Kingman Museum
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Kingman Museum is a museum in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 266 m. Dixon Hall stands 332 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Leila Park Children's Garden, a museum 0.2 miles away. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Kingman Museum is a natural history museum and planetarium located at 175 Limit Street, on the grounds of Leila Arboretum, in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Its mission is to promote an understanding and appreciation of the natural world, the universe, and human cultures. The museum's collections include several thousand artifacts, many of which are displayed in permanent and temporary exhibitions. The vast majority of the collection, however, is in storage. In 2007 the museum received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to physically inventory and catalog every item in its collection, scheduled for completion in August 2009. Some of the museum's highlights include its paleontology and geology specimens, animal taxidermy mounts, a preserved human embryo and fetus exhibit, and Native American artifacts. The museum also has numerous rare items in its collection, including two specimens of the critically endangered imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis). Only 120 museum specimens of the bird are known to exist in the world. Since there are no known photographs or recordings of a living imperial woodpecker, these specimens are the only records ornithologists have to study and understand the species. In 2008 Kingman Museum added a Digistar 3 fulldome projector system to its planetarium. It is one of only 61 installations worldwide and the only one in southwest Michigan. Kingman is a member museum of the Association of Science-Technology Centers and participates in the membership passport program.
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Dates from 1934.
Wikidata Q6412823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 266 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Leila Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Fell Park: 0.6 mi
- Greenwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Julia V. Milner Park: 0.9 mi
- Hamblin Park: 1.0 mi
- Full Blast: 1.8 mi
- Harmonia: 5.3 mi
- 2nd Stream: 5.3 mi
- Harmonia Again: 5.4 mi
- 1st Stream: 5.4 mi
- Leila Park Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Historic Adventist Village: 1.0 mi
- Battle Creek Regional History Museum: 1.3 mi
- Kimball House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Overlook Museum: 9.8 mi
- What's Next World?: 1.6 mi
- Compass Pole Monument: 1.6 mi
- Wind-Driven Rotating Mobile: 1.6 mi
- The Creek: 1.9 mi
- Friendship Park Stone Marker: 1.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Dyer Kiln: 11.8 mi
- Rose Park Veteran's Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Art Deco: 19.3 mi
- Burdick Street: 19.3 mi
- Battle Creek Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Turkeyville Rest Area 722: 11.2 mi
- Galesburg Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Marshall Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Alamo Rest Area 709: 22.9 mi
- The Hogback: 13.6 mi
- Dixon Hall: 17.9 mi
- Stony Point Hill: 19.7 mi
- Baird Hill: 22.7 mi
- Graves Hill: 24.1 mi
- Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bell's Beer Garden: 19.0 mi
- God's Garden: 22.9 mi
- Memorial Tree Garden: 24.0 mi
- Willard Beach: 3.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kingman Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Hall | SSE 151° | 332 m | 17.9 mi |
| Baird Hill | NW 322° | 294 m | 22.7 mi |
| Stony Point Hill | SSE 150° | 286 m | 19.7 mi |
| The Hogback | NW 316° | 282 m | 13.6 mi |
| Graves Hill | NW 325° | 280 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:39 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Creek Kellogg AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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