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You Can Take Your Kids on a Field Trip to the John Ball Zoo

by Brian Craig / photo by Brian Craig for Experience Grand Rapids

Published Feb. 24, 20233 Min Story

Grand Rapids area attractions like Grand Rapids Public Museum and Grand Rapids Art Museum acknowledged the changes to at-home learning and have created field trip experiences for individual families, as an alternative to a traditional whole-class field trip. To change up their usual virtual school…

A bench that reads "out in nature" at Blandford Nature Center.

The Sweet Escape: Your Visit to Blandford Nature Center

by Lyndsay Daly / photo by Brian Craig for Experience Grand Rapids

Published Nov. 26, 20197 Min Story

Blandford Nature Center is located just a half-mile north of Grand Rapids’ thriving West Side Neighborhood, but it’s just far enough to make you feel like you’ve entered a totally different place, a place where you can slow down and forget your to-do lists. Blandford Nature Center is located on 264…