Detroit Institute of Arts
One of America's great art museums, built around Diego Rivera's 27-panel fresco of Detroit's car factories.
- Open
- Closed Mondays; check the website
- Price
- Free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties; paid for others
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202Google MapsApple Maps
- Getting There
- In Midtown, on the QLine streetcar.
Why Go
Rivera painted 'Detroit Industry' in 1932 and 1933 on the walls of a courtyard, showing workers at Ford's River Rouge plant. The collection of more than 65,000 works runs from ancient Egypt to Van Gogh's self-portrait, the first Van Gogh bought by an American museum.
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