Meadow Brook Hall executive director William Matt shares recent updates and developments related to the construction, renovation, and interpretive focus happening at MBH in 2023. This program is free and open to the public. Bring a lunch and a friend! Registration required.
Meet three Patriot Players from America's Colonial past - Ben Franklin, Paul Revere, and Sybil Ludington. Hear each tell their story of the roles they played in helping America to become America. Larissa Fleishman has been a living historian for about 20 years and has worked at Greenfield Village as a historic costumed presenter for […]
To highlight Women's History Month, Lori Miller of the Oakland History Center will discuss the life and times of Eliza Seaman Leggett (1815 – 1900). Leggett was an American suffragist and abolitionist who is buried in Pontiac’s Oak Hill Cemetery. The abolition of slavery was one of Mrs. Leggett's passions. She worked with noted abolitionists, […]
Join RAHS for the 29th Antique Appraisal Day on April 2 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm. Appraisers will be available to provide verbal-only appraisals of your antique treasurers. A full list of appraisers will be posted soon! Take photos of larger items and bring them to […]
** Due to the presenter's scheduling conflict, this program has been rescheduled from Nov. 3 to April 6** Brian Egen joins RAHS to present on his experiences in making the movie, Gettysburg, in which he had a speaking role alongside actor Jeff Daniels. The movie was made on the actual Gettysburg battlefield and in and […]
Gary Gillette of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium will discuss the history of the Negro baseball leagues in Detroit and Hamtramck, as well as the story of Hamtramck Stadium. This program is free and open to the public. Please register for this program.
Oakland Township Historical Society and the Rochester-Avon Historical Society invite you to join us on our annual joint field trip! Let's all meet at Trini & Carmen's, O, Waterford, for lunch on your own at 11:30 am, then on to Oak Hill Cemetery for a 1:30 p.m. tour with Mike McGuiness, executive director of the […]
RAHS is pleased to be a part of the Greater Rochester Heritage Days Festival! Come see us at our booth both days. For more information about the festival, visit rochesterheritagedays.org. RAHS needs volunteers to help us keep the booth staffed on both days. Most shifts are two hours long. You will help staff the booth […]
RAHS is pleased to be a part of the Greater Rochester Heritage Days Festival! Come see us at our booth both days. For more information about the festival, visit rochesterheritagedays.org. RAHS needs volunteers to help us keep the booth staffed on both days. Most shifts are two hours long. You will help staff the booth […]
Join RAHS members to walk in this year’s Memorial Day Parade. Help hold signs honoring and thanking our veterans! Accommodations may be made to ride in a car. Please let us know if you’d like to join us by sending an email to: rahsupdates@gmail.com by May 15. For more information about the parade, visit rrc-mi.com/memorial-day.