Top 11 Tourist Attractions in Lansing: Travel Michigan
Top 11 Tourist Attractions in Lansing: Travel Michigan:
Michigan State Capitol, Potter Park Zoo, Michigan Historical Museum, R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, Cooley Law School Stadium, Old Town, Turner-Dodge House & Heritage Center, Central United Methodist Church, Carl G. Fenner Nature Center, Michigan Women's Historical Center, River Trail
Meet Your City: Moving the Capital (MYC11)
March 6, 2000: Jerry Lawler talks about the relocation of the state capital of Michigan to Lansing in the 19th century, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
Meet Your City: Beal Garden History (MYC37)
March 2002: MSU professor and garden curator Frank Telewski tells the story of the W. J. Beal Botanical Garden on the Michigan State University campus, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
Meet Your City: Memories of the '50s and '60s in Lansing (MYC32)
April 2003: Olivia Letts shares her memories of Lansing in the 1950s and 1960s, with special focus on her role as a leader in the Lansing School District and the local African-American community, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
Meet Your City: African-American History (MYC33)
July 2003: Wilbur Howard, president of the Lansing Area African-American Genealogical Society, gives a talk entitled There Can Be No American History Without African-American History at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
Meet Your City: Durant Park (MYC28)
April 4, 2000: Joan Sheldon talks about the origins of the Durant Park in Lansing, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
Meet Your City: Let's Go to the Fair (MYC21)
June 3, 2002: Guest speaker Julie Avery of the MSU Museum talks about the history of county and state fairs at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2010 Census placed the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. The population of its Metropolitan Statistical Area was 464,036, while the even larger Combined Statistical Area population, which includes Shiawassee County, was 534,684. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after its admittance as a state.
The Lansing Metropolitan Area, colloquially referred to as Mid-Michigan, is an important center for educational, cultural, governmental, commercial, and industrial functions. The area is home to two medical schools, one veterinary school, two nursing schools, two law schools—including Western Michigan University and Michigan State University—a Big Ten Conference university, the Michigan State Capitol, the state Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a federal court, the Library of Michigan and Historical Center, and headquarters of four national insurance companies.
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