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A Holocaust museum, auto offices and the inn where Henry Ford courted Clara
Nothing on our calendar here this week yet.
01 / Why it matters
Farmington Hills is the old Farmington Township, wrapped around the small city of Farmington. Plenty of people think of them as one place, and they do share a school district and a library, but they've been separate cities since 1973, when the township incorporated together with two earlier villages, Quakertown and Wood Creek Farms.
It grew fast in the mid-20th century and today it's a serious office town: as of 2026 Bosch and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services have their U.S. headquarters here, and Nissan has run its North American technical center here since 1991. I-696, I-275 and M-5 all cut through the city, so it's easy to reach from anywhere by car.
For visitors, the big reason to come is the Zekelman Holocaust Center on Orchard Lake Road, Michigan's largest Holocaust museum. Out on Grand River, the Botsford Inn recalls the stagecoach days: Henry Ford courted his future wife, Clara, in the 1836 building and bought it in 1924.
02 / Known for
The Zekelman Holocaust Center, Michigan's largest Holocaust museum; it opened in West Bloomfield in 1984 and moved to Farmington Hills when it outgrew its first home
The Botsford Inn, a former stagecoach stop that Henry Ford bought and restored in 1924
Nissan's North American technical center, open since November 1991
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum: the legendary arcade museum ran here from the early 1980s until January 5, 2025; it's moving to West Bloomfield, and as of 2026 no reopening date had been announced
03 / What’s on
Dec 4, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 5, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 6, 2026, 2:00 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 11, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Friday, December 11, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 12, 2026, 2:00 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Saturday, December 12, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 12, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Saturday, December 12, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 13, 2026, 2:00 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Sunday, December 13, 2026, at 2 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 17, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Thursday, December 17, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 18, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Friday, December 18, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Dec 19, 2026, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Little Women takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Saturday, December 19, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With ten performances on the calendar, you've got plenty of chances.
Feb 12, 2027, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Out of Sight, Out of Murder takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Friday, February 12, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.. There's murder right in the title, and with nine performances in the run, there's plenty of time to catch it.
Feb 13, 2027, 7:30 PMFarmington Players Barn Theater · Out of Sight, Out of Murder takes the stage at the Farmington Players Barn Theater, 32332 West Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills, on Saturday, February 13, 2027, at 7:30 p.m.. There's murder right in the title, and with nine performances in the run, there's plenty of time to catch it.
04 / Places
Café Cortina30715 W 10 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48336
Detroit Dance CollectivePerforms at the Marlene Boll Theatre, 1401 Broadway St (mail: P.O. Box 3012, Farmington Hills, MI 48333), Detroit, MI
Extended Stay America Select Suites - Detroit - Farmington Hills27775 Stansbury Blvd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Farmington Players Barn Theater32332 W Twelve Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
WoodSpring Suites Detroit Farmington Hills22100 Haggerty Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48335
Closed – archive entryBotsford Inn28000 Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills, MI 4833605 / What to do
A Holocaust museum on Orchard Lake Road with a 20,000-square-foot core exhibit and a World War II-era boxcar; closed on Saturdays.
Official site ↗A 211-acre city park on Farmington Road with 4.5 miles of trails (cross-country skiing in winter), a nature center, the historic Spicer House and a summer splash pad.
Official site ↗The city's community center in the former Harrison High School, with a pool, a mainstage theater, a makerspace and sports fields.
Official site ↗06 / History
Farmington Township, the forerunner of today's city, is organized.
Stephen Jennings turns Orrin Weston's 1836 house on the Grand River plank road into a tavern, the future Botsford Inn.
Henry Ford buys the Botsford Inn and moves it back out of the way of a road widening.
Farmington Township, Quakertown and Wood Creek Farms combine into the City of Farmington Hills.
Nissan's $80 million technical center opens in November.
On January 5 Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum closes its Hunter's Square home; the collection is moving to West Bloomfield.
07 / Born here
08 / People
Population and area are Census Bureau figures (Farmington Hills city).
Change since 2020, per the Census Bureau estimate: −0.9 percent.
