Downtown Flint offers many places to see and things to do - from Art Galleries, Museums to the Farmer’s Market - it is a city full of attractions to visit! And if you get hungry, stop into the local "Lunch Studio" for a sandwich or "The Torch" for their famous burger. If coffee is your thing, then visit "The Brown Sugar Cafe" for a latte of your choice. Enjoy your visit to Flint and come back soon to see what's new downtown.
The FIA’s collection numbers 6,500 objects it is recently renovated space and the Museum Art School where you will enjoy exhibitions, art classes, films and videos, lectures, concerts, tours and more.
The Flint Institute of Music’s recent$8.2million dollar expansion added over 26,000 square feet of space and is the Home of the Flint Symphony Orchestra and the Flint School of Performing Arts with over 3,000 students, plus the world-renowned Joffrey Ballet Midwest workshop.
The Whiting's 2,043 seat theater hosts the Flint Symphony Orchestra, Annula Holiday Pops, New York's Joffrey Midwest Workshop, Flint Youth Theatre's Learning Through Theatre Series, and many other community graduations, recitals and other events.
Regional history, historic automobiles and hands-on science are major features of the Sloan Museum. Dramatic settings, video programs and hundreds of artifacts and photographs portray the area’s tumultuous 20th century history in the Flint and the American Dream exhibit.
Hours: Monday - Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday & Sunday Noon to 5 p.m.
The Robert T. Longway Planetarium, a 285 seats under a 60-foot dome, Michigan’s largest planetarium.
The Longway Planetarium’s Learning Center provides opportunities for fascinating new learning experiences. These may include hands-on science demonstrations, astronomy classes or telescope workshops.
Nationally-acclaimed, award-winning inter-generational programming. A member organization of the Flint Cultural Center Corporation, Flint Youth Theatre is the resident theatre company at the Flint Cultural Center.
Provides vital information access for the community. The Main Library's meeting areas serve as an important community gathering place and allow the library to hosts lectures, concerts, author visits, and other community events.
As the last Victorian era home on East Kearsley Street, Whaley Historical House Museum is one of Flint's last links to its 19th century past. Hours: Weekdays - By Appointment 1st and 3rd Sunday of the Month 1-4 PM Sundays 1-4 PM
Cultural Center campus includes the Sloan Museum, Buick Gallery & Research Center, Longway Planetarium, The Whiting, Flint Youth Theatre, Flint Institute of Arts and Flint Institute of Music - hosting over 600,000 visitors each year, offering art exhibitions, art classes, films, tours and concerts for the community to enjoy.
One of three campuses of the University of Michigan serving the citizens of the city of Flint and the surrounding region. The urban location provides a University of Michigan education to students with varied life experiences offering bachelor’s and graduate degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences.
Flint’s premiere research university and world renowned for its research & development and engineering programs in the automotive and bio-engineering/medical sectors.
MCC offers a wide variety of academic programs, locations, flexible scheduling and campus activities. MCC offers over 100 different Programs and hundreds of specific classes. Whether you want a degree, college transfer or career training, you will find something that will bring you success. MCC has so much to offer and all at a very reasonable cost.
