More Than Just a Building: 50 Years of Archives, Architecture, & Community

More Than Just a Building: Celebrating 50 Years of Archives, Architecture, and Community

Join Preservation Detroit and the Walter P. Reuther Library for a special evening marking two milestone anniversaries: 50 years since the founding of Preservation Detroit and the opening of the Walter P. Reuther Library building.

Explore the intersection of architecture, archives, and community memory through a behind-the-scenes tour of the Reuther Library, a look into Preservation Detroit’s own archival records, and a dynamic panel conversation on the theme “More Than Just a Building.”

Discover how buildings, especially those that house our history, shape the stories we tell, preserve our past, and inspire our future.

This free public event is open to all history buffs, architecture lovers, community members, and anyone curious about Detroit’s rich legacy of preservation and progress.

Come celebrate 50 years of history, vision, and the spaces that make it all possible.

🎤 Highlights Include:
• Guided tour of the Reuther Library archives
• Special showing of Preservation Detroit's archival materials
• Panel discussion on the role of archives and architecture in preserving collective memory