Cranbrook Institute of Science

Love museums and this is your children’s museum, but adults will love it too! A fantastic rock collection for the rock hound. A space portion talking about the hubble telescope and the new Webb telescope coming out in 2018. Wonderful pictures from Hubble. A social science portion about how all. humans are interconnected. And the Michigan area biome, which is wonderful for college students who are out of state to learn about.

Great place for kids. Rock collection, Dino Skelton, Solar System Exhibit right now. Bat house is amazing! Planetarium beautiful! Shows for all ages! Gardens are beautiful!

This science museum is incredible and incredibly diverse in the disciplines it exhibits. It doesn’t try to do it all but it successfully covers archaeology, natural history, geology, palentology, zoology, astonomy and physical science.

Set within on of the most exemplary campus’ I have ever set foot on the Institute is great for a afternoon adventure with the kids. It’s so enchanting. My niece and nephew thoroughly enjoyed the visit and we will likely return again this summer!

I am a huge science buff and this museum is a dream come true. The highlight is the T. Rex skeleton. It is amazing. The mineral exhibit is another one of my favorites. there are plenty of interactive exhibits and its a very kid friendly place while not being so kid friendly is overlooks adults wanting to learn.

This is a great little museum with a lot of interesting and educational exhibits — perfect for the kiddos! There is a planetarium, observatory (where we were able to look through the gigantic telescope to see the storms on the sun, a breathtaking rock collection that will engaged even the most uninterested child, cultural history exhibits and a nature center (which we were unable to see — get there early! You have to buy separate tickets and by the time we arrived, they were sold out.) In addition to these treasures, there was a special exhibit going on while we were there, perfect for dinosaur lovers!
There is also a little café and a gift shop to peruse. Entry prices were reasonable. I would recommend visiting if you haven’t before and I look forward to returning in the summer so that I can explore the rest of the Cranbrook campus.

A true gem of the metro Detroit area. In fact– the entire Cranbrook campus is something that any visitor should experience. Namely the: Cranbrook House & Gardens, the Art Museum and definitely the Science Museum.
The Science Museum has a whole range of interesting collections. Some highlights include: T Rex, the Bat Zone tour — where you can pet live bats, they also have sloths and sugar gliders, they have a massive rocks & minerals collection and even a mastodon. In addition, they have a planetarium & observatory and many many other cool programs that are too long to list. I know I left completely impressed and inspired, hopefully you will too.

I LOVE Cranbrook. Where else can you go to pet live bats, go to an observatory, see a show at a planetarium, AND get your average museum experience to boot? I got a membership this year on one of those deal websites, and I’m really looking forward to spending more time here!

In the heart of one of the most beautiful campuses on Earth, lies the coolest science museum you can find. Nestled among the trees is the Cranbrook Institute of Science.
They have a great children’s program and the museum is easily walkable, so if grandma has to go slow, it’s okay. There is a planetarium, observatory, lots of fossils, cool rocks, and even a huge mastedon! I can’t wait to go back in July, when they will be having a dinosaur exhibit!
Cranbrook Science Museum is one of Michigan’s great treasures!

I took my fiancé here to look at the mineral and rock collection. He is a Geology professor and said that they have some of the best specimens that he has ever seen. I could hardly drag him away from all of the exhibits.

This place was awesome! I took my girlfriend there for a night out and I was very impressed. It was actually better than I originally expected. Everyone should go on a Friday night and check out the «Michigan Sky Tonight.» It was incredible and a huge learning experience. I never really looked at the sky that way with the knowledge being presented. They also have some cool exhibits to check out about animals and other such miscellaneous exhibits. It is definitely worth the trip!

I love science museums. They always have such fun and interesting and educational (permanent) exhibits. Plus they bring in special exhibits throughout the year that make it worthwhile to go again and again. I particularly love the Cranbrook Institute of Science. It’s a science museum and a natural history museum. It has a planetarium, observatory, and wonderful gift shop (space ice cream, anyone?). It also has a nature center, which is currently being leased by a bat conservation group and features live bat shows. I have not been to that yet, but I bet it’s very interesting and very different than anything I’ve seen before.
In addition to itself being a really great place, I love the Cranbrook Institute of Science’s location. It’s right on the Cranbrook campus, which is many acres of beautiful nature mixed with beautiful and complementing architecture. You can make a whole afternoon of exploring the museums (there is also an art museum) and the grounds.