Kalamazoo Valley Museum

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Kalamazoo Valley Museum
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The back of the Museum. A pedestrian stands in the foreground.
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Location within Michigan
Established1881
Location Kalamazoo, Michigan
Coordinates 42°17′36″N85°35′02″W / 42.29329°N 85.58392°W / 42.29329; -85.58392
TypeHistory, Science, Technology
Collection size50,000
DirectorBill McElhone
Website Kalamazoo Valley Museum

The Kalamazoo Valley Museum is a "hands-on" museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The museum is largely aimed at families, and focuses on science, technology, and history. The museum is operated by Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and admission to the facility is free. [1]

Contents

The museum's collection dates to an 1881 gift to the Kalamazoo School Board of corals, shells, and rocks from Horace M. Peck, a local banker. In its early years, the museum acquired natural history specimens, ethnographic materials, and antiquities. Currently, the collection includes over 50,000 items.

The museum has a state-of-the-art, 109-seat planetarium that screens a variety of presentations and programs for school groups and other public audiences.

Exhibits

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An inside display wall.

The museum, whose special exhibitions galleries feature an ever-changing variety of traveling exhibits, also features several permanent exhibits. These include:

A sarcophagus in the mummy exhibit. KVM Sarcophagus.jpg
A sarcophagus in the mummy exhibit.

References

  1. Kalamazoo Valley Museum
  2. "More info about the Mummy - Kalamazoo Valley Museum". www.kalamazoomuseum.org. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020.