The historic house on West Grand Boulevard where the Motown sound was born is growing its story without losing its soul. The Motown Museum is in the middle of a multi-year expansion set to wrap up by spring 2027, with cranes, steel and fresh blueprints transforming the legendary space.

Museum officials say the goal is simple: expand the space so they can expand the story.

"There were so many stories that we just hadn't told. We didn't have the real estate to tell," Robin Terry said.

Terry, the grandniece of Berry Gordy and chairwoman of the Motown Museum, says those untold stories are taking center stage in the new design.

"We've really committed this new space to telling a lot of those stories," Terry said.

Some of those stories were reminisced upon when alumni from Hitsville U.S.A.

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