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  • October 2018

  • Sun 7

    1818 Expedition Presentation – Bloomfield Historical Society

    October 7, 2018 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    Bloomfield Township Public Library 1099 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI, United States

    Join 4 presenters as they tell the story of an early expedition into the county.

    Free
  • December 2018

  • Sat 1

    Holiday Extravaganza Parade and WinterFUN Festival

    Featured December 1, 2018
    Downtown Pontiac Pontiac, MI, United States

    Who doesn't love a parade? Or a winter festival? A FREE winter festival and parade in downtown Pontiac, Michigan! Bring the whole family down!   Including a historic trolley tour of Pontiac's historic buildings!

  • September 2019

  • Sat 7

    Patriot Week Academy

    Featured September 7, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
    Pine Grove 405 Cesar E Chavez Ave, Pontiac, MI, United States

    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.

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  • Thu 19

    Oakland County Heritage Conference 2019

    Featured September 19, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
    Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm 1005 Van Hoosen Road, Rochester Hills, MI, United States

    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

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  • November 2019

  • Sat 30

    Dishes Past – A Night of Historic Cuisine

    Featured November 30, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Pine Grove 405 Cesar E Chavez Ave, Pontiac, MI, United States

    Journey back, through Dishes Past, to a time when Moses Wisner, the Governor of Michigan, made his home in Pontiac. With recipes taken from the Angeolina Wisner cookbook inspired by life at Pine Grove, enjoy a taste of the 19th century and celebrate something timeless - great food! Tickets for this four course meal are $40 per person. The meal will take place on the grounds of Pine Grove, Governor

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    $40
  • December 2019

  • Thu 12

    A Toast to Albert Kahn – The Art Experience

    Featured December 12, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    The Art Experience 175 South Saginaw, Pontiac, MI, United States
    $10
  • April 2024

  • Sun 7

    Spring Auction with the Pontiac Little Art Theatre

    Featured April 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Pontiac Little Art Theatre 47 N. Saginaw Street, Pontiac, MI, United States

    Held at Pontiac's Little Art Theatre, it's a guaranteed good time, for a good cause! Silent and Live auctions, cash bar--proceeds will go to support our non-profit Historical Society and the non-profit Pontiac's Little Art Theatre. Tickets to this event are just $20!

    $20
  • March 2026

  • Thu 12

    America250 Planning Meeting

    Featured March 12 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    Waterford Oaks Activity Center 2800 Watkins Lake Road, Waterford, MI, United States

    Calling All Lovers of History and Ice Cream! This year, the Oakland History Center will be the site of Oakland County's America 250 Celebration, taking place at the Oakland History Center's July 2026 Summer Social. We're in cahoots with the Oakland County Board of Commissioners, Oakland County Parks, and the city of Pontiac in bringing this event to life. We're getting a little worked up about it, in only the

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405 Cesar E Chavez
Pontiac MI 48342
1-248-338-6732
office@ocphs.org
Typically Tuesday - Thursday from 11 am to 4 pm. Contact us if you wish to visit outside those hours. We abide by school closure schedules for Pontiac Schools: If they're having a snow day, so are we.

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