Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History
Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History is a museum in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Halsted Hill stands 297 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Michigan Science Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail runs past it. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (The Wright) is a museum of African-American history and culture located in Detroit, Michigan. Located in the city's Midtown Cultural Center, The Wright is one of the world's oldest and largest independent African-American museums and holds the world's largest permanent collection of African-American culture. Holding a collection of more than 35,000 artifacts, The Wright's current 125,000-square-foot museum opened as the largest museum in the world dedicated to African-American history. With over 50,000 visits in 2024, it is considered one of the top tourist destinations in the city. The Wright, whose exhibits include Underground Railroad documents and letters from Malcolm X and Rosa Parks, has also hosted memorial events for Parks, former Detroit mayor Coleman Young, Aretha Franklin, and former U.S. Representatives John Conyers Jr. and Barbara-Rose Collins who lay in state in the museum's rotunda in 2005, 1997, 2018, 2019, and 2021, respectively. Additionally, The Wright is the current home of The National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen. It also produces the African World Festival—one of the largest festivals dedicated to celebrating the food, fashion, music, and dance cultures of the diaspora.
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Dates from 1965.
Wikidata Q5078673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Michigan Science Center: 0.1 mi
- Hellenic Museum of Michigan: 0.3 mi
- First Congregational Living Museum: 0.3 mi
- Detroit Historical Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit: 0.4 mi
- Peck Park: 0.2 mi
- CCS Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Woodward and Warren Park: 0.3 mi
- Reuther Mall: 0.4 mi
- Fountain Court: 0.5 mi
- Mozarabe: 0.2 mi
- Hip and Stone: 0.2 mi
- Bowl with Folds: 0.2 mi
- The Thinker: 0.2 mi
- Reflector: 0.9 mi
- Robert Pauli Scherer: 0.3 mi
- Detroit Association of Women's Clubs: 0.3 mi
- Lewis College of Business: 0.3 mi
- Omega Psi Phi: 0.3 mi
- Thompson Home: 0.4 mi
- Fox Office Building: 1.5 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 1.7 mi
- American Coney Island: 2.0 mi
- Lafayette Coney Island: 2.0 mi
- Heidelberg Project: 2.0 mi
- Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Bauervic Woods Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Horsetail Woods: 12.2 mi
- Quickstad Park: 12.4 mi
- Hunters Lane Woods: 12.8 mi
- Art Center Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- North Cass Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Frontier Garden: 1.1 mi
- Marston Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Plum Street Market Garden: 1.6 mi
- PlayVenture picnic site: 9.4 mi
- Main picnic site: 9.4 mi
- Main Picnic Grove: 9.4 mi
- Otter picnic site: 9.4 mi
- Wolverine picnic site: 9.6 mi
- Belle Isle Beach: 4.3 mi
- Hipster Beach: 5.4 mi
- Crescent Sail Club Beach (Private): 9.4 mi
- Little Beach: 9.5 mi
- Accretion Beach: 9.6 mi
- Mt Tom: 16.6 mi
- Halsted Hill: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halsted Hill | WNW 299° | 297 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mt Tom | NW 313° | 257 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:08 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:18 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Detroit City AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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