19

Program Time

9AM - 4PM

Age Range

9 - 12 Grade

Program Location

Histville NEXT Campus

Application Deadline

July 3rd

Program Details

Ignite is a two-week program designed for high school-aged singers who want to take their musical talents to the next level. Our expert instructors will help you develop your songwriting, music production, and performance skills through collaborative performances, group lessons, and workshops tailored to your artistic journey. 

Example of Workshops during Camp:

  • Vocal Technique Development 
  • Stage Presence 
  • Defining your Artist Identity 
  • Record your own Music 
  • Artistic Collaboration 
  • Songwriting Development 
  • Create your own Music Video 

Eligibility

  • Open to High School singers completing grades 8-12 in the year prior to the summer camp 
  • Singers with at least 1-2 years of experience 

Application Checklist

  • Complete the online application form using Acceptd 

Your application must include: 

  • 1-minute personal statement video that shares with us who you are as an artist, what your goals are as an singer, and why you desire admission into the Hitsville NEXT Summer Camp: Ignite 
  • Most recent school report card that shows your name, grade and school

Admission Notification

Application Deadline for all materials to be submitted is July 3rd. 

Review, admission, and notification for applications will be on a rolling basis. Space is limited. Admissions decisions will not be given by phone.


Admitted campers will be provided a full scholarship to attend this program thanks to the generous support of:

Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Amazon Skillman Foundation

With additional support from:

  • MACC
  • Erb Foundation
  • Kresge Foundation
  • DTE Energy foundation
  • Hudson-Webber Foundation
  • Elaine Stern Foundation
  • Madeleine & Mandell L Berman Foundation
  • Detroit Memorial Park Foundation
  • Sony Music Publishing

FAQs

I am going into 9th grade this year, can I participate in the program?

The curriculum framework for the Ignite Summer camp is research-based and developmentally appropriate and is therefore only open to young adults that are completing grades 9-12 in the year prior to the summer workshop. Youth who are younger are encouraged to check out our Spark Summer Camp.

I HAVE TO MISS A FEW DAYS OF CAMP; CAN I STILL ATTEND? 

Because of the nature of this being a performance-based collaborative program, unfortunately participants will need to be available for every day of camp in order to attend.  

ARE PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED TO BE FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS? 

All activities will follow local social distancing and other COVID-19 guidelines and CDC recommendations. Our Museum programs are not currently restricted to those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Motown Museum continues to monitor the situation and will keep students informed of any changes to requirements. Note that regardless of vaccination status, students should anticipate that there will continue to be COVID-19 related restrictions and students will be required to adhere to all rules and regulations throughout their program. For more information visit our Safety Measures page. 

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