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Start your week in Michigan in the state's largest city, Detroit, enjoying a city classic - Eastern Market on Russell Street. This indoor-outdoor marketplace is more than a century old and remains one of the city's major attractions. Spread over a 43-acre area, the market draws 45,000 people on a given Saturday, so be prepared for crowds. The market is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and it's best to get there early for the best selection.

Then make your way to one or more of the city's museums. Your choices include:

Detroit Institute of the Arts, where you will be able to enjoy more than 100 galleries with art from ancient to modern times. Keep your eye out for Vincent Van Gogh's "Self Portrait with a Straw Hat" and Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker," just a few of the many prestigious works of art on display here.

Detroit Science Center, which includes traveling exhibits, five hands-on exhibit laboratories, two demonstration stages, an IMAX theater and a digital dome planetarium.

Detroit Historical Museum, which showcases the history of Detroit and southeastern Michigan, including exhibits that recreate the streets of Old Detroit and 19th Century stores, celebrate automotive history and reveal a pilot house from a Great Lakes freighter.

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, offering exhibits and programs that explore the diversity of African American history and culture. The museum features Mae Jamison's NASA flight suit, a replica of Dr. Martin Luther King's Birmingham jailhouse door, among other artifacts.

Motown Historical Museum -- When you visit this museum, which is located in an old brick house, you will be standing on the site where the Motown sound of the 1960s began. Guided tours are offered at regular hours.

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