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Enjoy the state's second largest city, great summer events and unusual destinations.There’s so much to see in West Central Michigan with just one tank of gas!

Michigan is home to one of the world’s great art museums, the Detroit Institute of Arts, as well as several smaller and well-respected arts and craft galleries including those in Ann Arbor, Flint, Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Traverse City. But not all works of art are confined to traditional museum settings, or to permanent exhibits.

If your kids are on a school holiday, you’ve got a day off work, or you and your sweetheart are looking for a romantic getaway, Michigan offers plenty of possibilities for fun, indoors and out.

From masterworks by Matisse, Hopper and Degas to soapstone carving by inuit artists whose names have been lost to history, you can enjoy a world of classic and contemporary creative talent in permanent and special exhibitions at city and university art musuems.

In downtowns you can watch a dance performance in a historic opera house, study masterful works of art, browse independent boutiques, eat good food, catch a ball game, and admire great architecture. And in the Great Lakes State you’re never far from the peace and beauty of the water, even when you’re in the heart of a busy downtown.

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