Some of the museums have admission fees that exceed our $10 limit, but most are free or low cost. Click on the museum name to get more information.
Oakland County
Art Museums
Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills)
Next Step Studio and Gallery (Ferndale)
Historical Museums
Byers Homestead (Commerce Township)
Chi-Town Union Station (Commerce Township – model railroad)
Clarkston Community Historical Society
Governor Warner Mansion (Farmington)
Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society (Apple Island and Orchard Lake Museum)
Holocaust Memorial Center (Farmington Hills)
Northeast Oakland Historical Museum (Oxford)
Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society (Pontiac)
Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
Witch’s Hat Depot Museum and Historic Village (South Lyon)
Science Museums
Cranbrook Institute of Science (Bloomfield Hills)
Cultural Museums
Chaldean Cultural Center (West Bloomfield)
Polish Mission (Orchard Lake)
City of Detroit
Art Museums
Dabls Mbad African Bead Museum
Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art
N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art
Historical Museums
Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History
Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum
Underground Railroad Living Museum
Cultural Museums
Ethnic Heritage Rooms in Manoogian Hall
Science Museums
Wayne State University Natural History Museum
Wayne State University Museum of Anthropology
Wayne State University Planetarium
Wayne County
Historical Museums
Automotive Hall of Fame (Dearborn)
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovations and Greenfield Village (Dearborn)
Greenmead Historical Park (Livonia)
Mill Race Historical Village (Northville)
River Rouge Factory Tour (Dearborn)
Straight Farmhouse (Garden City)
Westland Historic Village Park
Cultural Museums
Arab American National Museum (Dearborn)
Roush Automotive Collection (Livonia)
Macomb County
Historical Museums
Arsenal of Democracy (Warren)
Clinton Township Historical Village
Cocker House Museum and Gardens (Mt Clemens)
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House (Grosse Pointe Shores)
Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society (Eastpointe)
Michigan Transit Museum (Mt Clemens)
New Baltimore Historical Museums
Octagon House (Washington)
Selfridge Military Air Museum (Harrison Township)
Sparks Pinball Museum and Arcade (Chesterfield Township)
Stahl’s Automotive Museum (Chesterfield Township)
Cultural Museums
Anatomy of Death Museum (Mt Clemens)