A Change is Coming!

The Kingman Museum recently received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to renovate and reinterpret the exhibitions on the top floor of the museum. We’re very excited to get this project underway and create educational exhibitions for visitors of all ages. The renovation will take place in two stages first the Biological Science Hall will be completed, followed by the Small Animal Gallery, which was recently updated. Demolition will begin the end of August and the entire project will be completed by fall of 2010. We will remain open through the renovation process.

The project is just beginning, but I’ll show you some of the things we’ve decided so far. Check back often for updates.

The tile:



The gray will be everywhere and the green will be an inset in the Small Animal Gallery.


Even though we aren’t renovating the lobby area, the updates will be obvious immediately. This is the current view from the lobby to the north east corner of the mezzanine.


This is sort of what it will look like after. Don’t worry, I’m not the exhibit designer- the real thing will look a lot better.


All of the white stuff surrounding the railing will be gone. There will be Plexiglas above the railing and there will be birds suspended in the Plexiglas on the north side of the building. The Canada geese will be gone. The electrical work will be updated. Instead of 12 light switches for the top floor exhibits there will be one control panel for the lights. (This is pretty exciting for everyone who works here and knows what a pain it is to hunt for the light switches). There will be pendent lights in place of the square fluorescent lights, this will be more appropriate to the era the museum was built. One of our goals for the renovation is to maintain the character and history of the building.

We’re happy to answer any questions you have about the renovations. Thanks for all your support!