Currently closed due to COVID-19
Experience America's most entertaining presidential museum. Attend a White House State Dinner, step inside the Oval Office, see the original Watergate burglar tools and Smithsonian-caliber changing exhibitions. President Ford and First Lady Betty Ford are buried on site.

Re-opened
Oral history, in African culture, was performed by the griots or storytellers. They kept the history and traditions of the family, the tribe and the nation but this was generally a masculine job. When the Africans were brought to the Americas, that duty shifted to our womanfolk and in recent times that person was a grandmother, granny, nana, grandma or GRAAMA. Our acronym describes much about our mission and where we are focused: telling those shared stories of the people from this community through changing exhibits and live performances. "Always listen to your GRAAMA"

Re-opening August 1, 2020
Established in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, the Grand Rapids Art Museum is internationally known for its distinguished design and LEED® Gold certified status. GRAM has grown to include more than 6,000 works of art, including American and European 19th and 20th century painting and sculpture and more than 3,000 works on paper. Welcoming spaces invite guests to explore the collection and discover new ideas through traveling exhibitions and innovative programming, including hands-on workshops in GRAM Studio, artist talks, guided gallery tours, live concerts and performances, and more.

Please note: Admission to GRAM is free on Meijer Free Tuesdays and Thursday Nights (5 pm – 9 pm).

Currently closed due to COVID-19
The Grand Rapids Children's Museum celebrates childhood and the joy of learning by providing hands-on exhibits that inspire leaning and encourage self-directed exploration.

Re-opened
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is a place of never-ending inspiration and discovery, with a focus on science, history and culture, with three floors of hands-on fun and education exhibits for families to explore. For more information visit grpm.org.

Re-opened
John Ball Zoo inspires our community to be actively engaged in the conservation of wildlife and our natural environment. Over 1,500 animals including lions, tigers, bears (oh my)! Both indoor and outdoor exhibits. Interactive experiences include a funicular (tram), zip line, high ropes course, and more!

Actors' Theatre provides West Michigan with the best in entertaining, innovative, challenging, and thought-provoking theatre.

At BattleGR Tactical Games in Grand Rapids, MI, indoor laser tag is like no other. Our unique facility will put you right in the center of the action. We provide military-replica taggers with red and green dot scopes, and offer several different objective based games or missions to bring teams and families together. You could play for hours without playing the same game twice. Our goal is to provide clean fun, and to bring people away from their screens and back to interacting with each other during an exciting game of laser tag.

Broadway Grand Rapids was established in September of 1988, opening with South Pacific starring Robert Goulet, AND with a mission to bring in the very best of national touring Broadway productions to West Michigan. In 2009, Broadway Grand Rapids and Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts created a partnership that was dramatic — literally and figuratively. For theater lovers throughout West Michigan, this pairing created an enhanced opportunity to secure top-notch shows for our DeVos Performance Hall venue. Each season brings legendary stories and memorable music to the stage helping to bring the power and magic of theater to our community.

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Each summer, Circle Theatre produces five main stage productions from May through September - including three musicals and two plays — performing more than sixty performances and playing to over 20,000 local audience members a year.

Established in 1925, the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre and School of Theatre Arts is one of the oldest and largest community theatres in the nation.

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The Comedy Project is a comedy and cocktails theater in Grand Rapids' vibrant Westside Business District. We feature improv comedy, sketch comedy, comedy variety shows, a comedy training center, private event hosting and more!

Located inside DeVos Place®, DeVos Performance Hall is the 2,404-seat performing arts theater that hosts performances by The Grand Rapids Symphony, The Grand Rapids Ballet, Broadway Grand Rapids and Opera Grand Rapids as well as touring concerts, comedy and family shows.

America’s largest interactive comedy murder mystery dinner show is now playing in Grand Rapids, Michigan! Solve a hilarious crime while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it!

Visit The Museum Store and find art-inspired gifts for family and friends. Browse through an ever-changing array of unique gifts, jewelry designed by local and international artists, decorative accessories, great children’s toys, art books, fair trade items from around the globe, and much more!

The Grand Rapids Art Museum Store is open during regular museum hours and until 8 PM on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Celebrating its 50th season in 2021 as Michigan’s only professional ballet company, Grand Rapids Ballet are committed to lifting the human spirit through the art of dance under the current leadership of James Sofranko as artistic director, Glenn Del Vecchio as executive director, and Attila Mosolygo as director of Grand Rapids Ballet School and its Junior Company. A proud recipient of the ArtServe Michigan Governor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Cultural Organization, Grand Rapids Ballet has a rich history marked by steady growth, a commitment to excellence, and strong community support.

Our mission is to foster and fulfill demand for high quality, live opera in West Michigan. Opera Grand Rapids enriches our West Michigan community through the creativity and excellence of this timeless art form. Opera is a unique, powerful experience that moves people. Opera is also an occasion — a night out filled with music, vocal athleticism, drama, and a story with an emotional appeal that brings people back time after time.

River City Improv exists because we enjoy entertaining audiences using comedic improvisation. Our shows weave skits, games and songs with audience suggestions to create unique entertainment experiences for each show. Occasionally we will throw in a piece of non-improvised sketch comedy or a dance number, just to keep our audiences guessing.

Van Andel Arena® — the Must Play Destination of Michigan's fastest-growing market — has thrust Grand Rapids into the forefront of the entertainment industry. The 12,000-plus seat Van Andel Arena and Grand Rapids offer the perfect combination of cosmopolitan flair and Midwestern hospitality to make any event a success. Since marking its Grand Entrance on October 8, 1996, Van Andel Arena has attracted the biggest names in family shows, concerts and sporting events.