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Lansing offers a variety of reasons to visit: local history at History Plaza and the Lansing Historical Museum, events at Fox Pointe, and exercise and a changing reading selection at Van Laten Park. Your plans will depend on whether you want to explore the town’s origins, plan your visit around an event, or make time for the park. Each place has a different focus and its own timing.

Local history at History Plaza and the museum

History Plaza depicts the three neighborhoods that came together to form Lansing in 1893. It also showcases Lansing’s early heritage, as well as industry, agriculture, aviation, and native plants. The plaza is also a peaceful place to reflect on Lansing’s past. In this way, the town’s origins sit alongside several other themes: its history is not limited to a single chapter.

The Lansing Historical Museum is located in the lower level of the Lansing Public Library, 2750 Indiana Avenue, Lansing, Illinois. To arrange a tour with the Lansing Historical Society & Museum, contact the museum director directly. If you’d like to include a tour in your stay, make arrangements as part of your planning. The two historic sites have different focuses: the plaza showcases a variety of themes, while museum tours can be arranged directly.

Events at Fox Pointe

Fox Pointe is an event venue in Downtown Lansing. It hosts free Wednesday evening concerts featuring regional artists. Fox Pointe is also the host of Lansing’s L.A.C.E. Autumn Fest, an annual event. This gives you two different event schedules to choose from: Wednesday evening concerts and an annual festival. If you’re planning your trip around a concert or the festival, check the specific event dates before making plans.

Time in the park at Van Laten Park

Van Laten Park has a StoryWalk featuring a different book each month. The program may change, so check the current offering if the latest book is important to your visit. LOPD Bike Share also has a location in Van Laten Park. Since availability may change, it’s best to check before including Bike Share in your plans.

There’s also a specific distance for walking: three laps around the park equal one mile. This describes a distance, not a walking time. Park layouts may change, so keep that in mind when planning a specific route.

Choose the focus of your stay

The offerings also differ in what determines the timing of your trip: at Fox Pointe, concert and festival dates matter; at StoryWalk, the book changes monthly; and museum tours are arranged directly with the museum director. If you’re planning your stay around one of these offerings, base your plans on the specific date, current program, or arrangement. When looking for a hotel in Lansing, you can first decide which reason for visiting you’d like to shape your stay.

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