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September 10	Pete Dunne's Bird Watching Perspective at KNC 7:00-8:00 pm
September 11	Breakfast, Birds, and Banding Pete Dunne at KNC 8:00-10:00 am
September 14	Winter Hours begin: museum opens at 11:00 a.m.
September 25 (tentative)	Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day, free admission
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Attention Birders

Birding events at Kalamazoo Nature Center with special guest Pete Dunne - check out the flyer

Save Your Motel/Hotel Toiletries and Help out a Local Organization!

HandsOn Battle Creek, Leila Arboretum Society, and Kingman Museum are partnering again for the 3rd Annual Making a Difference at Spooky Science Saturday on October 23, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Each year the group selects a local charity to collect donated materials for.  This year we are collecting toiletry items for Haven of Rest and Inasmuch House.

Click here for the press release and learn how YOU can make a difference!

Click here for images from last year’s event.

4th Annual Michigan Hummingbird Festival at Lake Inn Trails & Gardens

Saturday, July 31, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Join Kingman Museum and other nature enthusiasts in observing and learning about the Hummingbird!  Park fee of $4.

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Wild Kingman July 19-23

Appreciating Your Natural World

Your youngster can explore the natural world in a fun and safe environment! It’s “Wild Kingman, Appreciating Your Natural World,” a one-week long summer day camp for young nature enthusiasts!

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Blue Star Museum Partnership - FREE Admission for Military Families

Kingman Museum to participate in Blue Star Museums program offered by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2010 will receive free admission. Kingman Museum is jumpstarting its participation to begin on May 28, 2010.

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Kingman Awarded Federal Grant

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both D-Mich., announced a $78,918 federal grant today for Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. The Institute of Museum and Library Services grant will be used to enhance the housing for the natural history and ethnographic collections.

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New Temporary Exhibition

Native American Vessels: Traditions in Transformation
Feb. 6 to Oct. 9, 2010

Making a difference at Spooky Science Saturday - “Nature’s Nightmares!”

Thank you to all our partners and volunteers for helping to make 2009 a record setting year!

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Green Drinks

A monthly gathering for those with an interest in environmental issues. Join other environmental enthusiasts for casual networking brought to you by the Battle Creek Clean Water Partners.

Downoad Flyer

New Winter Hours Now in Effect

Tooth Stolen from Museum

Kingman recently experienced the theft of a megalodon shark tooth from its collection.

Read more HERE via the BC Enquirer.

Kingman has just received a $350,000 grant from the WK Kellogg Foundation to fund major renovations at the museum!

Follow our progress here

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Read the article in the BC Enquirer

Kingman Honored by NPA

Wiinner of 2009 Nonprofit Alliance Nonprofit Business Award!

Kingman Museum starts blog!

Want the inside scoop on what’s happening at the Kingman Museum?  Go to kingmanmuseum.blogspot.com  to learn more about what’s going on at your favorite museum.

Kingman Museum Joins Facebook!

Kingman Museum is now on Facebook.  Stop by our page to keep current on museum happenings and see cool pictures.  While you’re there don’t forget to become a fan and tell all your friends to become fans too!

Breaking News from U.S. Dept. of the Interior - Polar Bears To Be Listed As "Threatened"

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