Sloan Museum of Discovery – Flint, Michigan

In part two of our “Places to Take Your Grandchildren” series, we visit the Sloan Museum of Discovery, on the campus of The Flint Cultural Center. The new Sloan Museum of Discovery features four primary interactive galleries and a 6000 square feet special traveling exhibit gallery and is a wonderful place to spend the day with your children or your grandchildren.
Second Act
A tour of the Thumb Octagon Barn Agricultural Museum in Gagetown, Michigan.
Backyard Astronomer
There’s a whole spectrum of star colors glittering up there, from cool red stars to middle-range yellow stars to hot blue-white stars.
Environment Report
Local conservation and education efforts are getting a boost from the state.
Backyard Astronomer
During the month of June, about 90 minutes after sunset, look high in the east, almost overhead for a faint semi-circular pattern of stars. This is the constellation of Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.