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Enjoy this annual celebration hosted by Smithsonian magazine and involves participating museums and cultural institutions across the country. Guided tours take place at noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Registration required.
Event cost: Free
Event time: noon-3 p.m. Sept. 17, 2022
Buy some fresh food at the Farmers Market and then join the museum for a walking tour in downtown Rochester.
Event cost: Free admission
Event time: 10-11 a.m. Sept. 3, 2022
Join artist Tyrrell Winston for a guided tour of Tyrrell Winston: A Tiger’s Stripes in the Main gallery at Cranbrook Art Museum. The tour will include discussions of the four bodies of work included in the exhibition, “Protection Paintings,” “Punishment Paintings,” “Net Work,” and “The Kiss.”
Event cost: Free w/...
Join co-curators Laura Mott and Tunde Olaniran for a walk-through and discussion of the exhibition “Whatever Gets You Through the Night Selections from the Mott-Warsh Collection.” Online registration required.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 6-7 p.m. Aug. 11, 2022
Kids will enjoy this drop-in workshop to make sun photographs. You will be able to create unique images using household objects and nature on light-sensitive paper. All art materials will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Event cost: Free for ages 12 and under
Event time: 2-4 p.m. July 30, 2022
This event features a walk-through tour of over 50 animatronic life-like dinosaurs. The VIP ticket includes unlimited rides and bouncy castle access.
Event cost: $19.99/general admission, $34.99/child VIP ticket, free/kids 2 and under (service charges not included)
Event times: noon-8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays; July 23-24, 28-31; Aug. 4-7,...
Adults can spend an evening out alongside the newly restored elegant pool and lagoon on the Fords’ estate. Leave your swimsuits at home (no swimming allowed), but come dressed for a fun, laid-back but elegant evening.
Event cost: $45/member, $60/non-member (includes one drink ticket plus light refreshments. Additional beverages will be...
Families can enjoy a spooky night at the Plymouth Historical Museum and see what the mischief that the ghosts of the museum have been up to. Kids are encouraged to wear their costumers and they will take home candy and a craft at the end.
Event cost: $10/ages 11 and...
Come out to Lighthouse ArtSpace for a limited showing of Immersive Klimt: Revolution. Lighthouse Immersive turns to Gustav Klimt to take patrons to the height of the Viennese artistic revolution. Advanced tickets needed; limited availability.
Event cost: $34.99-plus
Event times: Times vary by date; Sept. 10-Oct. 16, 2022
This traveling exhibit comes from the Field Museum in Chicago and features an exact cast of SUE’s skeleton, measuring in at 40 feet from snout to tail and 13 feet tall at the hip.
Event cost: $10/non-member adults, $9/members, $8/non-member children ages 2-12 and seniors, free/enhanced members and children under...
This exhibit explores the history of treasure and treasure hunting, the technology employed in hunting treasure and the people and personalities that hunt for treasure. Treasure! has seven thematic areas, including underwater treasure, treasures in the attic, buried treasure, gold rushes, protecting treasure, treasure in popular culture and the...
Join Cranbrook Art Museum for an intimate exchange of ideas between Tyrrell Winston and painter Jammie Holmes.
Event cost: Free
Event time: 6-7 p.m. Aug. 4, 2022
