Visit Experience Grand Rapids for a variety of things to do while you are visiting! Be sure to check out the Events section of the website to find out what is happening while you are in town!

Grand Rapids was named Beer City USA in 2012 and 2013! There are now over forty breweries throughout the city, many of them featuring brewery tours! Walk your way around the downtown breweries, City Built Brewing Company, Harmony Hall, New Holland - The Knickerbocker, Atwater, Founder's Brewing, Grand Rapids Brewing Company and The B.O.B.

This 200-acre attraction features the most comprehensive outdoor sculpture collection in the Midwest, indoor and outdoor gardens, largest tropical conservatory in the state, nature trails, guided tram and five acre Children’s Garden.

This classic urban zoo is located two miles west of downtown Grand Rapids, just off the 1-96 expressway. Over 2,000 animals and more animal touching exhibits than any other zoo in Michigan; tigers, petting corral, wallabies, camels and budgies. Chimpanzees - lions - grizzly bear - otters - snow leopards - - and many large and small primates. Indoor and outdoor viewing.

Grand Rapids is Michigan’s Best Food City, according to Thrillist – and one of the best places to get a taste of our creative, diverse, farm-fresh and delicious food scene is the Downtown Market.

Home to 20+ artisan food shops plus full-service restaurants, hands-on cooking classes, community events, rooftop greenhouses and more, the Downtown Market is the preeminent regional destination for innovative food experiences.

Changing exhibitions feature local, national and international artists. The museum collection spans Renaissance to Modern Art, with particular strength in European and American 19th and 20th century painting and sculpture. The Works on Paper Study includes more than 3,500 prints, drawing, and photographs.