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September 10	Pete Dunne's Bird Watching Perspective at KNC 7:00-8:00 pm
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The Genesis of A NEW Kingman Museum

Welcome.  This section is dedicated to chronicling the creation of new spaces at Kingman Museum.  Here we will document changes taking place throughout the museum. We will take you back a few years to what once was, show you how far we have come to date, and show you plans for what will be with continued community support. 
New things are happening at YOUR Kingman Museum.  Please excuse our messes as renovations occur.  We are receiving monies from various organizations and individuals to update our infrastructure and to design and install new exhibitions on natural history, the universe, and world cultures.  We appreciate your patience and welcome your support.

Over the next 18 months, you will see a great deal of change here at Kingman Museum supported by donations and grants from the following: W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek Community Foundation, Battle Creek Community Foundation- Hunter Fund, Southwest Michigan Rehab Foundation, Guido A. & Elizabeth H. Binda Foundation, Miller Foundation, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Schweitzer Construction, Union Electric, Battle Creek Tile & Mosaic, Larry Sehy and family, Frank and John Zanetti, Barbara Porter, and Sally Turner, to name a few.  

More funding is needed to complete the renovations, new exhibitions, and accompanying programming.  Naming opportunities are available.  You can be a part of these projects with an investment of only $100.  Gather your family or talk to your community service group about sponsoring a portion of our new exhibitions.  Maybe you would like to sponsor the restoration of a mounted animal such as Barbara Porter has for the Speke’s Gazelle, sponsor a drawer in one of the permanent exhibitions like Sally Turner has, or sponsor an entire exhibit like the Sehy Family.  Opportunities abound.  Contact Sara Ann Briggs at 269-965-5117 or sbriggs@kingmanmuseum.org. See our current sponsor list here

We appreciate the continue support of the SW Michigan Building Trades:

Bricklayers & Allied Crafts #9
IBEW Local #445
Insulators Heat & Frost #47
Iron Worker local #340
Painters and Glaziers #312
UA Plumbers & Pipe Fitters #333 & 357

Thank you to our Programs Committee and Exhibitions Committee members and other volunteers involved in these projects.  If you would like to volunteer, contact Katie Nelson at knelson@kingmanmuseum.org.

PHOTO GALLERY OF RENOVATION PROGRESS (MORE COMING SOON)

Site Plan:

Old Lower Level Exhibition Space	Installing New Lower Level Floor
Old Gift Shop Counter	Old Exhibit
Old Planetarium	Remodeled Fetus Exhibit
Current Mezzanine	New Mezzanine Sketch
New Planetarium
Demolition:
New Cases Installed:

 
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The mission of Kingman Museum is to provide lifelong learning opportunities in natural history, the universe, and world cultures for all ages for all time.
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175 Limit Street
Battle Creek, MI 49037
Phone: (269) 965-5117 ~ Fax: (269) 965-3330
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