NCHM Study Tour #21: Detroit

An Art Deco City in the Times of Henry Ford
Thursday-Sunday, September 24-28, 2025

Travel Info

Group size limited; express your interest to Barbara Newey/ArtWiseTX at barbara@artwisetx.com.

This tour is designed for members of the NCHM. New memberships are welcome from anyone interested in our travels.

Itinerary

Day 1: Wednesday, September 24: TRAVEL
Flight: Delta #559 Depart AUS 9:15AM - arr. DTW 1:!5PM
LUNCH: Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village, originally a stagecoach stop (1831)
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
CHECK-IN: Detroit Foundation Hotel (1929)
Evening Free

Day 2: Thursday, September 265:
Fisher Building (40-story office tower designed by Albert Kahn, 1928)
Cranbrook Art Museum (1930)
Saarinen House (Eliel Saarinen, 1930)
LUNCH in Downtown Birmingham
Wright Museum of Black American History & Tuskegee Airmen Museum
Evening Free

Day 3: Friday, September 26
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament (Neo-Gothic, designed by Henry A. Walsh, 1930)
Detroit Historical Museum
LUNCH: The Whitney, including grounds and mansion (1894)
Detroit Institute of Arts (1927): collections and free time
Evening Free

Day 4: Saturday, September 27
Guardian Building (1929)
Pewabic Pottery (1903)
LUNCH: Sinbad’s Restaurant & Marina at the mouth of the Detroit River
Hellenic Museum
Evening Free

Day 5: Sunday, September 29
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House (1927)
FAREWELL BRUNCH: Continental Café
Transfer to airport
Flight: Delta #1612 Departs DTW 3:55pm, Arrives AUS 6:02pm

Registration

COST per person will include: 4 nights hotel, breakfast daily, chartered ground transportation, all museum admissions, gratuities, 5 lunches, commentary throughout from Rowena Dasch, NCHM Executive Director and Karen Pope, Art inSight Adventures in Art History; airfare additional,

All arrangements by ARTWISE: barbara@artwisetx.com. Group Size limited to 20 NCHM Members

History of the NCHM Study Tours

Founded by NSCDA-TX President Mary Etzold in 2005, the NCHM study tours feature itineraries rich in architectural history, particularly historic house museums, enriching the travelers’ perspectives on the achievements and challenges of NCHM and sister historic properties; special events including receptions with Dames in other states; special exhibitions; offerings in the performing arts; and general sightseeing; historic hotels, chartered transportation, fine dining; groups limited to 20 per tour. These tours have cemented good friendships among travelers and sustained support for the NCHM.

NCHM 1. Chicago 2005
“Art and the Artful House in a Great American City"

NCHM 2. Philadelphia 2006
“Franklin and Philadelphia: Citizen of Two Worlds"

NHCM 3. Virginia 2007
“Historic Homes & Gardens of Virginia: Jamestown 400 and American History"

NCHM 4. Hudson River 2008
“Great Houses of the Hudson River"

NCHM 5. Baltimore 2009
"Baltimore & Annapolis: Art & History around the Chesapeake"

NCHM 6. Washington DC 2010
"Hidden Treasures: Women & the Arts in Our Nation’s Capital"

NCHM 7. BOSTON 2011
“Art and History in the Cradle of Liberty"

NCHM 8. NEWPORT 2012
"Gilded Age by the Narragansett Bay"

NCHM 9. Chicago 2013
"Bastille Day on Lake Michigan: Fashion & French Art"

NCHM 10. Falling Waters (F. L. Wright, Pittsburgh to Niagara) 2014

NCHM 11. Charleston 2015
“Lowcountry Charm in the South"

NCHM 12. Portland (Oregon) 2016
“Portland, the Columbia, and the Landscape of Lewis & Clark"

NCHM 13. New England 2017
"Granite & Green Mountains: Art & History Up East"

NCHM 14. Hudson River 2018
“Great Houses of the Hudson River"

NCHM 15. North Carolina 2019
“Art & Historic Houses, Tidewater to the Blue Ridge"

NCHM 16. Savannah 2020
“History & Architecture in Georgia’s Oldest City"

NHM 17. SUMMER INTERLUDE, 2021: “Galveston, the Oleander City”

NHM 18. The Berkshires, 2023
”History, Art, and the Mystique of the Berkshires”

NCHM 19. Tulsa and Northwest Arkansas, 2024
”Into the Woods: American Art and History”

NCHM 20. Seattle, 2024
“Exploring the Emerald City, Queen of the Far Northwest”