Cranbrook Institute of Science
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39221 N Woodward
Bloomfield Hills 48304
877.462.7262
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Daily
10am-5pm
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Adults $7; Children $4
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Visit the newly renovated Institute of Science where there's
more to explore than ever before! More education programs, more
permanent and traveling exhibits, more interactive and hands-on
experiences for visitors of all ages. Get up close and personal
with a towering T-Rex skeleton, go face-to-trunk with a massive
mastodon, meet live animals at Nature Place and travel beyond the
Milky Way in the state-of-the art planetarium.
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The New Detroit Science Center
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M-F: 9am-3pm school year
M-F: 9am-5pm starting June 18
Sat: 10:30am-6pm
Sun: Closed |
Adults $7; Children $6
Planetarium & IMAX
($4 plus general admission)
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Experience over 150+ hands-on exhibits focused on life,
physical and space sciences, including a children's gallery for
pint sized scientists. Michigan's largest science center also
showcases traveling exhibits, two science stages with live shows,
an IMAXŇ
Dome Theatre and the out-of-this-world Dassault Systémes
Planetarium.
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Exhibit Museum of Natural History, University of
Michigan
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1109 Geddes
Ann Arbor 48109
734.764.0478
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Daily
Mon-Sat 9am-5pm;
Sun Noon-5pm
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$1.75 - $2.75 per person
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The Exhibit Museum is dedicated to educating the University of
Michigan community and people of Southeast Michigan about natural
science through exhibits, workshops, tours, and planetarium.
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Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
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219 E. Huron St.
Ann Arbor 48104
734.995.5439
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Mon-Sun
10 am-5pm Mon-Sat;
Noon-5pm Sun
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$5 Children; $7 Adults
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The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is an interactive science museum
for all ages, featuring more than 250 exhibits, science
demonstrations and special events. The museum expanded and
quadrupled its size in October '99.
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Impression 5 Science Center
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200 Museum Dr.
Lansing 48933
517.485.8116
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Mon.-Sat.
10am-5pm
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Adults $4.50; Children $3.00
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This hands-on-museum is designed so kids of all ages can
experience the physical and natural sciences firsthand. An
excellent selection ofinteractive science-related toys is offered
by the museum. The museum is housed in a 100-year-old building on
the banks of the Grand River across from the Lansing Center.
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Kalamazoo Valley Museum and Universe Theater
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230 N. Rose St.
Kalamazoo 49007
616.373.7990
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Daily
Mon, Tues, Thurs, & Fri 10am-5pm; Wed 9am-8pm;
Sun 1-5pm.
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Free
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Kalamazoo Community College houses an interactive learning
center with a planetarium program for families to enjoy.
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Michigan Space and Science Center
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2111 Emmons Rd.
Jackson 48201
517.787.4425
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May - Labor Day
Tue - Sat 10-5pm;
Sun noon-5pm
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$11 per family; Adults $4; Children $2.75;
Children 5 and under FREE
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This space museum has artifacts and exhibits from all major
U.S. space programs, including the Apollo 9 spacecraft, moon
rocks, astronaut suits, a Mercury-Redstone rocket, Challenger
Memorial, unmanned spacecraft, a Gemini trainer, and more! See
movies, videos, and NASA broadcasts in the main theater. The
museum showcases a great cross-section of U.S. space programs and
Michigan's role in them.
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Michigan State University Museum
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101 W. Circle Drive
East Lansing 48824
517.355.2370
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Mon-Sun
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 1-5pm
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Free
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Michigan State University Museum has three floors of exciting
collections and changing special exhibits at Michigan's most
popular natural history museum. The museum features full dinosaur
skeleton, archaeology, folk arts, history and educational
programs.
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