The City of Ann Arbor is announcing the completion of two murals celebrating the city's bicentennial, designed and installed by local artists, Amanda Humphrey and Joe Trumpey.

Since its founding in 1824 and the arrival of the University of Michigan in 1837, a lot has happened in the place known affectionately as Tree Town.

City of Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor's actual anniversary is this month, May 25 to be exact! Find all of the ways the city of Ann Arbor is celebrating. 

Thank you to everyone who came out in January and February to celebrate the bicentennial. Find out what is coming in March 2024. 

Mlive - Local author John U. Bacon was the MC for the Bicentennial Kickoff event at the Michigan Theater on January 19. A bicentennial poem was recited by poetjournalist Aaron Dworkin and a bicentennial tile by Motawi Tileworks was unveiled.

Mlive - Longtime Ann Arbor resident James Irwin loves the nearly 200-year-old history of his city. An art collection in his name depicts dozens of examples of Ann Arbor’s early days.

The Ann Arbor Bicentennial Murals project will incorporate abstract art on basketball courts at two Ann Arbor parks. The winning design has been chosen. 

City of Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation will host a dedication ceremony to officially rename Southeast Area Park as Bicentennial Park.

City of Ann Arbor - Are you an artist? Artists are invited to submit proposals to design a mural in​ recognition of the city’s 200 years: past, present and future. Create a meaningful design for The Ann Arbor Bicentennial Murals Project. 

Celebrating a city's 200th anniversary is not an everyday event. Thanks to the community and the Ann Arbor Bicentennial Committee, dozens of fun, unifying and meaningful activities are planned throughout 2024. 

At the Bicentennial Kickoff Celebration Venue by 4M offered their specialty cocktail, "Old Fashioned Civic Pride" to attendees. They're keeping this themed cocktail on their menu throughout 2024! Make sure you try one the next time you're at Venue.

Long before white settlers arrived in 1824, Native Americans had their own villages and carved extensive trails through the forests and river valleys of the Great Lakes region, converging near the Huron River in what would become Ann Arbor.

Now accepting a public vote for the Bicentennial mural on two City basketball courts.

For over a century, the James L. Crawford Elks Lodge at 220 Sunset Rd. on Ann Arbor's West Side has been much more than merely a home base for the local chapter of the world's largest Black fraternal organization.

Mlive - How do you pack 200 years of history and culture in a cocktail? If you’re Zingerman’s Roadhouse, you celebrate and focus on local. Stop by the Roadhouse to try the the Bee-Centennial ‘76. 

WEMU - "Throughout the year, there are going to be occasions and celebrations, and it's going to look back on how the city got to this place and time and look ahead to what can be done to create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive community."