March 1 through April 30, 2025 As the season changes, the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory comes alive with the return of Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming! This highly anticipated event, the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibition in the United States, showcases the stunning diversity and intricate beauty of butterflies and moths. Butterflies Are Blooming invites visitors to celebrate the unique spectacle of lepidopteran flight and the exquisite patterns of their wings in the lush environment of the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory.
In partnership with Bricks & Minifigs Grand Rapids, Brick by Brick: The Creative Art of LEGO® is the second annual exhibition celebrating the creative potential of LEGO®.
Visit the galaxy from the most comfortable seat in the house. Relax and recline to experience the incredible forces of our universe as you visit the galaxy, constellations, far away planets and much more! All of the Chaffee Planetarium shows feature the latest Digistar projection technology and immersive surround sound for an unbelievably rich and realistic experience. Located within the GRPM, the Chaffee Planetarium is named after the Grand Rapids-born astronaut who lost his life in the 1967 Apollo 1 spacecraft fire, Roger B. Chaffee.