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Southeastern Region
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Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village - Greenfield Village is the most remarkable of Henry Ford's restoration projects. The collections at the Henry Ford Museum has its roots in Henry Ford's antique collecting expeditions in the early 1920's, representing American life from colonial to modern times. The village has seven restored mills, as well as several buildings important in Henry Ford's life, including Henry Ford's birthplace. The Detroit Institute of Arts - Sixth largest fine arts museum in the country with holdings of over 60,000 works. Tour any one of the one hundred galleries devoted to the best in painting, sculpting, graphic and decorative arts. Andy T's Farms - Farm market, bakery, nursery, greenhouse, petting farm. Mint farm tours - see, touch & smell. Bonfire parties, wagon rides to u-pick pumpkins, 7 acre corn maze and more. Minibeast Zooseum & Education Center - A hands-on museum featuring live minibeasts, exhibits, nature trails, educational programs, gift shop and bug club. Yankee Air Museum - The museum includes flyable examples of historic aircraft as well as static displays and display rooms filled with historic artifacts. Holocaust Memorial Center - The Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) was the first institution of its kind in the United States. Tour the museum and have the unique experience of speaking with a survivor of the Holocaust. |
Alfred P. Sloan Museum - At the heart of the Sloan Museum are more than 100,000 artifacts, photographs and documents catalogued in its collections. Flint and the American Dream, takes visitors on a fascinating journey through Flint in the 20th century--from the birth of the auto industry, to the present. Lionel Visitor's Center - The Lionel Tour is free and lasts 45 minutes to one hour. It includes a ten-minute video on their production process and a brief history of the company. You will see a 14x40-foot operating layout with ten trains running simultaneously and accessories that visitors can operate by pushbutton. Uncle Johns Cider Mill - Uncle John's Cider Mill is dedicated to family fun. Weekends are packed with special activities, entertainment, craft shows and other great events. Take a train ride through the orchard, visit the gift shop, check out the fun house and take a leisurely stroll through the nature trail. Vistors can experience first hand the making of cider the ol' fashioned way. Talbert and Leota Abrams Planetarium - The planetarium houses an exhibit hall with a book and gift counter, a blacklight gallery of astronomical art, and a hemispherical domed sky theater. The theater features a Digistar, the world's only computer-graphics-based planetarium projector. It is significantly more versatile than a conventional projector and allows elaborate three-dimensional simulations. |
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