A Prairie House, a Presidential Museum, and a Fish Ladder
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum puts visitors near the decisions of a presidency inherited during the Watergate crisis. Grand Rapids Public Museum covers local history, natural science, cultural collections, transportation, and a planetarium while the riverfront building remains open through an expansion.Grand Rapids Art Museum pairs a collection of roughly 6,700 works with the country's first LEED Gold-certified art-museum building. Grand Rapids Public Library joins its 1904 Ryerson Building to a later wing and keeps the Grand Rapids History Center upstairs. Meyer May House reconstructs Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie design down to art glass, furniture, sightlines, and a mural found beneath six layers of paint.Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park spreads conservatories, gardens, sculpture, and seasonal change across 158 acres. Fish Ladder Park adds a concrete sculpture built in 1975 to help fish pass the Sixth Street rapids. Admission, tours, special exhibitions, parking, and programs are separate from the PopHops Pass.