MICHIGAN
Field Trips

The Fenner Nature Center is an environmental education center on 134 acres of green space includes over four miles of trails. The Visitor Center includes hands-on exhibits, live native reptiles and amphibians; a viewing area to watch bird and wildlife.

The Ford House located on 87 acres, the 20,000-square-foot house has a fine collection of original antiques and art, and beautiful lakefront grounds. The house was the residence of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford family, son of Henry Ford and an executive at Ford Motor Company.

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.

Howell Nature Center offers wildlife education about Michigan wildlife, their conservation and the amazing adaptations that help them survive in the wild landscape.

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology  houses more than 100,000 artifacts, ranging from prehistoric through medieval times. Most derive from the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome, dynastic and Roman Egypt, or the Middle East.

Situated on 50 acres within the city of Ann Arbor, Leslie Science & Nature Center provides natural science and environmental education opportunities including natural space with trails, raptor enclosures, a Critter House & public programs for all ages.

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”.