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Van Andel Museum Center of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids Description

Visitors can take a walk down a Grand Rapids street in Van Andel Museum Center, which has been re-constructed with storefronts accurate to the times of 1890s.

A working 1928 carousel is available for riding and visitors can walk through re-created sections of a working furniture factory from the early 20th century. Displays and artifacts from the Anishinabe people - the American Indians of West Michigan are also on display.

Hobbies & Activities category: Astronomical observatory or site; Historical museum; Village reconstruction, open-air museum

Van Andel Museum Center of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids Highlights

Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium

The dome sky theater provides technical sound, laser and videotape projection performances that are related to space technology.

Address

Van Andel Museum Center
272 Pearl Street NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504-5351
United States

Map Van Andel Museum Center of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids

Phone 1 (616) 459-3977
Fax 1 (616) 456-3873

http://www.grmuseum.org

Hours



Open	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	12:00
Closed	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00

Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1) Easter - Christian Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November) Christmas - Christian (December 25)