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Have you followed the story of the Mammoth bones found in Chelsea? They have been donated to the University of Michigan and will be on display at the Museum of Natural History. The new exhibit featuring the bones will be open beginning in November. Get the details below: “Chelsea” Mammoth Exhibit Opens November 5 at U-M Museum […]
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Greenfield Village’s Holiday Nights is one of our family’s favorite holiday traditions. We attended for a 6th year in 2015.
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This morning I had the opportunity to attend a preview of the Michigan Science Center’s A T.rex Named Sue and Toytopia. The Michigan Science Center is located in Detroit across the street from the Detroit Institute of Arts. At only 45 minutes from Ann Arbor, it makes a great day trip. Since I was attending a special media reveal during the
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The weather forecast for Wednesday is for record breaking heat. We want to share a few places to keep cool. These are especially important if you don’t have A/C at home, want to keep cooling costs down by setting it higher, or there are rolling brownouts due to the energy demand. 1 – Get Wet
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Update: The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History has moved to a new location. Check out our article on their new location. This is a review of their old location. The museum was closed for 2018 and opened in stages in 2019. We have kept this article as a historical glimpse of the old
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My daughter loves the UM Museum of Natural History. We were excited to hear that they are going to be moving to the new Biological Sciences Building in 2018. While they are not moving for 3 years, for the rest of 2015 they are going to hold a series of Exhibit Workshops where they test out
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Each year, the Henry Ford celebrates Halloween with Hallowe’en in Greenfield Village celebration. During Hallowe’en you will follow a one mile path through the historical village. The path is lined with hand-carved jack-o’-Lanterns. Periodically along the way, there are historical re-enators as you stop at the various treat stations. Treats are given out to all guests, adult and
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“AWESOME! AWESOME!! AWESOME!!!” was my daughter’s exclamation as we entered the first floor of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum for the first time since H2Oh! exhibit opened. Her eyes lit up with excitement as she ran around the different parts of the exhibit before pausing to play with any of it. As a preschooler my daughter loved
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Last night my daughter attended Kids Night In! Mini Camp at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History. One of her friends had attended in the spring and had a great time, so when we saw the event we signed up (as did her friend). My daughter loved Kids Night Out and wants to
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The Ann Arbor Hands on Museum is partnering with the Leslie Science & Nature Center (LSNC) to offer Critters Up Close on the second weekend of each month beginning with October 12 & 13. LSNC will bring animal guests and activities to the museum each month. See the press release below for more information: Ann
