Michigan
Wayne County
City of Detroit

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is an historical maritime museum in , . Located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the , this museum places special interest on Detroit's role on national and regional maritime history.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Michigan
  • Address: 100 Strand Drive, Detroit, MI 48207

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belle Isle Conservatory and Belle Isle Aquarium.

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The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is a greenhouse and a botanical garden located on Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park located on the within Detroit, Michigan. is situated 600 feet north of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Public aquarium
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The is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in , . Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn, it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in when it closed on April 3, 2005. is situated 630 feet north of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Building
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The is a bell tower containing an electronic carillon on 's Belle Isle. It is dedicated to peace and named after Nancy Brown, the pseudonym of The Detroit News columnist Mrs. is situated 840 feet west of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Village and Indian Village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Jefferson, Kercheval, Parker, and Seyburn Avenues. Adjacent to the west is the Islandview neighborhood, and adjacent to the east is Indian Village. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded to the north and south by Mack Avenue and East Jefferson Avenue, respectively, along the streets of Burns, Iroquois, and Seminole. is situated 2 miles north of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located east of . It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. is situated 2½ miles west of Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Latitude
42.3346° or 42° 20′ 5″ north
Longitude
-82.98549° or 82° 59′ 8″ west
Elevation
574 feet (175 metres)
Levels
1
Open location code
86JV82M7+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107205459
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4991056
Wiki­data ID
Q5299316
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