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Michigan museums, zoos, nature centers, parks-do you have after school, weekend or summer cultural programs for kids? Help others find out about them! Add your information to MICASE, the Michigan Creative After School Experiences catalog, at www.micase.org/.

• Air Zoo, Kalamazoo
• Amasa Historical Society Museum, Amasa
• Arcadia Area Historical Museum, Arcadia
• The Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing
• Automotive Hall of Fame, Dearborn
• Bay County Historical Society & Historical Museum of Bay County, Bay City
• Binder Park Zoo, Battle Creek
• Belleville Area Museum, Belleville
• Castle Museum of Saginaw County History, Saginaw
• Celery Flats Interpretive Center and Historical Area, Portage
• Charlevoix Historical Society, Charlevoix (Harsha House Museum, Charlevoix Depot Museum)
• Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills
• Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, Roscommon
• Cranbrook (Art Museum, Institute of Science, more), Bloomfield Hills
• Crossroads Village and the Huckleberry Railroad, Flint
• Curious Kids Museum, St. Joseph
• Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City
• The Detroit Historical Museums (Detroit Historical Museum, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Historic Fort Wayne, Moross House)
• The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
• Detroit Science Center, Detroit
• Detroit Zoological Institute, Royal Oak
• Dexter Area Historical Museum, Dexter
• Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson
• Exhibit Museum of Natural History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Fayette Historic Townsite, Garden
• Fair Lane - The Henry Ford Estate, Dearborn
• Flint Institute of Arts, Flint
• Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores
• Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum, Grand Rapids
• Grand Traverse Heritage Center (Con Foster Museum), Traverse City
• Greenmead Historical Park, Livonia
• The Henry Ford (Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village), Dearborn
• Fort Miami Heritage Society - Priscilla U. Byrns Heritage Center, St. Joseph
• Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Lighthouse, Copper Harbor
• Frankenmuth Historical Association, Frankenmuth
• Gilmore Car Museum, Kalamazoo
• Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids
• Grand Traverse Lighthouse, Northport
• Grand Rapids Children's Museum, Grand Rapids
• Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum (USS Silversides, USS LST 393, USCGC McLane), Muskegon
• Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, Whitefish Point
• Hartwick Pines Logging Museum, Grayling
• The Holland Museum, Holland
• Holocaust Memorial Center, West Bloomfield
• Houghton County Historical Museum, Lake Linden
• Huron Lightship Museum, Port Huron
• Huron City Museums, Port Austin
• Impression 5 Science Center, Lansing
• Kalamazoo Valley Museum
• Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Keweenaw National Historical Park, Calumet
• Kingman Museum, Battle Creek
• Leelanau Historical Museum, Leland
• Mackinac State Historic Parks (Colonial Michilimackinac, Historic Mill Creek and Fort Mackinac)
• Mann House, Concord
• Marquette Maritime Museum. Marquette
• Marshall Historical Society Museums (Capitol Hill School, G.A.R. Hall and Honolulu House), Marshall
• Marysville Historical Museum, Marysville
• Mason Area Historical Society Museum
• Meadow Brook Hall, Oakland University, Rochester
• Meridian Historical Village, Okemos
• Michigan Botanical Garden and Meijer Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
•  Michigan Flywheelers Museum, South Haven
• Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing
• Michigan Iron Industry Museum, Negaunee
• Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven
• Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing
• Michigan Transit Museum, Mt. Clemens
• Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame , Lansing
• Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum , Frankenmuth
• Midland County Historical Museum, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland
• Minibeast Zooseum and Education Center, Lansing
• Monroe County Historical Museum, Monroe
• Motorsports Hall of Fame, Novi
• Museum at Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI
• Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
• Museum of Surveying, Lansing
• National Miniatures Trust Museum, Hickory Corners
• Nokomis Learning Center, Okemos
• Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society, The Pioneer Museum, Pontiac
• Old Mill Museum, Dundee
• Port Huron Museum (Huron Lightship Museum, Edison Depot Museum, Fort Gratiot Lighthouse)
• Potter Park Zoo, Lansing
• Plymouth Historical Society
• Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
• Quincy Mine Hoist Association, Hancock
• River of History Museum, Sault Ste. Marie
• Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Rochester Hills
• Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw
• Saginaw Railway Museum, Saginaw
• A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological University, Houghton
• Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor
• Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard Station/Maritime Museum, Empire
• Alfred P. Sloan Museum, Flint
• Southwestern Michigan College Museum, Dowagiac
• S.S. City of Milwaukee, Manistee
• S.S. Milwaukee Clipper, Muskegon
• Tecumseh Area Historical Museum, Tecumseh
• Troy Museum & Historic Village, Troy
• Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center, Lansing
• University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor
• University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor
• University of Michigan Papyrus Collection, Harlan Graduate Hatcher Library, Ann Arbor
• U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame and Museum, Ishpeming
• Walker Tavern, Brooklyn
• White Pine Village, Ludington
• William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba
• Wing House Museum, Branch County Historical Society, Coldwater
• Wolcott Mill Metropark, Ray Township (se of Romeo)
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit
• The Wyandotte Museum
• Yankee Air Museum, Ypsilanti
• Ziibiwing Center (history of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian tribe), Mt. Pleasant

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• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago
• Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
• Alton Museum of History and Art
• The Art Institute of Chicago
• Brookfield Zoo
• Burpee Museum of Natural History
• Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
• Cantigny (Robert R. McCormick House and First Division Museum)
• Center for American Archaeology, Kampsville
• Cernan Earth and Space Center
• Champaign County Historical Museum
• Chicago Architecture Foundation
• The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design
• Chicago Botanic Garden
• Chicago Children's Museum
• Chicago Cultural Center
• Chicago Historical Society
• Children's Discovery Museum of Central Illinois
• Des Plaines Historical Museum
• Dickson Mounds Museum
• Dietrich Friedrichs House Museum, Mount Prospect Historical Society
• Discovery Center Museum
• Downers Grove Park District Museum
• DuPage Children's Museum
• DuPage County Historical Museum
• The Early American Museum, Mahomet
• Elmhurst Art Museum
• Elmhurst Historical Museum
• The Field Museum
• Fox River Trolley Museum
• Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust   (Home and Studio, Oak Park; Robie House, University of Chicago campus)
• The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest
• Illinois Railway Museum
• Illinois State Museum
• International Museum of Surgical Science
• Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Gardens
• Kohl Children's Museum
• Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library, Tuscola
• Krannert Art Museum, Champaign
• Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda
• Lakeview Museum
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Lincoln's New Salem
• John A. Logan College Museum and Art Galleries
• McLean County Museum of History
• Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
• Midway Village & Museum Center
• Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore
• Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
• The Morton Arboretum
• Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield
• Museum of Science and Industry
• Naper Settlement
• Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago
• Prairie Aviation Museum
• Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago
• Rockford Art Museum
• SciTech Hands-on Science Museum
• Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
• Spertus Museum, Chicago
• The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
• Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary and Volkening Heritage Farm
• University Galleries of Illinois State University
• University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• Wilmette Historical Museum
• Wood River Refinery History Museum

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• Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Fort Wayne
• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
• Conner Prairie, Fishers
• The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis
• Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Fort Wayne
• Fort Wayne Children's Zoo
• Fort Wayne Museum of Art
• The President Benjamin Harrison Home, Indianapolis
• Huddleston Farmhouse Inn Museum, Cambridge City
• Indiana History Center, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
• Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
• Indianapolis Museum of Art
• Indianapolis Zoo
• William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana University
• The Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne
• Mid-America Windmill Museum (Kendallville Windmill Museum and Historical Society, Inc.)
• NATMUS (National Automotive and Truck Museum of the United States)
• Old City Hall Historical Museum, Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society
• Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame

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• Amana Colonies National Historic Landmark, Amana
• Blank Park Zoo, Des Moines
• Brucemore Historic Site and Cultural Center, Cedar Rapids
• Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home, Charles City
• Danish Immigrant Museum, Elk Horn
• Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport
• Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace, Boone
• Floyd County Museum, Charles City
• The Fluxus Indian Museum (NOT a museum of Native American history), Coon Rapids
• Grout Museum District (Grout Museum of History & Science, Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Rensselaer Russell House Museum and the Snowden House), Waterloo
• Living History Farms, Urbandale
• National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum, Knoxville
• Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines
• Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City
• University of Northern Iowa Museum, Cedar Falls

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• American Swedish Institute
• Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota
• Cokato Museum
• Como Zoo
• Ellingson Car Museum
• The Judy Garland Museum
• Great Lakes Aquarium at Lake Superior Center
• Headwaters Science Center
• Lake Superior Railroad Museum, Duluth
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts
• Minneapolis Planetarium
• Minnesota Historical Society
• Minnesota Museum of Modern Art
• Minnesota Transportation Museum
• Minnesota Zoo
• Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
• Science Museum of Minnesota
• S. S. William A. Irvin, Duluth
• Stearns History Museum
• Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth
• Underwater Adventures Aquarium, Bloomington
• Walker Art Center
• Wilder Museum, Walnut Grove
• The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota

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• The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, Saint Joseph
• Arabia Steamboat Museum, Kansas City
• George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond
• International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, St. Louis
• Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch, Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis's Old Courthouse)
• Kansas City Museum, Kansas City
• Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City
• The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City
• The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis
• Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
• Missouri Historical Society Missouri History Museum, St. Louis
• Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri - Columbia
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
• The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
• St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis
• St. Louis Zoo, St. Louis
• Science City at Union Station, Kansas City
• Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City, Kansas City
• Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Independence

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• Akron Art Museum
• Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
• Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum
• The Bicycle Museum of America
• Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
• Butler Institute of American Art
• Carillon Historical Park, Dayton
• Cincinnati Art Museum
• Cincinnati Fire Museum
• Cincinnati Museum Center
• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
• Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
• The Cleveland Museum of Art
• The Cleveland Museum of Natural History
• Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
• The Contemporary Arts Center
• COSI
• The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center
• Dayton Art Institute
• Drake Planetarium
• Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum
• The Firelands Museum of Military History
• Fort Meigs Museum, Maumee
• Great Lakes Science Center
• Harmar Station
• Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
• Historic Sauder Village
• The Inland Seas Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes Historical Society, Vermilion
• Inventure Place, The National Inventors Hall of Fame
• Maritime Museum of Sandusky
• McKinley Museum and McKinley National Memorial
• The National Aviation Hall of Fame
• The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus
• Ohio Museum of Transportation
• The Ohio State University Insect Collection
• Oxford Museum Association (Doty Homestead, Pioneer Barn, Black Covered Bridge, DeWitt Homestead), Oxford
• Piqua Historical Area
• Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Ritter Planetarium and Brooks Observatory
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Shaker Historical Society and Museum
• The Steamer William G. Mather Museum
• SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park
• Toledo Firefighters Museum
• The Toledo Museum of Art
• Toledo Zoo
• Welsh Jaguar Classic Car Museum
• Western Reserve Historical Society

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• The Angel Museum, Beloit
• Circus World Museum, Baraboo
• Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay
• EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh
• Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
• Heritage Hill State Historical Park, Green Bay
• Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson
• Houdini Historical Center, Appleton
• The House on the Rock, Spring Green
• International Clown Hall of Fame, Milwaukee
• Little Norway, Blue Mounds
• The Milton House Museum Historic Site, Milton
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
• Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee
• Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee
• Mount Horeb Mustard Museum, Mount Horeb
• National Railroad Museum, Green Bay
• Old World Wisconsin, Eagle (All Wisconsin Historical Society Historic Sites)
• Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh
• Outagamie County Historical Society, Appleton
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum, Madison
• Wisconsin Historical Museum, Madison
• Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc
• Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison

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Updated 03/11/2008

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