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Kingman
Museum
From
prehistoric tiger bones to constellations and distant planets,
Kingman Museum
offers kids and adults alike a trip through our history and our world.
A must-visit spot for families looking for educational fun.
Our mission is to increase understanding, appreciation and enjoyment
of our natural world through the preservation, interpretation and
enhancement of Kingman Museum and its collections.
Programs & Services
3 floors of hands-on exhibits
Museum tours
Educational presentations
Outreach programs
Digistar planetarium shows
Discovery Kits & artifacts for loan
N.E.A.T. (Nature Education Action Time) weekend activities
Birthday parties
Volunteer, Internship & Service Learning Programs
Gift shop
Public library
Facility rentals
Hours of Operation
Tuesday-Friday, 9am - 5pm
Saturday 1-5 pm
Sunday, 1-5 pm (May - August)
Open year round
General
Admission Rates
Adult (Ages 19-64) $5
Seniors (Ages 65 & Up) & Veterans $4
Students (Ages 3-18 & College w/ID) $3
Family (Up to 6 people) $15
Ages 2 & under Free
Museum Members Free
Public Planetarium Shows
Members $1
Nonmembers $2
Group Admissions & Programs
$3 per person admission plus $35 per program or planetarium show
Regular Memberships
Student (Ages 3-18 & College w/ID) $20
Senior (Ages 65 & Up) & Veteran $20
Adult (Ages 19-64) $30
Family (Up to 6 people) $50
Grandparent (Up to 6 people) $50
Donor Memberships(select a regular membership, plus make a tax deductible
donation at one of the following levels)
Free Kingman Museum admission.
10% gift shop discount.
Free subscription to the Kingman Museum newsletter.
Reduced program & planetarium fees.
Annual Meeting invitation & voting privileges.
Free admission to over 280 Association of Science-Technology Centers
(ASTC) member organizations.
History
Kingman Museum’s first collections were acquired during the
Civil War and displayed in Battle Creek Public Schools' No.1 Building
when the building opened April 10, 1871. The museum collection was
moved to its current Leila Arboretum location in the Kingman Memorial
Museum building, donated in memory of Senator Albert Charles Kingman.
The museum collection was named the "Kingman Museum of Natural
History" and opened to the public in 1934. The museum closed
in October 2000 when Battle Creek Public Schools could no longer afford
to operate it due to changes in school funding. In February 2003,
"Kingman Museum" re-opened as a private, nonprofit 501c3
organization with a collection of over 22,000 natural history and
cultural artifacts.
