Tour the museums, historic sites, zoos and nature centers of the midwestern United States onlin, then plan to visit in person!

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• 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)
• Madison Heights Public Library Heritage Rooms, Madison Heights
• 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 08/20/2008

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