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Heidelberg Project
An outdoor art environment built from found objects and rooted in Detroit’s community history.
01 / The story of this place
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Tyree Guyton began the Heidelberg Project on Detroit’s east side in 1986. Houses, yards, and everyday objects become a language for addressing neglect, memory, and renewal. This is not a conventional museum display preserved in a fixed arrangement: installations and the site change over time. The surrounding residential neighborhood remains part of the context.
- Tyree Guyton’s outdoor art
- Found objects and changing installations
- Community stories
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- Tyree Guyton born 1955 · artist
Founded
His outdoor art environment on Heidelberg Street in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood, being transformed since 2016.
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¼ · Free museum days
Free days here
Admission here is always free. An outdoor art environment, free, daily 8 a.m.–7 p.m.
Every free museum day →Sources & fact check · Checked: 2026-09-24
An independently written bilingual guide. This collection is not an attendance-based ranking.
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