Jackson 5 exhibit opens at Detroit museum

Created on Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:39 Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:28 Published on Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:39 Written by Associated Press Hits: 980

DETROIT (AP)—A Jackson 5 exhibit is now on view at the Motown Historical Museum in Detroit, marking the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death.

Photographs, awards and costumes are all on display in the show, which opened June 29.

FAMOUS HAT AND GLOVE—A hat and sequined glove once belonging to Michael Jackson are displayed at the Motown Historical Museum at Hitsville U.S.A. in Detroit, June 21.

Museum chief curator Lina Stephens says the exhibit celebrates the life of Jackson and acknowledges the Jackson 5’s “contribution to the Motown story.” Jackson died June 25, 2009.

Stephens says the exhibit will be open through October. Museum summer hours are Mondays-Saturdays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

(Online: http://www.motown­museum.com.)