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The museum is operated by Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and admission to the facility is free. [1] 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 ...
Detroit Institute of Arts. This list of museums in Michigan encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum, established in 1881, [113] is an American Association of Museums accredited museum operated by Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The museum features "hands-on" exhibits aimed largely at children, and has a planetarium and a Challenger Learning Center.
The Jersey Explorer Children's Museum: East Orange: New Jersey: Kaleideum: Winston-Salem: North Carolina: The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and SciWorks merged in July 2016, and the new entity was named Kaleideum in February 2017. Kaleidoscope (Kansas City, Missouri) Kansas City: Missouri: Kearney Area Children's Museum: Kearney: Nebraska ...
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts current building was unveiled in September 1961. Designed by the Chicago, Illinois, firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 45,000 square feet (4,200 m 2) structure is based on a Mies van der Rohe design for a small museum, in the International Style of architecture. [1] [2]
The Children's Museum: West Hartford: Connecticut: No No Yes Yes The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Indianapolis: Indiana: Yes Yes Yes No The Children's Museum of New Hampshire [6] Dover: New Hampshire: No No Yes Yes The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley [6] Bryan: Texas: No No Yes Yes The Corning Museum of Glass: Corning: New York ...
The Detroit Children's Museum (1917) [15] The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (1925) [16] – according to the ACM, this is the world's largest children's museum. [2] The Children's Museum (West Hartford, CT) (1927) [17] Duluth Children's Museum (1930) [18] By 1975, there were approximately 38 children's museums in the United States.
The Kalamazoo Public Library is an independent district library in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that serves about 120,000 people, has a salaried staff of 90, and spends about $10 million annually. The library consists of the central branch downtown, and four branch libraries.