DETROIT — Marvin Gaye built his career at 2648 W. Grand Boulevard. Now that legacy will get a new chance to shine there.
The Motown Historical Museum is set to unveil an exhibit on the late Detroit star, including gold records, photographs and other rarely seen items from the museum’s offsite permanent collection.
The display, designed by museum curator Lina Stephens, will open to the public Friday, after a media preview and private reception. It’s scheduled to run through September.
The exhibit is replacing a display of Jackson
5 memorabilia that premiered last summer, itself the first notable new
exhibit since the museum’s 1985 founding. They’re part of what museum
officials say will be a rotating series of exhibits spotlighting
artists from the Motown roster.
“This exhibit continues the museum’s goal of
highlighting all of the wonderful talent that made the Motown sound the
sound of young America,” museum CEO Audley Smith said in a statement.
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MARVIN GAYE: THE MOTOWN YEARS 1960-1982
Opens Friday
Motown Historical Museum, 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit
313-875-2264
10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Tue.-Sat.
$10 adults, $8 12 and under and senior citizens.
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