Family Fun Things to Do in Detroit Michigan

1. GET A TOUR OF DETROIT

2. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN DETROIT

3. SPORTS GAMES

4. FOOD FOR KIDS

5. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

GUIDE | FAMILY FUN

Go for a boat ride on the Detroit River with Diamond Jack’s River Tours or the Detroit Princess Riverboat.
Ride the Detroit People Mover just for fun.
Take a spin on the Cullen Family Carousel in Rivard Plaza along the Detroit International RiverWalk.

See the toy trains and old-time streetscape at the Detroit Historical Museum, and make some music in the museum’s Kid Rock Music Lab.
Smell the flowers at the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle Park.
Attend a drop-in workshop at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
See a show at the Fox Theatre.
Stargaze at the Michigan Science Center.
See the Rosa Parks’ bus — and other American artifacts — at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
Ride in a Ford Model T at Greenfield Village.
Chill with the penguins at the Detroit Zoo‘s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center.
Make it a day at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets. Shop and drop in at the Sea Life Michigan Aquarium, Legoland Discovery Center Michigan and Peppa Pig World of Play.

Get your face painted alongside the little ones during a Sunday Kids Day at Comerica Park. (Get a photo with the giant Tiger outside, too.)
Experience Detroit Lions football at Ford Field.
Get ready to take the kids to Little Caesars Arena next season.

Go bowling at Garden Bowl — America’s oldest active bowling center and Detroit’s original home of Rock ‘n’ Bowl.
Bike along the Detroit riverfront. (Rent your two-wheeler — ones with child seats, too — at Wheelhouse Detroit.)
Enjoy a picnic at one — or all — of the 13 Huron-Clinton Metroparks.
Play in the fountains at The Mall at Partridge Creek, if the weather permits.