Museums

Acheson Planetarium at Cranbrook Institute of Science
39221 Woodward Avenue
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3200 or toll-free 1-877-GO-Cranbrook (1-877-462-7262)

Ann Arbor Art Center
117 W. Liberty
Ann Arbor, MI
734-994-8004

Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
220 East Ann Street
Ann Arbor, MI
734-995-5439

Arab American National Museum The first of its kind in the U.S., the AANM documents, preserves, celebrates and informs the public on the history, life, culture and contributions of Arab Americans.
13624 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI
313-582-2266

Automotive Hall of Fame Located next to Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
21400 Oakwood Boulevard
Dearborn, MI 48124
313-240-4000

Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History
315 E. Warren Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
313-494-5800
Exhibits explore the rich legacy and heritage of African Americans in the arts, sciences, literature, philosophy, labor and politics. And Still We Rise is a new permanent exhibit which features Benin market, slave dungeon, two-tier slave ship, Annapolis Warf streetscape (circa 1780s), dwelling on a southern plantation, Ford Rouge Plant, businesses in Detroit’s famed Black Bottom, an homage to Detroit churches, a walk up Woodward Avenue (circa 1960s).

Cranbrook Institute of Science
39221 Woodward Avenue
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
248-645-3200
Call toll-free 1-877-GO-CRANBrook (1-877-462-7262)

The DIA is in the process of developing programming that serves the needs of homeschools, and they invite parents and homeschool representatives to share information on the types of resources they are seeking. If you would like to contribute your thoughts, please email educatorinfo@dia.org

If you would like to arrange a visit to DIA, please submit an application for a self-guided visit, and they will work with you to schedule a visit that meets your needs within available DIA resources.

Ideas for learning and celebrating Earth Day 2008

Learn how to reduce and balance your carbon footprint.

Earth Day Events & Activities at Flint Children’s Museum. Loads of different activites from April 9 – 30, 2008.

For Earth Day 2008, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenges residents and communities around the Great Lakes to collect and recycle electronic waste and
to properly dispose of unwanted medicines.
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/earthday2008/events.html

EnvironmentalHealthNews

FDD: Family Night at the Museum at AB Dow Museum of Science & Art

Saturday, February 28, 2015, 5:00 pm

Spend family time in the Alden B Dow Museum of Science & Art during this all-new event that includes a “candlelight” tour through the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, building a small robot, a theatre experience and a screening of the movie Meet the Robinsons!

Pricing:
Adults – $15.00
Children – $12.00
Family 4 Pack – $50.00 (2 adults and 2 children)
Recommended for ages 4 and up.

Your ticket price includes:
Candlelight tour of Leonardo da Vinci exhibit and time in the Hall of Ideas
Guided robot building project (one per family, additional robots available for purchase)
Theatre experience (backstage tour with interactive activity)
Movie showing – Meet the Robinsons

Please plan to eat supper before arriving, as this is a night you will be kept on the move!

March 1 – May 11, 2008
Hannelore Baron: Fragments Shored Against Ruinshttp://flintarts.org/exhibitions_current3.html#hannelore
Ford Graphics Gallery
Baron’s art reflects her response to psychological and physical peril. Her work, comprised of small to medium sized hinged boxes and box assemblages, includes scraps of wood, fabric, and found metal objects—cast off materials that Baron recombines into works that are compelling meditations on history and the human condition.

March 29 – June 15, 2008
M.C. Escher: Rhythm of Illusion http://flintarts.org/exhibitions_current.html#Escher
Hodge & Temporary Exhibition Gallerie
The exhibition explores Escher’s famous perspective-bending prints, as well as his lesser-known early works. Examples of preparatory drawings, which allow the viewer to explore the artist’s process alongside his completed works are also included. Organized by the Portland Art Museum, Oregon, this exhibition includes 80 works of art through themes such as forms in space, experiments in perspective, landscape and fantasy scenes.
Target Free Saturdays

March 29 – June 15, 2008
Jacques Moitoret: Portraits of the Most Important and Influential Artists of the Modern Era http://flintarts.org/exhibitions_current2.html#Moitoret
Hodge & Temporary Exhibition Galleries
18 portraits of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, created by the Seattle area artist, Jacques Moitoret. Each painting portrays the artist in conjunction with a famous example of his or her work.
Target Free Saturdays

The FIA offers an active schedule of programs and events for members and the general public throughout the year.

Get a Flint Institute of Arts membership. Some levels of membership include NARM,the North American Reciprocal Program, which includes free admission and member’s discounts in the gallery shops of museums in 40 states, Washington DC, Bermuda and Canada.

Flint Institute of Arts
1120 E. Kearsley Street, Flint MI 48503
810-234-1695

Galileo: Scientist, Astronomer, Visionary at Cranbrook
Through Sunday, June 2, 2024
Open during museum hours
Discover how Galileo’s fearless work has shaped our world through interactive experiments that will reveal the secrets of his groundbreaking science! Extra cost in addition to museum admission.
https://science.cranbrook.edu/explore/exhibits/galileo

Holocaust Memorial Center The country’s first memorial dedicated exclusively to the horrors of the Nazi’s persecution of Jews and others. It was developed to be a historical, educational institute that would introduce visitors to Jewish culture and let them witness its destruction.
28123 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
248-553-2400

Little Traverse History Museum
100 Depot Court
Petoskey, MI 49770
231-347-2620

Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum Just south of 14 Mile Road tucked in a strip mall (next to a California Pizza Kitchen), Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum has new games, old favorites and many oddities. This is a fun way to spend a couple of hours. Call to check group tour availability.
31005 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
248-626-5020

Midland County Historical Society Pinball Wizards on Exhibit

September 20, 2008 Through January 4, 2009

View this unique exhibit focusing on the 60 year history of pinball machines. Over a dozen different pinball machines will be featured, including several interactive machines that visitors will have the opportunity to try.

Doan History Center
Heritage Park
3417 West Main St
Midland, MI

Learn more or register now

Motown Museum
2648 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48208
313-875-2264

Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society offers tours. Contact them to set up your group tour. The Oakland County Historical Society is located at the Wisner Home 405 Cesar E Chavez Ave., Pontiac, MI 48342 248-338-6732

This Wednesday, April 22, Fill in the Blanks is inviting everyone who’s interested to its Earth Day Open House. Come and help them celebrate Earth Day by spending the day at Fill in the Blanks as their guest. If you would like to see if Fill in the Blanks would be a good fit for you and your children for the fall, joining them for their workshops focusing on Earth Day would be a great opportunity to do so.

Fill in the Blanks is a nonprofit organization created to address the complete development of homeschooled gifted children. They offer workshops targeting students’ asynchronous development, emotional intensity, and moral compass. While achievement is expected, they do not define it by external performance alone. They recognize the internal abilities that make the external performance possible. Many gifted children have learning disabilities or sensory integration issues. At Fill in the Blanks, they recognize these hurdles and have designed their workshops to accommodate these students. They’re a place where gifted children can explore topics with one another or simply hang out for that much-recommended social time. They’re also a place that focuses on their children holistically; They believe that the entire child needs to be fed, not just the academic part. They offer workshops addressing all the needs of their students — to help keep them in balance. The academics are a part of their education, but so is exercise to feed the brain and the body. So are peer-presented workshops on what it means to be gifted to feed self-esteem. So are so many other areas that are often overlooked or neglected for gifted children.

On Earth Day, they’ll have one-hour workshops exclusively focused on the environment. Their guest instructors will be representatives from the American Chemical Society, the Sierra Club, and the Environmental Interpretive Center of Rochester Hills (they’ll be bringing live animals!). All these instructors, as well as their resident instructors, will be teaching in a fashion to accommodate all of their learners, all ages. So please come and see what Fill in the Blanks is all about by joining them for a day of fun and learning about Mother Earth. their first workshop begins at 9:30 and their last one ends at 4:00. Come as their guest for all day or come for a part of the day. Whatever works for your schedule.

Fill in the Blanks is located in Ferndale at the Zion Lutheran Church (right off of Woodward Avenue, south of Nine Mile Road), 143 Albany Street, Ferndale 48220. Everyone is invited to attend their workshops as their guests (i.e, no charge). Pack a lunch or purchase a lunch at Fill in the Blanks – just come prepared to learn something new and to have a great time with other gifted children. For more information, feel free to contact one of them — either Babette Hotchkiss (babettehotchkiss@yahoo.com) or Kathy Miller (antiquemills@wideopenwest.com).

Also, to help them with planning, if you even THINK you may drop by, PLEASE RSVP BEFORE TUESDAY, APRIL 21. They’d love to be sure they have enough materials for all who come. (But if you decide when you wake up on Wednesday morning you’d like come, please still come. Don’t let not RSVPing deter you from celebrating Earth Day with them.)

Pewabic Joins April Free Craft Sundays at AANM

It’s one of the Arab American National Museum’s most popular programs, and it’s back for spring! Free Craft Sundays return April 6, 13, 20 and 27 for kids ages 6 to 12. Pewabic Pottery comes to the AANM on April 6 and 20 for a ceramics activity. On April 13, kids will create and decorate small rugs made from canvas, and on April 27, they’ll craft traditional Arabic lanterns. The sessions run 2-4 p.m.; capacity is limited to 25 children, and all must be accompanied by an adult in order to participate. No advance registration required; call Cynatt Ali at 313-624-0216 with questions. Museum admission is free for all on Sundays, so bring the whole family.

The Arab American National Museum is located at 13624 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126

In keeping with our strong and growing commitment to jazz education, the Detroit Jazz Fest is partnering with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (MAAH) to present Piecin’ It Together – Jazz, Stories, Kids, Quilts, on July 18, 2008, in the multi-purpose room of the MAAH. The program features vocalist/storyteller Lisa Henry and the Marion Hayden Trio. All are welcome, but note that the program is intended for children ages 2-7. Performance times are 10 AM, noon, and 2 PM. Admission is free, but reservations are a must.

For reservations, contact the MAAH at 313-494-5800.

Rochester Hills Museum Exhibits & Tours:

Friday-(8/11/2023) from 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Saturday-(8/12/2023) from 12:00pm – 3:00pm
For more details:
Visit: https://www.rochesterhills.org/departments/parks_and_natural_resources/museum/museum_programs/programs.php / call: 248-656-4663 / email: rhmuseum@rochesterhills.org

The Henry Ford Club ED members receive exclusive educator discounts, opportunities to win great prizes, advise from leading educators, free downloadable tools and connections to other educators. Free registration!

The Octagon House Current Exhibits
Buttons – With a particular interest in “Kiddy” glass buttons
Pink Depression Glassware
The Octagon House
57500 Van Dyke Road, North of 26 Mile Rd
Washington, MI 48094
586-781-0084

Troy Museum & Historic Village Free admission. There may be a fee for some special programs and lectures.
Free admission. There may be a fee for some special programs and lectures.

Walter P. Chrysler Museum is no longer. It had 3 floors of automotive history. The museum offered group tours. We did the tour some years ago with our homeschool group and I found it to be quite nice. Wiki article on the Walter P. Chrysler Museum
One Chrysler Drive
Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326

The Henry Ford’s new permanent exhibit With Liberty and Justice for All will explore the struggles that arose in the quest for freedom in America. Utilizing some of the most treasured national artifacts from the collections of Henry Ford Museum, this exhibit will delve into four pivotal periods of history, from the American Revolution through the African-American civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.

Revitalization

The Henry Ford’s Online Exhibit and Educator’s Resource for ‘With Liberty and Justice for All’ Interactive virtual exhibit, lesson plans, curriculum, podcasts, news, links and more!