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Museums in Michigan |
AirZoo & Aviation
History Museum
3101 E Milham Rd. - Kalamazoo
(517) 485-8116
http://www.AirZoo.org |
Arab Folk Museum
2651 Saulino Court - Dearborn
(313) 842-7010 |
Automotive Hall of Fame
21400 Oakwood Blvd - Dearborn
(313) 240-4000 |
Bay County Historical Society
321 Washington Ave. - Bay City
(517) 893-5733 |
Charles Wright
Museum of African American History
315 E. Warren Ave. - Detroit
(313) 833-9800
The Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan is dedicated to the
preservation and presentation of African and African American history and culture. We will
begin our fourth decade in the world's largest Black historical and cultural museum. The
new museum encompasses 120,000 square feet, and will include expanded exhibition
galleries, an orientation theater, classrooms, multi-purpose rooms, a research library and
museum store. It opened to the public on April 12, 1997.
http://www.maah-detroit.org |
Walter
P. Chrysler
Museum
One Chrysler Drive - Auburn Hills
(888) 456-1924 or (248) 944-0432
Automotive history museum highlighting Walter P. Chrysler and Chrysler
Corporation through displays and computer timelines. The
museum also highlights the American automotive industry and American
history.
Closed Mondays. Tues. - Sat. 10:00 am. - 6:00 pm. Sunday 12:00
pm. - 6:00 pm.
Adults $6. Children 6 -12, $3. Seniors 62+,
$3. Free for children 5 & under.
Free to DiamlerChrysler employees. Group rates available.
http://www.chryslerheritage.com |
Clawson Historical Museum
41 Fisher Court - Clawson
(248) 588-9169
Step into the 1920s...this house built by Oswald and Deborah
Fisher details life about the time that Clawson was incorporated as a village. Numerous
photos of Clawson's early history are also on exhibit. |
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum
39221 Woodward Ave. - Bloomfield Hills
(248) 645-3300
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/museum/ |
Cranbrook House Museum and Gardens
380 Lone Pine Rd. - Bloomfield Hills
(248) 645-3149
http://www.cranbrook.edu/housegardens/ |
Cranbrook Institute of Science Museum
39221 N. Woodward Ave. - Bloomfield
Hills
(877) 462-7262
http://science.cranbrook.edu/ |
Dearborn Historical Museum
915 Brady Rd. S. - Detroit
(313)
565-3000
http://www.dearborn-mi.com/museum.htm |
Dennos
Museum Center ( on NMC Campus )
1701 Front St. - Traverse City
(231) 995-1055
http://www.dennosmuseum.org/ |
Detroit Historical Museum
5401 Woodward Ave. - Detroit
(313)
833-1805
http://www.detroithistorical.org |
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Ave. - Detroit
(313)
833-7900
The fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States with holdings of over 60,000
works.
http://www.dia.org/ |
Detroit
Science Center
5020 John R. St. - Detroit
(313)
577-8400
Exhibits in cyberspace and in Detroit, MI. Imax Dome Theater and Discovery Theater.
http://www.sciencedetroit.org/ |
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
1000 Strand Drive, Belle Isle - Detroit
(313) 852-4051
http://www.detroithistorical.org/exhibits/index.asp?MID=2
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Edsel &
Eleanor Ford House
1100 Lake Shore Rd. - Grosse Pointe Shores
(313) 884-3400
Experience the gracious lifestyle of one of America's most distinguished
families at Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, an extraordinary 87-acre estate on the shores
of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. Designed in 1926 by renowned architect
Albert Kahn, the house stands amid breathtaking grounds designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen.
http://www.fordhouse.org
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Ella
Sharp Museum
3225 Fourth St. - Jackson
(517) 787-2320
http://www.ellasharp.org
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Ferndale Historical Museum
1651 Livernois St. - Ferndale
(248) 545-7606
www.ferndale-mi.com/Community/HistoricalMuseum.htm |
Fisher Mansion
383 Lenox St. - Detroit
(313)
331-6740
http://www.artcom.com/museums/nv/af/48215-30/htm
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Flint
Institute of Arts
1120 E Kearsley St. - Flint
(810)
237-1695
http://www.flintarts.org |
Grand Ledge Museum
118 West Lincoln
P.O. Box 203
Grand Ledge, MI 48837
http://gdledgehistsoc.org/collections-museum.html |
Grand
Rapids Art Museum
155 N. Division Ave. - Grand Rapids
(616)
831-1000
http://www.gramonline.org |
Grand
Rapids Children's Museum
22 Sheldon Ave. - Grand Rapids
(616)
235-4726
http://www.grcm.org |
Graystone Jazz Museum
1249 Washington Blvd. - Detroit
(313)
963-3813
http://www.members.aol.com/gjazzmuseu |
Gilmore Car Museum
6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, MI 49060
Phone: 269-671-5089
http://www.gilmorecarmuseum.org |
Henry Ford Estate - Fairlane
4901 Evergreen Rd. - Dearborn
(313) 593-5590
http://www.umd.umich.edu/fairlane |
Henry Ford Museum
& Greenfield Village
20900 Oakwood Blvd. - Dearborn
(313) 271-1620
Huge indoor/outdoor museum complex, founded by Henry Ford in 1929 in Dearborn, Michigan.
Celebrates the history of American ingenuity and
technological innovation.
http://www.hfmgv.org/ |
The
Holland Museum
31 West 10th St. - Holland
(616) 394-1362
http://www.hollandmuseum.org |
Holocaust
Memorial Center (West Bloomfield)
6602 W. Maple Road - West Bloomfield
(248) 661-0840
Dedicated to the memory of the 6 million Jews who were victims of Nazism, this museum uses
photographs, videos and audio-visual displays to document the history and destruction of
the European Jewish community. Tours, special programs and an extensive library are
available.
http://holocaustcenter.org/ |
Jesse Besser Museum
491 Johnson St. - Alpena
(517) 356-2202 |
Kalamazoo
Institute of Arts
314 South Park St. - Kalamazoo
(616) 349-7775
http://www.kiarts.org/ |
Lincoln Park Historical Museum
1335 Southfield Rd. - Lincoln Park
(248) 386-3137
http://www.downriverarts.org/gallery/index.htm |
Mann House (Concord)
205 Hanover St. - Concord
(517) 524-8943
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/musemann/index.html |
Michigan Historical Center
(Lansing)
717 W. Allegan St. -
Lansing
(517) 373-3559
Explore the museum system, state archives, state historic preservation office. Resources
for kids and teachers.
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/history.html
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Michigan
State University Museum
West Circle Drive ( MSU Campus ) - East
Lansing
(517)
355-7474
http://museum.cl.msu.edu |
Midland
Center for the Arts
1801 W. St. Andrews Road - Midland
(517)
631-5930
http://www.mcfta.org |
Mill Race Historical Village
100 Griswold St., Northville
(248)
348-1845
http://www.steve-hatfield.com/northvle.htm |
Milford Historical Museum
124 E. Commerce Street - Milford
(248) 685-7308
Formerly both a house and government offices, this Greek Revival building now is a museum
whose rooms are furnished in the late Victorian style on one floor with the other floor
dedicated to special exhibits. |
Motor
Sports Museum & Hall of Fame
43700 Expo Center Dr. - Novi
(248) 349-7223
The Museum, located in Novi, Michigan, has well over 100 items on
exhibit, most of them highly significant race vehicles, such as land and
water speed record holders, both antique and current.
http://www.mshf.com |
Motown
Historical Museum
2648 W. Grand Blvd. - Detroit
(313)
875-2264
http://www.motownmuseum.com/ |
Museums at The University of
Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Links to museums of anthropology, natural history, zoology, archeology and the herbarium
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
http://www.umma.lsa.umich.edu/Sites/UM_Museums.html
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Muskegon
Museum of Art
296 W. Webster Ave. - Muskegon
(231) 720-2570
http://www.muskegon.k12.mi.us/mma |
Northeast Oakland Historical Museum
1 North Washington Street - Oxford
(248) 628-8413
Tours and special programs are offered in this 1922 bank building featuring various 1880s
household memorabilia. Exhibit includes WPA murals of Oxford. |
Pewabic Pottery
10125 E. Jefferson Ave. - Detroit
(313)
822-0954
http://pewabic.com |
REOlds Transportation
Museum
517-372-0422
http://www.442.com |
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farms
1005 Van Hoosen Rd. - Rochester
Hills, MI 48306
www.rochesterhills.org
(248) 608-8261 phone
(248) 608-8198 fax |
Sloan Museum (Flint)
1221 E Kearsley St. - Flint
(810) 760-1169 |
Spirit of Ford
1151 Village Rd. - Dearborn
(313)
317-7474
http://www.spiritofford.com |
Tri-Cities
Historical Museum
PO Box 234, 1 N. Harbor Dr. - Grand Haven
(616) 842-0700
http://www.tri-citiesmuseum.org/ |
Troy Museum and Historic Village
60 W. Wattles Road - Troy
(248) 524-3570
Modeled after a Dutch colonial tavern in Troy, New York, this former township and city
hall building now houses seasonal events. The surrounding buildings include a log cabin,
school, general store and several others. |
Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
6325 W. Jefferson Ave. - Detroit
(313)
843-8849 |
University of
Michigan Museum of Art
525 South State St. - Ann
Arbor
(734) 763-8662
http://www.umich.edu/~umma |
Urban
Institute for Contemporary Arts
41 Sheldon Boulevard - Grand
Rapids
(616) 454-7000
http://www.uica.org |
Van
Andel Museum Center/ Public Museum of Grand Rapids
272 Pearl St. - Grand
Rapids
(616) 456-3977
http://www.grmuseum.org |
Walker Tavern Historic
Complex (Brooklyn)
13220 M-50 - Brooklyn
(517) 467-4401
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/musewalk/index.html |
