Michigan Memories website

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 The Michigan Service Hub is pleased to announce the release of the newly redesigned Michigan Memories, a website that enables users to search the online collections of cultural memory institutions all around the state for free! 

 Michigan Memories is the Michigan-centric counterpart to the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), with access to over one million records, a fresh look, and some important additions:  

  • A new blog with RSS support; 
  • An Exhibits section that highlights interesting and memorable photographs and other records while exploring Michigan’s history;
  • An Education section that explores different themes in our state’s history with resources to help teachers use primary sources in their classrooms.  

The Michigan Service Hub was created in 2015 as a collaborative project by the Library of Michigan, Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Western Michigan University, and the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services. The service hub works with archives, libraries, museums, and historical societies around Michigan to help them share their publicly accessible, online collections more widely through the DPLA and Michigan Memories. 

We hope you enjoy the new Michigan Memories and look forward to bringing you more exhibits, educational resources, and other new content in the coming months. If you work for a cultural heritage institution in Michigan and would like to have your collections included, please contact us and add to the story of Michigan! 

 Funding for the new site was provided in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library of Michigan.


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Richard C. Adler (he/him)

Michigan Service Hub Coordinator

University of Michigan Library

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