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Detroit is one of the largest cities in the United States and has the largest Arab population outside the Mid-East. The Arab American National Museum reflects the Arab civilization’s contribution to the world through displays of mathematics, science, medicine, architecture, and decorative arts.
In the Cultural Center of Detroit is the Charles H. Wright Museum, the largest African American museum in the world, that chronicles the slavery era, the civil rights struggle and the Underground Railroad. Other attractions located in the Cultural Center are the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Historical Museum, and Detroit Science Centre.
Detroit is known as Motor City because of Henry Ford’s invention, the automobile. Learn about Ford and the history of the automobile at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Visit Thomas Edison’s laboratory, Ford’s home, a working farm, and Main Street at the village.
Visitors to the Detroit Zoo can watch polar bears and seals swim from an underwater tunnel in the Artic Ring of Life. Outdoor and indoor exhibits, including an Inuit village, depict Artic people and wildlife. Other displays at the zoo include African Grasslands, Australian Outback and the Giraffe House.
There are many outstanding quality-priced hotels in Detroit, such as the Inn on Ferry Street Detroit near the Cultural Center. Other discount hotels near attractions and shopping areas are the Hyatt Regency Dearborn and The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
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