MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL

The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio opens students’ minds to the innovative ideas of Alden B. Dow. This dynamic environment engages students as they tour and participate in activities.

 These have included developing a sketch of the residence out on the terrace, examining original architectural drawings in the Archives or watching original Alden B. Dow movies in his theater.

Programs

7th Grade - Writing Program At The Dow House
Middle School - 2019-2020 Writer's Studio (after school writing program)
Middle & High School - Summer Writer's Studio
High School – Bay Arenac CC Engineering & Drafting
High School - Theory Of Knowledge Classes

School Partnerships

Middle Schools

  • • Midland Public Schools
  • • Zion Lutheran

High Schools

  • • Bay City Public Schools
  • • Gladwin Community Schools
  • • Hemlock Public Schools
  • • Lake Fenton Community Schools
  • • Lakeview Community Schools
  • • Midland Public Schools
  • • Mt. Pleasant Area Technical Center
  • • Saginaw Township Schools
  • • Valley Lutheran High School

Call To Schedule Your Education Program 989.832.8543

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Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, the Alden B Dow Home and Studio continues to engage the imagination and elicits emotional responses in all who experience this powerful statement of Mid-Twentieth Century Modern architecture. Planted into an encompassing pond, the Home and Studio is alive with reflective light, soaring roof lines, diverging angles, brilliant color and the perfect balance of enticement and tranquility. It truly is an “oasis of architecture and inspiration.” Schedule your visit for architectural tours, educational programs, Michigan history and much more.

Public Tours

Mon – Sat at 2 PM & Fri – Sat 10 AM
Reservations Required either book online or by calling 1.866.315.7678

Book Tour

Contact

The Home and Studio phone lines are down. If you need to contact us please email info@abdow.org and we will return messages as soon as we can. Due to the extension of "Stay in Place" posed by COVID-19, we are cancelling and refunding all tours and events at the Home and Studio until June 12th. 
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