Save the date event of the season! Our Historical Society Gala & Auction is happening November 2nd at the historic Wisner School. Tickets are $40 per person, or $70 per couple. Purchase tickets here. It will feature a strolling dinner, silent auction, and live auction. We are currently accepting program advertisements and auction donations! Get tickets to the event
Join us as we discuss the history of the Salem Witch Trials. More details to follow, but please check our facebook page for the most recent updates.
Robert Dustman joins us to discuss his latest book. More details to follow, but please check our facebook page for the most recent updates.
Join us as we discuss the ghosts of the Wisner Mansion! More details to follow, but please check our facebook page for the most recent updates.
Join us for our annual Karpinski & McGuinness Halloween celebration! This year will be at the Historical Society, both indoors and outdoors and family friendly. Free admission and free onsite parking. Costumes are optional, but a good time is mandatory! If you’re willing please bring a dish to pass and a contribution for the Historical Society. This is a great time during the dynamic Hauntiac season.
One of the most fascinating stories in Michigan’s history: The Eastern Michigan Asylum for the Insane, later Pontiac State Hospital, later Clinton Valley Center. This massive Pontiac complex was tragically demolished in 2000, but the stories remain. Author Bruce Annett will present — all are welcome and encouraged to share their perspectives and ask questions. Admission is free. Cash bar available.
We’ll be learning about the Northern Oakland County Branch NAACP and their history as they approach one hundred years, with Branch President Stephanie Spears Boothe speaking with us at the Historical Society October 9th. She will be sharing perspectives on this local branch and the African American experience in northern Oakland County through the generations. All are welcome and encouraged to share their perspectives and ask questions. Admission is free
This year’s Heritage Conference will provide communities with ideas and strategies to tell their stories. Stories that can be leveraged to attract more visitors and enrich your community’s sense of place for residents and businesses. Methods, techniques and the role story telling plays in keeping the heritage of important people, places and events alive for future generations will be profiled. As 2020 ushers in Oakland County’s Bicentennial, the conference provides
Tom will be presenting a slide show of the history of the Confederate States postal system during the Civil War. At first the South used pre-war postage stamps and local provisionals. By June 1861 the System had become centralized in Richmond for the duration of the War. Tom will present the postage in chronological order as they were issued and the particulars behind each stamp. Admission $7.00, light refreshments are
Join us at the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society on September 7 for our MEMBERS ONLY Patriot Week Academy! Saturday, September 7th from 9:30am – 11:30am. The event will begin with a welcome and introduction to the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society. Our lesson for the Academy this year will cover the Constitution…where it ALL began! We will teach about the Constitution through interactive games and group discussion.