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See one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, Taylor Swift, at this laser show at the Michigan Science Center. It brings her biggest hits to life in dazzling laser light.
Event cost: $23/person
Event time: Noon and 2 p.m. March 29-30, 2025
Spend spring break at Cranbrook Institute of Science where you'll learn about the wonders of our ecosystem with engaging hands-on activities. Over 20 local environmental organizations will be there to help.
Event cost: Free w/general admission
Event times: 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. March 26-28, 2025
Families can come out to DNR Outdoor Adventure Center for Lumberjack Days 2025, a three-day festival of fun and flannel. There will be cross-cut straw demonstrations, hands-on education tables and more.
Event cost: Free w/admission
Event time: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. March 21-23, 2025
Go on a colorful adventure throughout Cranbrook Institute of Science to collect stickers as you explore a rainbow of activities. Fill up your special activity card to win a prize.
Event cost: Free w/museum admission
Event time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. March 15, 2025
Families can explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized at U-M Museum of Natural History. Touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, discover what is necessary to become a fossil and more.
Event cost: Free
Event times: 11:30 a.m.-noon March 15-16, 22-23,...
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science for a Dino Fossil Detectives family workshop. Activities include getting up close with real fossils, holding a mammoth tooth, shaking hands with a T. rex, creating fossil casts, taking home a fossil and more. For ages 6 and up. Registration required by...
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science for a Planet Parade and witness a breathtaking planetary alignment. Peer through the telescopes, immerse yourself in an epic 360-degree planetarium adventure and more. Also, see The Science of Archimedes exhibit for free. Pre-registration is highly recommended.Â
Event cost: $21/members, $25/non-members; Planetarium tickets...
Families can celebrate creativity at Cranbrook Art Museum’s Spring Family Festival. Activities include Pop Art flower-making, sharing a wish on the spring woodlands community mural in the galleries, bracelet-making, a Pop Karaoke Concert, squeegee painting in the Art Lab and more. Beverages and snack boxes are available to purchase...
Enjoy an electricity stage show, dive into hands-on fun exploring static electricity, circuits, and the hair-raising Van de Graaff generator, build a motor to take home, power lights with a hand crank and more. For ages 8-plus. Registration required by Feb. 26.Â
Event cost: $17/members, $20/non-members
Event time: 1-3 p.m. March...
Families can come by Cranbrook Art Museum for a special afternoon of poetry in partnership with InsideOut Literary Arts. Hear poetry readings by some of Detroit's finest poets including Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer, a Q&A with the poets and an open mic opportunity.
Event cost: Free w/museum admission; free/ages...
Families can join Cranbrook Institute of Science on for their Chemical Reactions in Action Family Workshop. See demonstrations, experiments and activities. Recommended for ages 6-plus. Registration required by Feb. 19.Â
Event cost: $17/members, $20/non-membersÂ
Event time: 1-3 p.m. Feb. 22, 2025
Ages 3-5 years old are invited to the museum on fourth Fridays for wildly creative activities and a visit to the museum. Jan. 24 will be about exploring textures and weaving. Feb. 28 will be about exploring nature and weather. Pre-registration is required.Â
Event cost: $10/adult admission, free/ages 12 and...
