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Field Trips

Planning for summer field trips for camp groups, scout groups or summer school groups, CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for activity type of field trips to learn about. Our lesson plans can help camp counselors, with no teaching experience, turn a recreational field trip into a fun educational experience for Amusement Parks, Baseball Games, Boat Excursions, Bowling, Gellyball, Go-Karts, Laser Tag, Ice & Roller Skating, Mini Golf, Ninja Course, Paintball, Trampoline Parks, Ziplines and Waterparks. Please visit theĀ Field Trip Lesson Plan sectionĀ to help enrich your field trips. For field trips to Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, Living History Sites and Museums ask if they have educational guided tours, hands-on activity or written materials to enrich the visit. For those unable to travel for a field trip, have the fun come to you. Check out the Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs and the Virtual Field Trip sections. Have a Fun and Enriching Summer!

Meyer May House

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”.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Grand Rapids
TEL - 616-246-4821

MICHIGAN FIREHOUSE MUSEUM

The Michigan Firehouse Museum and Education Center’s mission is to enhance the appreciation of firefighting history through engaging and informative exhibits, as well as to teach and promote fire safety.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
TEL - 734-547-0663

Michigan History Center

The Michigan History Museum offers exhibits on Michigan’s rich past, from the time of the state’s earliest peoples to the late 20th century. The museum’s five floors provide a walk through time.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Lansing
TEL - 517-335-2573

Michigan Maritime Museum

The Michigan Maritime Museum celebrates, preserves, promotes, and stewards the vibrant heritage and culture of Michigan’s Great Lakes and waterways, through education, exhibition, and immersive experience.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo
South Haven
TEL - 269-637-8078

Michigan Science Center

The Michigan Science Center is a Smithsonian-affiliate science museum purpose is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-577-8400

MSU Broad Art Museum

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, is a contemporary art museum at Michigan State University. School programs, in-person and virtual, focused on building creative thinking and exploring diverse perspectives with tours and hands-on activities.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
East Lansing
Lansing
VIRTUAL
TEL - 517-884-4800

Museum of Contemporary art Detroit

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is a non-collecting contemporary art museum. MOCAD is housed in a 22,000-square-foot building designed by architect Andrew Zago. The architecture of the building was left intentionally raw and unfinished.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self Guided Activities, Guides Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-832-6622

Muskegon Museum of Art

The Muskegon Museum of Art is renowned for its fine permanent collection of American and European paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings with its permanent and rotating special exhibitions.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGANTEL - 231-720-2570

Potter Park Zoo

The Potter Park Zoo is a 102-acre zoo and is currently home to over 160 species of animals. Its mission is to inspire people to conserve animals in the natural world.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Lansing
TEL - 517-483-4222

The Creature Conservancy

The Creature Conservancy’s goal is the education of people of all ages about exotic animals in order to promote a better understanding of the animals with which we share our world and therefore an interest in protecting the environment. Our mission is simple: ā€œConservation Through Education.ā€

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
TEL - 734-929-9324

The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

In 2000 the Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc., purchased the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, transforming the old factory into a centerpiece of the MotorCities National Heritage Area, the complex is interpreting the heritage of the automobile industry.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-872-8759

The Gilmore Car Museum

The Gilmore Car Museum is an automobile museum that exhibits over 400 vintage and collector vehicles and motorcycles from all eras in several vintage buildings located on a 90-acre campus.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Hickory Corners
Kalamazoo
TEL - 269-671-5089
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