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When we get to a place where no one knows us, we become most ourselves. Venture out, and come alive under the spell of Pure Michigan.
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When you need to feel something real, come to Detroit. Where we are brought alive by the reds, greens, silvers and blues.
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With a rich and diverse offering of exhibits, demonstrations, programs and reenactments, The Henry Ford celebrates yesterday’s traditions as well as today’s innovations. Five distinct attractions at The Henry Ford captivate and inspire visitors of all ages. Spread over more than 90-acres, Greenfield Village comes alive with the unforgettable sights, sounds and settings of America’s past.
Housing one of the largest collections of its kind ever assembled, Henry Ford Museum showcases the people and ideas that have fired our imaginations and changed our lives. At the site where automobile manufacturing as we know it came of age — and continues to define the state-of-the-art today — the Ford Rouge Factory Tour is a firsthand journey into the genius of American manufacturing.
Behind the scenes, the Benson Ford Research Center uses the one-of-a-kind artifacts and resources of The Henry Ford to deepen our understanding of American people, places and things. And on the bigger-than-big screen, The Henry Ford IMAX Theater presents current releases, cinema classics and feature-length documentaries that showcase American popular culture and the American experience in superb, sense-surrounding detail.
Special Exhibit: "With Liberty and Justice for All" - This groundbreaking new exhibit that explores the proud and often painful evolution of American freedom: from the Revolutionary War through the struggle for civil rights. See and hear the past trials, tribulations and triumphs of the enduring spirit of Freedom.
The above Special Exhibit and other galleries will be opened exclusively for our delegates during the Recpetion.
We are pleased to feature our White Pine Glee Club, a local Japanese male chorus that has performed on numerous occasions with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and at famed Carnegie Hall in New York City. Founded in 1999, the vocal group consists of approximately 40 members.
The DIA has been a beacon of culture for the Detroit area for well over a century. Founded in 1885, the museum was originally located on Jefferson Avenue, but, due to its rapidly expanding collection, moved to a larger site on Woodward Avenue in 1927. The new Beaux-Arts building, designed by Paul Cret, was immediately referred to as the "temple of art."
The DIA's collection is among the top six in the United States, comprising a multicultural and multinational survey of human creativity from prehistory through the 21st century. The foundation was laid by William Valentiner, a scholar and art historian from Berlin, who was director from 1924 to 1945 . His extensive contacts in Europe, along with support from generous patrons, enabled him to acquire many important works that established the framework of today's collections. Among the notable acquisitions during his tenure are Mexican artist Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry fresco cycle, which Rivera considered his most successful work, and Vincent Van Gogh's Self Portrait, the first van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum collection.
A hallmark of the DIA is the diversity of the collection. In addition to outstanding American, European, Modern and Contemporary, and Graphic art, the museum holds significant works of African, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, Islamic, and Ancient art. Among these are the masterpiece sculpture Nail Figure from Zaire and a rare Korean Head of Buddha. In 2000, the DIA established the General Motors Center for African American Art as a curatorial department in order to broaden the museum's collection of African American art.
Several of the galleries will be opened exclusively for our delegates, immediately following dinner.
About the DIO
The Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization in Grosse Pointe Park, MI, devoted to matters pertaining to the eye and vision.
The DIO was founded in 1972 by business people and local ophthalmologists to provide the support and tools necessary to enhance independence for the visually impaired and blind; develop career opportunities in the allied health field that will provide better trained, caring ophthalmic technicians; and help provide answers to baffling problems related to the eye and vision through research.
Vision
The Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO) strives to be a world class resource preventing loss of sight; helping lift the burden of the visually impaired, and promoting their independence.
The credo embraced by our staff, Board of Directors, volunteers, foundations, philanthropists and corporate underwriters professes that it is possible to lift a portion of the burden of our fellow man, especially those who suffer from visual loss.
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As part of the General Motors' renovation of the Renaissance Center for its world headquarters, GM created the GM Plaza and Promenade - a spectacular riverfront space that has quickly become a new city gathering spot and signature event venue.
The Fountains are a focal point for fun and frolic for kids both young and old….step into the Ren Cen and enjoy a bite to eat at a variety of their restaurants including Andiamo Riverfront featuring Nothern Italian Cuisine or Seldom Blues Jazz and Supper Club.