This list includes museums in Michigan. For this list, a museum is an organization, such as a nonprofit group, government agency, or private company, that collects and takes care of items with cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical value. These museums also allow the public to see their collections or related displays. Museums that exist only online, such as virtual museums, are not included in this list.

Active museums

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Defunct museums

• Alamo Township Museum, Alamo Township – Closed in 2021 [1]
• AutoWorld, Flint
• Anonkas Witch Museum, Caro
• Basement 414, Lansing, closed in 2012
• Cereal City, Battle Creek, closed in January 2007
• Detroit Children's Museum, Detroit, closed in 2012
• Detroit Science Center, closed in fall of 2011. The Michigan Science Center opened in 2012 at the same location
• Fred Bear Museum, Grayling, largest private collection of archery artifacts in the world. Moved to Florida in 1985 and closed in 2003
• Father Marquette National Memorial, museum building destroyed in 2000. Includes a national memorial and a 15-station outdoor interpretive trail
• Keewatin Maritime Museum, a 1907 Edwardian steamship moved to Port McNicoll, Ontario, in 2012
• Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, now known as the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University
• Labor Museum & Learning Center, Flint
• Lund's Scenic Garden, Maple City, Michigan, closed in November 1987
• Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing, moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 2007 to become the National Museum of Surveying and closed in 2013
• Minibeast Zooseum and Education Center, Lansing
• Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, closed in 2012
• Weird Michigan Wax Museum, Moran Township

Regions

Michigan's main regions include:

• Central Michigan
• Flint and the Tri-Cities area, which includes the Thumb (a subregion) and Greater Tri-Cities
• Northern Michigan
• Southeast Michigan, also known as Metro Detroit
• West Michigan, which includes the Michiana area
• The Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Resources

• Michigan Travel and Tourism: Museums
• Michigan Museums Association
• Motor Cities National Heritage Area
• Northeast Michigan Online: Museums
• Hunt's Guide to the Upper Peninsula