Just got the kids back to school after Holiday Break and another day off from school is creeping up on us! How about a day of learning disguised as fun day out?

 Enjoy Free Admission to Henry Ford Museum January 20th, 2014! We always enjoy a day at the museum. There's lots to see at The Henry Ford Museum and lots of walking to get exercise on cold snow days.

  

May 3rd, 2013 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

May 3rd, 2013 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

April 5th, 2013 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

Check out Family Day at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Sunday, February 17th from 12PM to 4PM for the Free Family Craft Day!

March 1st, 2013 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

March 1st, 2013 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

Check out Family Day at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Sunday, February 17th from 12PM to 4PM for the Free Family Craft Day!
 

Enjoy Free Admission to Henry Ford Museum February 4th, 2013! We always enjoy a day at the museum. There's lots to see at The Henry Ford Museum and lots of walking to get exercise on cold snow days.

  

 

February 1st, 2013 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

Enjoy Free Admission to Henry Ford Museum February 4th, 2013! We always enjoy a day at the museum. There's lots to see at The Henry Ford Museum and lots of walking to get exercise on cold snow days.

  

 

Just got the kids back to school after Holiday Break and another day off from school is creeping up on us! How about a day of learning disguised as fun day out?

 

 Enjoy Free Admission to Henry Ford Museum January 21th, 2013! We always enjoy a day at the museum. There's lots to see at The Henry Ford Museum and lots of walking to get exercise on cold snow days.

  

 

December 7th 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

The 40th annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 1th from 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. in Midtown Detroit's Cultural Center Area.
Over 60 Midtown venues, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the Detroit Public Library, amongst many others, open their doors to the public FREE of CHARGE during this Cultural Center-wide holiday "open house." Activities include horse-drawn carriage rides, holiday shopping, family craft activities and performances by over 120 area music, theatre, and dance groups. The evening's festivities culminate with a community sing-along on Woodward Avenue led by the Salvation Army Band — a long-standing Noel Night tradition.


Noel Night activities take place in and around Midtown Detroit's Cultural Center institutions, primarily between Cass and John R and Kirby and Willis. Free shuttle service is offered between participating venues. Convenient parking is available in area lots. Noel Night is produced by Midtown Detroit, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization that supports economic growth in Detroit's Midtown district.

For more information, contact Midtown Detroit, Inc. at 313.420.6000.

or check out the Midtown Detroit website for detailed schedule.

November 2nd 5:00pm - 10:00pm

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

Are you an art lover?
The DIA is having a Museum Mystery Tour this weekend. Friday, October 26th 6pm - 9pm, Saturday & Sunday, October 27th & 28th pm to 1pm - 4pm.

Get into the Halloween mood and commune with the spirits of long-departed artists with a museum mystery tour of the American art galleries. Museum Mystery Tours returns in time for Halloween, with opportunities to explore the artists whose works haunt the American, European, and contemporary art galleries. Follow the trail in the printed map to spaces featuring eerie lighting, sounds in the dark, and secret-spilling guides. It’s fun and family friendly, so bring the kids, ages five and older. Costumes are strongly encouraged!

Courtesy of MASCO Corporation Foundation admission to the Cranbrook Institute of Science will be free after 5pm the first Friday of each month through June 2012.

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

There is also a changing exhibition hall, an outdoor science garden, nature trails, a state-of-the-art planetarium, an observatory and a nature center currently leased to the Organization for Bat Conservation. The major overarching theme to the exhibitions is the interconnectedness in nature.

Cranbrook Institute of Science offers FREE general admission May 4th, 2012 - 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Courtesy of MASCO Corporation Foundation admission to the Cranbrook Institute of Science will be free after 5pm the first Friday of each month through June 2012.

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

There is also a changing exhibition hall, an outdoor science garden, nature trails, a state-of-the-art planetarium, an observatory and a nature center currently leased to the Organization for Bat Conservation. The major overarching theme to the exhibitions is the interconnectedness in nature.

Cranbrook Institute of Science offers FREE general admission April 6th, 2012 - 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Courtesy of MASCO Corporation Foundation admission to the Cranbrook Institute of Science will be free after 5pm the first Friday of each month through June 2012.

The Cranbrook Institute of Science houses 11 permanent galleries including Our Dynamic Earth featuring Life Changes Over Time, Ice Ages Come and Go and Mastodons Did Not Survive; Objects of Great Lakes Native America; Woodlands Den; The Motion Gallery; Astronomy Lobby; Mineral Study Gallery; The Story of Us and many many more great gallery exhibits.

There is also a changing exhibition hall, an outdoor science garden, nature trails, a state-of-the-art planetarium, an observatory and a nature center currently leased to the Organization for Bat Conservation. The major overarching theme to the exhibitions is the interconnectedness in nature.