The Old Art Building offers a variety of classes for students.

In partnership with Eastern Michigan University we've developed Pre K-5 curriculum guides for educators. These curriculum guides offer lesson plan ideas and education talking points for students before, during, and after your tour of the Parade Studio. We have a very talented group of tour guides who are able to gear their tour information to best engage the age group they are touring.

The mission of the Scarab Club shall be the education and enlightenment of its members and the community in the visual, auditory, and literary arts.

In pursuit of that goal it shall strive to stimulate the artistic sense of the people in Michigan toward practical expression, to advance the knowledge and appreciation of creative artistic activity and assist other cultural institutions in the promotion of the arts. The organization maintains a clubhouse for the exhibition of arts, providing facilities to artists for the advancement of their craft and for other activities directed toward education in the arts.

The Village Theater at Cherry Hill offers performances of various plays throughout the school year. Normally five different plays will be put on stage at a frequency of about one a month, or every other month.

"The mission of Thunder Bay Theatre is to provide a year-round schedule of programs, including mainstage productions, educational shows and theatre workshops. Organized as a non-profit corporation, TBT is a professional theatre committed to entertaining its audiences with high quality productions utilizing its resident professional company augmented with community talent."

What Tibbits offers your group:

Professional shows

Tours of the historic theatre – Tours are available and adaptable to your group’s interests.

An intimate theatre with an exquisitely restored façade and captivating ambiance

Coldwater’s friendly, small town charm

Handicap accessibility

Free Easy Parking

Ideal location with easy access off the highway – Theatre is easily accessible from I-69, 80/90 toll road and I-94.

Easy stop on your path to many other destinations

Benefits for your group and tour leader

At the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, we believe in the importance of music education and strive to nurture a love of music in children and the community. Music helps with math, science, coordination, creativity, languages and cooperation. Our free family programs are offered twice every season, bringing the classical music experience to all ages. Get up close and personal with symphonic music, instruments and our musicians.

Focused on Michigan history, Troy Historic Village education programs include onsite, outreach, and virtual field trip options for PreK - 8th grade students. Onsite field trips provide hands-on learning experiences in a log cabin, one-room schoolhouse, turn-of-the-century general store, and more. Activities include beeswax candlemaking, tin punch projects, and toy-making. Eighth grade classes can attend our annual Civil War Days, rotating through stations focused on soldier life, field medicine, the activism of Sojourner Truth, military drills, and 19th-century communication. The Village also offers " Our Community" workbooks as social studies curriculum supplements for 1st and 2nd graders.

From theater to modern dance, from Brazil to China, UMS School Day Performances feature some of the world’s best performing artists and use the arts to ignite student imagination and support student growth and development.

Performances serve kindergarten through high school students and teachers receive UMS Learning Guides to facilitate meaningful connections between the performance and classroom curriculum.

Challenge: Midtown Detroit - Through this nontraditional tour of Midtown Detroit, this engaging program provides students with an engaging way to use their critical thinking and map skills to learn about the culture and history of one of Detroit's most dynamic sectors. Sophisticatedclues and puzzles will lead students and their chaperones on a great learning adventure sure to enlighten them on one of our nation's popular cultural destinations.