The Cultural Center is a district of This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. For other places with this name, see Detroit (disambiguation). City nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in the state of Michigan Founded July 24, 1701 County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 370.2 km... Detroit, State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41.3%) Population ( 2000)  - Population 9... Michigan that includes a number of museums and attractions. Located about two miles (3 km) north of downtown, the Cultural Center is roughly bounded by Michigan State Highway 1 or M-1 is a north-south state highway in Michigan. The southern terminus is in downtown Detroit in Wayne County. The northern terminus is at the junction with Business Loop U.S. Highway 24 and Business Loop Interstate 75 in Bloomfield Township between the city... Woodward Avenue to the west, Interstate 75 is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. It goes from Florida State Highway 826 (Palmetto Expressway) at Hialeah, Florida near Miami to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at the Ontario, Canada border. History This limited access highway planned in the 1950s roughly follows the general... Interstate 75 to the east, Interstate 94 is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. It stretches from Billings, Montana at Interstate 90 to the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada border. Length Major cities along the... Interstate 94 to the north and Warren Avenue to the south. Attractions include the The front entrance of the DIA on Woodward Avenue. The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), originally named the Detroit Museum of Art, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. Its first painting was donated in 1883 and its collection consists of over 65,000... Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, the main library of the Detroit public Alternative meanings: Library (computer science), Library (biology) Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. It can refer to an individuals private collection, but more often, it is a large collection that is funded and maintained by a city or institution... library system and the Detroit Science Center. The main campus of Old Main, one of the most important buildings on the Wayne State University campus. Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan is a research university with 13 schools and colleges. More than 350 major subject areas are studied by 31,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Its official student newspaper is... Wayne State University is located adjacent to the area, on the opposite side of Woodward.