Pulled from survey of "Michigan Treasures" in the AAA magazine, Michigan Living, 4/2000. I've culled places for my own young children and added favorites not on the AAA list, too.

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links current as of 3 May 2000 ___ send corrections and comments to Guven Witteveen at wittevee [at] umich.edu

Listed by first by theme, alphabetic order. Place list follows.
AA =Ann Arbor ___ BC =Battle Creek ___ D =Detroit
EL =East Lansing ___ GR =Grand Rapids ___ J =Jackson
Kzoo =Kalamazoo ___ Lan =Lansing ___ OK =Okemos ___ TC =Traverse City

Public Garden_________
EL, MI 4H children's garden & B'fly house
GR, Frederik Meijer Gardens, 1000 E Beltline 616-957-1580 (since 1995)
Midland, Dow Gardens 1018 West Main Street, 48640

Museums to visit, including Art Galleries____
Benzonia, Gwen Frostic Gallery on the River Road Box 300 I, Benzonia, 49616
EL, MSU Museum
D, Detroit Institute for the Arts 5200 Woodward Ave, 48202
Flint, Flint Institute of Arts 1120 East Kearsley Street, 48503
Flint, Alfred P. Sloan Museum 1221 E. Kearsley Street, 48503
J, Ella Sharp Museum 3225 Fourth Street, 49203
Lan, Impression 5, 200 Museum Dr, 517-485-8116,
Lan, Michigan Historical Center (State Historical Mus) 717 West Allegan Street 48918-1800
Nature Center_________
GR, Blandford Nature Center 1715 Hillburn NW,
J, Dahlem Center
Kzoo, K. Nature Center 7000 N. Westnedge 616-381-1574,
Lan, Zooseum (insect center) 6907 West Grand River Ave, 48906-9131

Family Attraction_________
BC, Binder Park Zoo 7400 Division Drive, 49014-9500
Empire, Sleeping Bear Dunes Natl lakeshore 9922 Front St. 49630
Muskegon, MI's Adventure Amus Park 4750 Whitehall Rd., 49445

Other-1 _________
AA, UM Museum of Art
BC, Binder Park Zoo & Kellogg's "Cereal City USA" & Sojourner Truth mem
Carson City, frontier days (balloon launch, playground, Crytal Lake)
EL, MSU Planetarium & MSU Kresge Art Mus
EL, '99-01 Natl Folklife Festival (middle August 4 days)
EL, spring art festival (5/20-21/00)
GR, Van Andel Mus 272 Pearl NW, Downtown, 49504-5371 & Chafee Planetarium
Holland, Holland Museum (free admission 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.)
J, Storyfest 2000 (May 6, Michigan Theater), 2:30 matinee
J, Ella Sharp Museum
J, last w/e of August for giant civil war muster
J, space & sci center
Midland, hall of ideas (M- Ctr for the Arts) & Dow Gardens
OK, Nokomis Native Am learning center (near Meridian Mall) 5153 Marsh Road, 48864-1198
OK, All of us (Children's Theater) at Kinawa Middle School
Owosso, Copeland Days (first Saturday in June)
St.Ignace, Marquette Mission Park and Mus of Ojibwe Culture
TC, Music House Museum (10mi away in Acme/US-31) =rare mus.instr cf. UM
TC/Interlochen, I- state park (virgin pine forests; 2 swim & fish spots)
TC/Interlochen, I- Center for the Arts (I- Academy) & concerts
TC, Zoo and Dennos Mus

Other-2 _________
D, Detroit Science Center
D, Detroit Zoo (Royal Oak)
Dearborn, Henry Ford Museum
GR, John Ball Park Zoo
Kzoo, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
NYC, Museum of the City of New York


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_______ P l a c e __ L i s t i n g _______
Ann Arbor, UM Museum of Art & Hands-on Museum
Battle Creek, Binder Park Zoo
Battle Creek, Sojourner Truth memorial
Benzonia, Gwen Frostic Gallery on the River Road
Carson City, frontier days (balloon launch)
Detroit, Detroit Science Center
Detroit (Royal Oak), Detroit Zoo
Detroit, Detroit Institute for the Arts
Detroit (Bloomfield Hills), Cranbrook Institute of Science
Dearborn, Henry Ford Museum
East Lansing, spring art festival
East Lansing, MSU Planetarium & MSU Kresge Art
East Lansing, MSU Museum
East Lansing, MI 4H children's garden & Butterfly house
East Lansing, '99-01 Natl Folklife Festival
Flint, Alfred P. Sloan Museum
Flint, Flint Institute of Arts
Grand Rapids, Frederik Meijer Gardens
Grand Rapids, Blandford Nature Center
Grand Rapids, John Ball Park Zoo
Grand Rapids, Van Andel Museum
Holland, Holland Museum
Jackson, Dahlem Center
Jackson, giant civil war muster
Jackson, Ella Sharp Museum
Jackson, Storyfest 2000 (May weekend)
Jackson, Space and Science Center
Kalamazoo, K. Nature Center
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Lansing, Michigan Historical Center (State Historical Museum)
Lansing, Impression 5
Lansing, Zooseum (insect center)
Midland, Hall of Ideas (M- Ctr for the Arts)
Midland, Dow Gardens
Muskegon, MI's Adventure Amus Park
Okemos, All of us (Children's Theater) at Kinawa Middle School
Okemos, Nokomis Native Am learning center
Owosso, Copeland Days (first Saturday in June)
St.Ignace, Marquette Mission Park and Museum of Ojibwe
Traverse City, Zoo and Dennos Museum
Traverse City/Interlochen, I- Center for the Arts (I- Academy)
Traverse City, (in Acme/US-131) Music House Museum
Traverse City (Empire), Sleeping Bear Dunes Natl Lakeshore
Traverse City/Interlochen, I- state park

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