List of museums in Michigan

This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Defunct museums

 * Alamo Township Museum, Alamo Township - Closed 2021
 * AutoWorld, Flint
 * Anonkas Witch Museum, Caro
 * Basement 414, Lansing, closed in 2012
 * Cereal City, Battle Creek, closed January 2007
 * Detroit Children's Museum, Detroit, closed in 2012
 * Detroit Science Center, closed in fall of 2011, but the new Michigan Science Center is opening in 2012 in the same facility
 * Fred Bear Museum, Grayling, largest private collection of archery artifacts in the world. Moved to Florida in 1985 & closed in 2003
 * Father Marquette National Memorial, museum building destroyed in 2000, features national memorial and a 15-station outdoor interpretive trail
 * Keewatin Maritime Museum, 1907 Edwardian steamship, moved to Port McNicoll, Ontario in 2012
 * Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, now 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 & 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:
 * Central Michigan
 * Flint/Tri-Cities
 * The Thumb, a subregion of the Flint/Tri-Cities area
 * Greater Tri Cities
 * Northern Michigan
 * Southeast Michigan / Metro Detroit
 * West Michigan including Michiana
 * Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Resources

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