Culture Pass GR curates the best of Grand Rapids' cultural attractions and things to do into a unique experience pass. Passes are delivered instantly to your phone via text and email and are ready to use immediately with nothing to download! Sharing and gifting tools make it easy to gift passes or invite friends and loved ones to share an experience. See the best of Grand Rapids today!
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3-Day Culture Pass
Culture Pass GR is your ticket to explore the abundance of art and culture in Grand Rapids. With this pass, you’ll receive admission into many cultural attractions around Grand Rapids as well as additional exclusive discounts. With instant delivery and easy mobile access, this is the easiest way to see and save in Grand Rapids!
$24.00
Step 1 - Get Your Pass
This mobile exclusive pass grants admission into the best of Grand Rapids’ cultural attractions and things to do in a unique experience pass.
Step 2 - Receive Text
Your passport will be instantly delivered to your phone via text and email and is ready to use immediately! There is no app to download. Your pass can be saved to your phone’s home screen for easy one-tap access.
Step 3 - Redeem
When visiting a participating attraction, simply present your phone to the attendant or staff member to redeem for admission.
Stay the Night
You could rush through Grand Rapids' art and culture in a single day – but you’re apt to miss a lot of cool stuff that way. Consider booking a hotel to make it a two- or three-night culture vacation. Check out our hotel packages for special deals and discounts!
Included Attractions
John Ball Zoo
Over 2,000 animals including tigers, lions, bears, otters, chimpanzees, red pandas, penguins, and many more. Adventure experiences include a zip line, ropes course, gem sluice, and funicular (tram). Interactive animal exhibits including a walk-thru budgie aviary and wallaby yard, along with camel rides and a petting corral.
What's Included
- General Admission
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
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.
What's Included
- General Admission
Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives (graama)
Our myriad collection reflects the unique historical and cultural contributions of local African Americans and people of color upon North America and globally.
What's Included
- Free Admission + Tour
Grand Rapids Art Museum
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.
What's Included
- General Admission
Grand Rapids Public Museum
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is a place of never-ending inspiration and discovery with a focus on science, history and culture. The Museum's three floors of hands-on, interactive fun and educational exhibits offer families a full day of exploration. For more information visit grpm.org.
What's Included
- General Admission
The Comedy Project
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!
What's Included
- Admission
UICA
UICA presents innovative art, events, and educational programs that represent our world today. Our programs foster belonging by sharing perspectives that grow an equitable, thriving culture and community.
What's Included
- Always Free Admission
Additional Exclusive Discounts
Many of these discount providers are not currently able to operate as normal due to COVID-19 restrictions. The discounts can be utilized for 6 months from purchase. Discounts are subject to change.
Actors' Theatre Grand Rapids
Actors' Theatre provides West Michigan with the best in entertaining, innovative, challenging, and thought-provoking theatre.
What's Included
- 25% Off Mainstage Tickets
Battle GR Tactical Games
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.
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What's Included
- 10% Off Session Play
Broadway Grand Rapids
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.
Photo Credit: © Joan Marcus
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Photo Credit: © Joan Marcus
What's Included
- 10% Off Tickets For Select Performances
Grand Rapids Ballet
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.
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What's Included
- 1st Ballet Class Free
- 10% Off Select Seats At Peter Martin Wege Theatre And DeVos Performance Hall For The 2022-23 Season, What Lifts Your Spirit
Opera Grand Rapids
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.
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What's Included
- 15% Off Select Tickets
River City Improv
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.
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What's Included
- BOGO Improv Night
The Dinner Detective Grand Rapids
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!
What's Included
- 15% Off Admission
UICA
UICA presents innovative art, events, and educational programs that represent our world today. Our programs foster belonging by sharing perspectives that grow an equitable, thriving culture and community.
What's Included
- 10% Off At ShopUICA