Motown Museum offering final tours before closing for $75M expansion

This rendering shows a reimagined Motown Museum. The expanded museum is slated to open in the spring of 2027.
(Photo courtesy of Motown Museum) — This rendering shows a reimagined Motown Museum. The expanded museum is slated to open in the spring of 2027. (Photo courtesy of Motown Museum)

By Gary Graff | | For MediaNews Group

PUBLISHED: January 16, 2026 at 6:06 AM EST

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It will be a while before you can come and get those Motown memories this weekend.

After Monday, Jan. 19 — the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance — the Motown Museum will be closed for tours to allow for intensive construction of its $75 million expansion, which is slated to grow the shrine from two houses on Detroit’s West Grand Boulevard into a 50,000-sqare-foot facility housing interactive exhibits, artifacts, a professional recording studio and more, as well as the Hitsville NEXT educational academy.

The Motown Museum will be closed for tours starting next week for construction of its $75 million expansion, which is slated to grow the shrine from two houses into a 50,000-sqare-foot facility housing interactive exhibits, artifacts, a professional recording studio and more, as well as the Hitsville NEXT educational academy. (Photo courtesy of Motown Museum)

The expanded museum is slated to open in the spring of 2027.

This week and weekend also feature days themed to specific artists from Motown’s history. The Marvelettes, Teena Marie, Stevie Wonder and the Temptations were covered earlier in the week, while the weekend will focus on the Four Tops (Friday, Jan. 16), Diana Ross & the Supremes (Sat., Jan. 17) and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (Sunday, Jan. 18, with discounted admission). All will feature immersive tours, curated playlists, video footage and special giveaways.

MLK Day will also feature special immersive tours.

The museum will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Call 313-875-2264 or visit motownmuseum.org.