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Grand Rapids Art Museum 

Explore the Museum from anywhere with this virtual tour. Please note that the galleries are ever-changing, and the tour may not reflect what is currently on view.

Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park Virtual Visits 

Daily Virtual Visits at 10 AM and 2 PM (EST). Go behind the scenes, watch livestreams, special stories times, and more. Past virtual visits live in the feed, so check them out!

Tour of Hidden Lake Gardens (MSU) 

Learn about MSU’s Hidden Lake Gardens located in Tipton, MI.

Raptor 360 Experience

Explore the raptor habitats from Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor.

Bat 360 Experience

Explore their bats from the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontaic.

Michigan Science Center

The Detroit science & technology museum for kids.

Ford Pipquette Avenue Plant

Dedicated to the preservation of the birthplace of the Model T and the interpretation and celebration of Detroit’s automotive heritage and spirit of innovation.

Menominee Range Historical Museums

This Upper Michigan museum features military and mining exhibits and offers insight into life on the Menominee Iron Mountain Range in the nineteenth century.

The Henry Ford Museum

Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation allows you to experience the strides of America’s greatest minds while fully immersing yourself in their stories. Step inside the bus where Rosa Parks took a stand by taking a seat. Play pilot as you explore flight innovations, starting with the Wright brothers' achievements, or make yourself at home inside Buckminster Fuller’s circular Dymaxion House. Put yourself in the place of the movers and shakers who blazed the trail to where we stand today. And in doing so, discover your own path.

Detroit Institute of Arts

What lies behind the surface of a 400-year-old sculpture? Is what you see on a painting real, or did the artist mean to draw something totally different? DPTV teams up with the Detroit Institute of Arts to give students and teachers a look behind the scenes into the restricted area of the D.I.A. to explore new ideas and dig deep under the surface of art and science.

University of Michigan Online Repository of Fossils 

The University of Michigan Online Repository of Fossils (UMORF) is a project of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology to increase the accessibility of fossil specimens through online 3D and 2D representations.

University of Michigan Kelsey Museum of Archeology 

The Kelsey Museum's galleries are closed until further notice, and all events and programs have been canceled. In the meantime, please explore and enjoy our online exhibitions and downloadable resources.

Lansing Art Gallery

Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center inspires and ignites passion for the visual arts, providing a forum for self-expression and community engagement.

Cranbrook Art Museum

Cranbrook Art Museum is part of Cranbrook Educational Community, one of the world’s leading centers of education, science, and art.

Soo Locks 360 VR Video

Get a "New View of the Soo" as you experience the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan with this VR 360 Video. Move your Smart Phone or use the computer mouse to grab the screen (moving side to side/up and down) to see all viewpoints. Part of A New View of the Soo Playlist.

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum

Check out guided gallery tour videos, interviews, and more to learn about the famous President from Michigan.

Virtual Farm Tours from United Dairy Industry of Michigan

Explore Dairy farms across the state of Michigan.

Virtual Tour: Old Flint History Exhibits

The new Sloan Museum of Discovery will open in late 2021. Until then, you can take a virtual tour of the old Sloan Museum history exhibits from the comfort of your home! Take a walk back through time, from the Durant-Dort Carriage Company to Flint's fight for fair housing.

Clinton River Water Resource Recovery Facility

The facility treats approximately 30 million gallons of stormwater and sanitary sewage each day. The Pontiac Clinton River Water Resource Recovery Facility recently completed the construction of a new Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment (THP) system, sludge dewatering system improvements, expansion and improvement of the existing dewatered biosolids storage facility, and construction of a new septage receiving facility. The THP system is a newer and innovative process that involves conditioning of the sludge under high heat prior to anaerobic digestion. 

Ebersole Center

Explore our wetland trail through this interactive Google tour. Each scene is filled with facts that help you learn about the importance of wetlands! Did you know that wetlands around the world take many forms including marshes, bogs, mangroves, mudflats, ponds, swamps, billabongs, lagoons, lakes, and floodplains. Most large wetland areas often include a combination of wetland types. Here at the Ebersole Center we have fens, bogs, swamps, and marshes.

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