Two cultural establishments in Detroit are closed until they realize it after this week’s bad weather flooding.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Charles H. Museum of African American History. Wright were hit by this week’s storms, which wreaked havoc on homes and businesses in the area on the east side.
At the Charles H. Wright Museum, a flood at the point of decline broke the museum’s orientation theater and some of its artifacts. The water is at least four feet deep at the point of decline, said Edward Foxworth III, the museum’s director of external affairs.
“It’s pretty bad,” Foxworth said.
Contractors were on site Friday pumping water. Carpet, tile and carpentry will want to be replaced, Foxworth said. The museum, which has the largest permanent collection of African American culture, will remain closed for at least two weeks, affecting some of its programming, family reunion circle and other events.
In the DSO, flooding “largely contained” in the basements of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center forced him to cancel his July loose “Salute to America” concert at Orchestra Hall on Sunday.
“Assessments are underway, but as a precaution, the DSO has closed construction until further notice,” the DSO told a newsstand Wednesday night.
The DSO will be held as scheduled at the “Salute to America: Summer Stroll” at Greenfield Village on Friday and Saturday. It will also web america’s favorites and patriots in dso. org at 3 p. m. on July 4.
Severe storms expired last week fell as much as 7 inches of rain in 12 hours in a component of the Detroit metro area, causing severe flooding. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Wayne County.
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