The mission of Kingman Museum is to promote an understanding and appreciation
of our natural world, the universe, and human cultures.
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
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.
