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Motown Museum expansion space gets a name: Details revealed at star-studded private event
(Detroit Free Press) An eventful Sunday downtown capped a yearlong 40th anniversary celebration for the Motown Museum — and offered some key updates to supporters of the Detroit institution.
Smokey Robinson, the Temptations’ Otis Williams and songwriting brothers Brian and Eddie Holland were among the guests at an invitation-only dinner reception Oct. 19 in the Colony Club ahead of a Tempts-Four Tops concert across the street at the Fox Theatre.
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The 40,000-square-foot annex now rising on the museum campus will be named The Motown Experience, Terry revealed. Sunday’s guests got a first look at an animated fly-through video of the complex, which will include exhibit space, a theater, immersive listening experiences and more.
The two-story structure’s steel beams have begun to rise behind the iconic Hitsville, U.S.A., house, with construction set to finish in October 2026 and a grand opening scheduled for spring 2027. ....................(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2025/10/20/motown-museum-expansion-name-temptations-smokey-four-tops/86795873007/