Things to Do

Grand Rapids has it all — museums, a world-class botanical garden, plays, art galleries, and more. It's also just the right size to allow for outdoor getaways to the beach, the countryside, orchards, skiing and parks.

Sports

Michigan's West Coast is teeming with sporting events and is the home to the West Michigan Whitecaps pro baseball team and the Grand Rapids Griffins pro hockey team.

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park

This 125-acre attraction features the most comprehensive outdoor sculpture collection in the Midwest, indoor and outdoor gardens, largest tropical conservatory in the state, nature trails, guided tram and 5 acre Children's Garden.

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Museums

Gerald R. Ford Museum

Experience America's most entertaining presidential museum. Attend a White House State Dinner, step inside the Oval Office and see the original Watergate burglar tools. Also, Smithsonian-caliber changing exhibitions.

Public Museum of Grand Rapids

This museum offers world-class exhibitions on history, nature, cultural heritage, Native Americans, 19th-century Grand Rapids cityscape and more. Ride a 1928 carousel or eat in the cafe overlooking the river.

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Changing exhibitions feature local, national and international artists.

The Beach

Millennium Park, one of the nation's largest urban greenspaces, includes a 100-acre lake with sandy beach frontage - and it's just four miles from downtown Grand Rapids. If you have a little more time, you can explore the incredible beaches of Lake Michigan.

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