Grand Rapids
Field Trips

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.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a 158-acre botanical garden, art museum, and outdoor sculpture park.

The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is the presidential museum of the 38th president of the United States. At the core of the Museum is the permanent exhibit, which allows visitors to experience highlights from President and Mrs. Ford’s lives and teaches democratic citizenship.

The Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives promotes, preserves, displays, collects and honors the lives, culture, history and art of local African Americans.

Grand Rapids Art Museum is more than a world-class museum. Its exhibitions, events, and educational programming span topics, mediums, and genres to connect with and invite a wide variety of audiences.

The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum (GRCM) is two floors of hands-on interactive exhibits and daily drop-in programs that inspire learning through play.

Grand Rapids is a history & science museum with exhibits on 3 floors, plus a 1928 carousel, theater & planetarium. A place of never-ending curiosity and inspiration is expanding to offer even more access to history, science, and culture.

John Ball Zoo, inspiring our community to be actively engaged in the conservation of wildlife and our natural environment since 1891. Make learning come alive for your students, scouts, campers and families with our tours and education programs.

The Meyer May House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house. It is considered a fine example of Wright’s Prairie School era, and “Michigan’s Prairie masterpiece”.

The Grand Rapids Art Museum’s collections range from Renaissance to Modern Art and special collections on 19th and 20th-century European and American art as well as holdings include notable modern art works.