Metro Detroit is packed with museums that bring science, history, art and math to life for kids of all ages. Whether your child dreams of launching rockets, uncovering dinosaur fossils, experimenting with math or creating art, there’s an exhibit waiting for them!
This spring, five incredible exhibits are making space at local museums—each offering hands-on activities, larger-than-life displays and unforgettable experiences. Check out our picks below.
Read more: Metro Detroit Museums Families Should Visit at Least Once
New metro Detroit exhibits to check out with kids
Step into the world of Wallace & Gromit at The Henry Ford
Now open through April 20, 2025
- Address: 20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dearborn
- Cost: Included with general admission
The Wallace & Gromit™ and Shaun the Sheep™: Shear Genius! exhibit brings your favorite characters to life. Explore Wallace’s wacky inventions, blast off in a rocket, create stop-motion animation and tend to Shaun’s farmyard friends. Don’t forget to mark your calendars—Greenfield Village reopens for the season on April 12!
Experience math in action at Sloan Museum’s 2theXTREME – MathAlive!
Now open through May 11, 2025
- Address: 1221 E. Kearsley St., Flint
- Cost: $5 plus general admission
Math has never been this radical! In this high-energy exhibit worth the drive, kids can ride in a live-action snowboard race, control a Mars rover, create a 360-degree freeze-motion video and explore math’s role in the world! With 40 hands-on experiences, 2theXTREME makes math fun, exciting and totally unforgettable.
Meet dinos and more at Michigan Science Center
Now open through May 2025
- Address: 5020 John R Street, Detroit
- Cost: Included in general admission
This jaw-dropping exhibit, Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family, takes you back to the age of the most ferocious predators ever. Get up close with massive skeleton casts, real fossils, life-sized displays and hands-on interactive stations that bring the world of tyrannosaurs to metro Detroit. While you’re there, check out their newly re-opened Kids Town.
Unlock ancient discoveries at Cranbrook’s The Science of Archimedes
Now open through June 1, 2025
- Address: 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills
- Cost: $5-$8, plus general admission
Step into the world of Archimedes, one of history’s greatest minds, in this interactive exhibit exploring his groundbreaking discoveries in math, physics and engineering. Kids will experience hands-on experiments and legendary inventions that shaped the modern world.
Celebrate young artists at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Opens April 18, 2025
- Address: 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit
- Cost: Included with general admission
Experience the creativity of Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) students at the longest-running student art exhibition in DIA history! Kids can get inspired exploring the exhibit featuring paintings, photography, ceramics, jewelry, video and more, this showcase highlights the talent and imagination of K-12 artists from across the city.
This article was recently updated on March 28, 2025, by Metro Parent’s Audience Development Manager, Katina Beniaris. The update included her featuring the best kid-friendly museum exhibits to check out this spring. Questions? Please reach out to katina@metroparent.com.
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