Grand Rapids Art Museum

A special gift from Meijer has opened a new opportunity for art lovers in West Michigan. "Meijer Free Tuesdays" means everyone can enjoy free admission every Tuesday at the Grand Rapids Art Museum!

Spring Break!  The time of the year when families and individuals, take time off from the cold winter weather and....take a break! Many leave.  Yeah, leave and go south seeking warmth, beaches and water.

Two Grand Rapids museums are working to help the victimes of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy.The Grand Rapids Children's Museum and the Grand Rapids Art Museum are both giving a portion of their admission proceeds this Saturday to help build a museum in Newtown.

A fun-filled evening for the family is planned for November 30th to kick off the holiday season in Rosa Parks Circle. A few of downtown's most popular holiday events (the GRAM Tree Lighting, the opening of Rosa Parks Circle Ice Rink, and the free horse-drawn carriage rides) will be combined to make it into an event to truly kick off the holiday season in Grand Rapids.

This Sunday, anybody can gain free admission to four Grand Rapids museums as part of the Museums Free 4 All program.

If Easter travel doesn't take you too far this weekend, there will be a great opportunity for some affordable family time on Saturday and Sunday in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids Art Museum and Frederik Meijer Gardens will both have free admission for Bank of America and Merrill Lynch customers this weekend.

Staying in Grand Rapids over spring break is a little easier this year. Our warm March has already given us a taste of summer making missing out on a trip south easier to handle than most years. The trick is to have fun while keeping the kids busy over spring break in Grand Rapids...

Just a few more days until the 50+ degree weather is scheduled to hit.  Looking for something to do while keeping warm in the meantime? Try the Grand Rapids Art Museum or Frederik Meijer Gardens this weekend.  Some customers can get in for free!

Turns out ArtPrize isn't the only way to gain free admission to multiple Grand Rapids museums on the same day.   'Museums Free 4 All' was announced this morning at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum.  'Museums Free 4 All' will give all visitors free admission to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids Public Museum, and Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. Read Mor

No turning back now.  Christmas is coming and Friday's celebration in downtown Grand Rapids serves as a small reminder that our shopping days are slowly ticking away. This Friday, the Grand Rapids Art Museum will hold their tree lighting ceremony, followed by the opening of ice skating at Rosa Parks circle, then the launch of a downtown Christmas decorating competition.

It's only the first full day of ArtPrize and predicting a winner now is a bit of a stretch, but I'm not going to let that stop me. A few trends have developed after just two years of ArtPrize.  If we apply these trends to this year's competition, we can make an educated guess as to who might have success.

ArtPrize begins September 21 and volunteers are still needed. You may volunteer through ArtPrize or directly through a venue.  ArtPrize Exhibition Centers such as UICA, GRAM, Grand Rapids Public Museum, and Cathedral Square recruit their own volunteers for ArtPrize.  They are all still in need of additional help.