If your kids are home from school on Tuesday, November 5th, here are the top kid-friendly places open on Election Day in Metro Detroit for family fun after you vote!
Best Libraries
You can’t beat FREE fun! These libraries are open on Election Day and have our favorite children’s departments:
- Clinton-Macomb Public Library
- Commerce Township Community Library
- Farmington Community Library
- Redford Township District Library
- West Bloomfield Public Library (Westacres Branch open)
Museums
You don’t have to be in the classroom to learn, plan a family field trip at a local museum:
- Museum of Natural History at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) – FREE admission
- Ann Arbor Hands on Museum (Ann Arbor)
- The Henry Ford (Dearborn)
- Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit) – FREE admission for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties
- Michigan Science Center (Detroit)
- Sloan Museum of Discovery (Flint)
- Cranbrook Institute of Science (Bloomfield Hills)
Animal Visits
With rain in the forecast here are some indoor places to visit with animals on Election Day:
- SEA LIFE Michigan (Auburn Hills) – save 20% off admission
- Belle Isle Nature Center (Detroit) – FREE admission
- Oakwoods Nature Center (New Boston)
- Sterling Heights Nature Center (Sterling Heights)
- Indian Springs Environmental Discovery Center (White Lake)
Indoor Play Places
No school, no problem. Spend your day at an indoor play place and let the kids bounce off someone else’s walls.
- LEGOLAND Discovery Center, Auburn Hills – click for 20% OFF
- Peppa Pig World of Play, Auburn Hills – click for 20% OFF
- Kid Empire (Auburn Hills, Chesterfield, Clinton Township, Farmingotn Hills, Sterling Heights + Troy)
- Yoyo’s Fun Center (Clinton Township + Westland)
- Urban Air Adventure Park (Commerce, Livonia, Oxford + Sterling Heights)
- Dinoland (Madison Heights)
- Troy Gymnastics (Troy)
- T&B Play (Clawson)
- Fairytale Fun Place (Clarkston)
