MotorCities National Heritage Area is dedicated to preserving, interpreting and promoting the automotive heritage of the State of Michigan. Encompassing 10,000 square miles in southeastern and central Michigan, our region which has been the center of automotive invention and production for over a century.

National Heritage Areas are places where natural, cultural, historic and scenic resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography.

The programs and activities of the MotorCities National Heritage Area are designed to increase tourism throughout the State of Michigan; develop and deploy educational and informational programs that tell the story of the American automobile industry and labor in our region; and encourage revitalization through conservation.

MotorCities MotorCities was designated by Congress in 1998 and is currently one of 40 National Heritage Areas in the United States.




MotorCities operates under the auspices of the National Park Service and our major stakeholders are Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, UAW, and the AFL-CIO.