Downtown · Art
🗽 Spirit of Detroit
A big bronze statue that holds a family.
The Spirit of Detroit is a large bronze statue downtown.
Artist Marshall Fredericks made it. It was dedicated in 1958.
The figure holds a family group in one hand. Public art can tell a city’s story without using words.
Lesson 1 of 2
Who made the Spirit of Detroit?
Source for grown-ups
Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum
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https://marshallfredericks.org/portfolio/spirit-of-detroit/