Through Michigan Humanities at Home – or #MIhumanitiesathome – we are gathering and sharing resources that can help everyone engage with the humanities. From virtual tours to online story times, this collection highlights Michigan libraries, cultural attractions, grant-funded creative work, and more. Visit our social media platforms of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to view daily additions to #MIHumanitiesatHome and share how you are bringing the humanities to your daily life. Questions? Have an online resource, book review, or other idea for Michigan Humanities at Home? Contact Estee Schlenner, eschlenner@mihumanities.org, programs and communications coordinator.
Virtual Tours
All about Ain Dubai
Art Prize’s The String Project
City-a-day spring break
Cliffs of Moher
Detroit Institute of Art
Detroit Zoo
Frederik Meijer Gardens
Global Street Art Foundation
Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation
House Calls Series
Libraries Around the World
Menominee Range Historical Museum
Michigan History Museum
Michigan Science Center
Murano Glass Museum
NASA
Shedd Aquarium
Shipwreck Tour of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
The National Quilt Museum
The Whitney Detroit
Tomb of Queen Meresankh III
Tulip Lanes in Holland
Van Gogh Museum
Virtual Float down the St. Mary’s River
Virtual Road trip across the USA
WWII Glider and Military Museum
Stahl’s Automotive Foundation
The International Museum of Children’s Art
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Puratos Sourdough Library
Manistee County Historic Sites
Chatsworth Farm
Hike Zion National Park’s Canyon Overlook Trail
Mackinac State Historic Parks
Jane Austen’s Library
Michigan dairy farm
Gettysburg National Military Park
Belle Isle Aquarium
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Uffizi Gallery
The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Glen Arbor Art Center’s ‘New Views: Birdlandia’
8 Military Museums you can visit from the American Legion
Adler Planetarium
Stonehenge
The Museum of Modern Art
The British Library
Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul
Yosemite National Park
Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives
Road Trip from Home: Virtual Field Trips
Virtual COVID-19 Friendly Field Trips Around the World
Films
Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
PBS American Masters’ Unladylike2020 series
Watch Strong Words: The Art of Toi Derricotte with code Spring2020
Story Times
Alison Watson reads Llama Llama Red Pajama
Arab American Museum Storytime
Betty White reads Harry the Dirty Dog
Chad Swan-Badgero reads Stella Brings the Family
Chris Pine reads Clark the Shark
Ernest Borgnine reads The Rainbow Fish
Ethriam Brammer reads Allá en El Rancho Grande
Ethriam Brammer reads The Rowdy, Rowdy Ranch
Goodnight with Dolly
Hector Elizondo reads Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
Ilyasah Shabazz reads Betty Before X
Jenna Ortega reads Don’t Call Me Bear!
Jennifer London reads Knuffle Bunny
LeVar Burton’s Storytime
Michelle Obama reads The Gruffalo
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit Family Room Read
Ms. Linda reads The Lorax
Officer Kim Parvianen and her partner Bane read The Special One
Peter White Library reads The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Scott Kelly reads Mousetronaut
Shannon Polk reads Five Live Bongos
Storytime from Space
The Rupp Family reads The Remarkable Farkle McBride
Viola Davis Reads Rent Party Jazz
Warren E. Bow School reads Honey, I Love
Detroit History and The Detroit History Club History Bedtime Stories
Kristen Bell reads Quackenstein Hatches a Family
Daisy Ridley reads Star Wars: BB-8 On The Run
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone read-along
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor reads If I Were an Astronaut
Kevin Costner and Jillian Estell read Catching the Moon
Megan Kellner from Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park reads These Colors are Bananas
¡Los Zombis No Comen Verduras! Leído por Jaime Camil
Debbie Taylor reads Over in Motown
Ms. Campbell reads Cool Cuts
The Story Corps Military Voices Initiative
Wes Tank raps Dr. Seuss’s One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Reading & Listening Recommendations
A #MIHumanitiesatHome reading list
Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki recommends Jackson’s Call to Greatness
Paul Chaffee recommends Priceless
Bill Alsover recommends The American Story
Joe Cialdella recommends Elemental
Katie Wittenauer recommends Matilda on International Children’s Book Day
A #MIHumanitiesatHome listening list
Sarah Jury reviews Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Sheryl Kendrick reviews The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
Lisa Schmitz recommends The Nickel Boys
Larry Preston recommends Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Shelly Hendrick Kasprzycki recommends Michael Zadoorian’s The Narcissism of Small Differences
To Do
Arab American Museum Yalla Eat! Instagram Takeover Chef Series
Curate your own collection with the Grand Rapids Public Museum
Earth Day at 50 Teach-out
Free art classes
#MIHumanitiesatHome BINGO
Muskegon Museum of Art Coloring Book
Pure Sounds of Michigan
Pure Michigan Webcams
Share your favorite book and pet with us
The On Being Project for National Nurses Day
#WriteRightRite creative writing prompts
#YpsiWrites Writing Resources
Children’s Book Week from Every Child a Reader
National Limerick Day
Dr. Bernice King and Ilyasah Shabazz’s conversation with GirlTrek: Healthy Black Women and Girls
Submit a film to the Flint Youth Film Festival
#PureMichigan virtual postcard
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s One World Ideas x Actions conversation
Michigan DNR’s MichiGame
KQED and the MindShift’s journaling through a pandemic
Performances & Poetry Readings
Sir Patrick Stewart’s #ASonnetADay
The Show Must Go On!
Anita Skeen’s “Boys Picking Jonquils”
River Pease’s “Living With Anxiety”
Masaki Takahashi’s performance of an untitled piece
Cindy Hunter Morgan’s “Kettle”
#PocketPoem “The Flower at My Window” by Lucian B. Watkins
Nancy DeJoy reads “Ourselves and One Another,” “At My Father’s Grave,” and “Freedom”
Juan Felipe Herrera poetry reading from the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association