MICHIGAN
Field Trips

The Air Zoo, founded as the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, is an aviation museum and indoor amusement park. The Air Zoo holds many historical and rare aircraft, including the world’s fastest air-breathing aircraft, the SR-71B Blackbird.

The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and the Leslie Science & Nature Center specializes in interactive exhibits with the goal of helping both children and adults discover the scientist within them by promoting science literacy and love of nature through experimentation, exploration, and education.

The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is a greenhouse and a botanical garden located on Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park located on the Detroit River within Detroit, Michigan.

The Arab American National Museum opened in 2005 and is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and culture. The Museum seeks to show visitors the Arab American story through a timeline of exhibits while dispelling misconceptions about Arab Americans.

The Automotive Hall of Fame is an American museum. It was founded in 1939 and has over 800 worldwide honorees. It is part of the MotorCities National Heritage Area.

The Belle Isle Aquarium was designed by famed Detroit architect, Albert Kahn. At the the aquarium learn about nature both local and exotic. Walking through, you will travel the globe, from the local Great Lakes to African and South American rivers and lakes, and even the salty depths of the oceans.

The Belle Isle Nature Center provides an insider’s view of an actual beehive and get an up-close view of Michigan wildlife. At the bird observation window allows guests to watch native and migratory birds. It is operated by the Detroit Zoological Society. Fee for parking.

Blandford Nature Center features 143 acres of land and wildlife. It includes a wildlife and interpretive Center, an organic farm, historic buildings and a working sugarbush. Provides an atmosphere to explore, connect and deepen your relationship to the earth.

The Bruce Dice Mineralogical Museum has a rotating display of more than 400 unique geological specimens collected from around the world. Displays include gold nuggets, copper leaves, 100-million-year-old fossils, meteorites, and an interactive ultraviolet case to showcase fluorescent minerals.

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, or The Wright, is one of the world’s oldest independent African American museums. For over half a century, the Museum has dedicated itself to exploring and celebrating the rich cultural legacy of African Americans.