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Detroit: An Art Deco City in the Days of Henry Ford

Neill-Cochran House Museum Study Tour # 21

September 24 - 28, 2025





Karen, Rowena, and I invite you to enjoy the small-group camaraderie of Neill-Cochran House Museum members on a tour designed to explore high points of the history of the Motor City, from unique institutions to Art Deco towers to splendid mansions, including:


Day 1 — Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Welcome lunch at Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village, originally a stagecoach stop

Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Detroit Foundation Hotel (1929), formerly the heart of the Detroit Fire Department


Day 2 — Thursday, September 25, 2025

Fisher Building

Cranbrook Art Museum

Saarinen House

Lunch in Downtown Birmingham

Wright Museum of Black American History & Tuskegee Airmen Museum


Day 3 — Friday, September 26, 2025

Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Detroit Historical Museum

High Tea style at The Whitney, tour grounds and mansion

Detroit Institute of Arts


Day 4 — Saturday, September 27, 2025

Guardian Building

Pewabic Pottery

Lunch at Sinbad's Restaurant & Marina at the mouth of the Detroit River

Hellenic Museum


Day 5 — Sunday, September 28, 2025

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

Farewell Brunch at the Continental Café at the Ford House with a fantastic view of Lake St. Clair






You are welcome to express your interest via email to the NCHM’s travel planner, 

Barbara Newey, Art Wise TX: barbara@artwisetx.com



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