Open: Twice monthly on Sundays, 1-4 pm
Closed: Holiday weekends and when a GWBHS program is elsewhere.
** Note: Please check event locations carefully and check this page for the latest updates. **
**GWBHS has a new Open House schedule January – April 2025!**
Open: Twice monthly on Sundays, 1-4 pm
Open House
Sunday, February 23, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
Permanent exhibits interpret local area history and culture.
Presentation – Detroit’s 1910 Kosher Meat Riot
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 7 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
WB Library Main Meeting Room, 4600 Walnut Lake Road
As Gilded-Age robber barons manipulated their beef industry headquartered in Chicago, the rest of the United States–including Jewish communities–experienced distressing ripple effects. In Detroit in 1910, working-class Orthodox women were no longer able to afford Kosher meat. Under the direction of 20-year-old Rebecka Possner, Jewish women took to the streets, fighting to stabilize prices and the community. Hear JHSM Executive Director Catherine Cangany, PhD retell this remarkable and forgotten moment in Michigan history. Sponsored with West Bloomfield Library.
West Bloomfield Parks Open House
Sunday, March 9, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
Join us and a West Bloomfield Parks representative as they share the history of our parks system and information from their 50th anniversary in 2020! Engaging permanent exhibits interpret local area history and culture.
Open House
Sunday, March 23, 2025, 1-4 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road
Permanent exhibits interpret local area history and culture.
Presentation – “Mary Parker, William Taylor and Other Freedom Seekers: Researching the Underground Railroad in Oakland County”
Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 7 pm
(Free admission, donations appreciated)
WB Library Main Meeting Room, 4600 Walnut Lake Road
How and why was Oakland County involved in the Underground Railroad? … And how do you uncover the stories of those involved? Carol Bacak-Egbo, Oakland County Parks historian, shares her findings in this presentation. Sponsored with West Bloomfield Library.