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Bernard Historical Museum
Located in Delton, the museum includes the Bernard Hospital, a Nature
Trail, the Brown School, the Country Store, the Seamstress Cottage, the
Little House, the Blacksmith Shop, the Implement Building, a Windmill,
and Herb & Flower Gardens. Open June through September. See their
web site for hours. 269-623-3565.
Bowens Mills
Located in the heart of beautiful Yankee Springs Township, just 2 miles
north of Yankee Springs (Gun Lake) State Park. Historic Bowens Mills is
a 13 acre Pioneer Park consisting of an 1864 Grist Mill and Cider Mill.
It is a working museum that still grinds and sells fresh corn meal through
the use of water-powered mill stones. It is a second generation
family-owned and operated state historic site with no state funding.
269-795-7530.
Charlton Park Village Museum
The Charlton Park Village Museum is located at 2545 South Charlton Park
Road. The museum was established in 1936. The park includes 17 historic
buildings, and is home to many educational programs and special events.
269-945-3775.
Gilmore Car Museum
The Gilmore Car Museum is located at 6865 Hickory Road, three miles west
of Hickory Corners. The Gilmore-Classic Car Club of America Museum has over
130 antique, classic and collector cars on display in six historic Michigan
Barns. The museum, named one of the nation's 10 best large automobile museums,
features unusual vintage vehicles, recent rare collectibles, hood ornament
collections and automobile history exhibits. Located near Hickory Corners, the
Museum sponsors annual car shows and swap meets. 269-671-5089.
Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association
The North Country Trail Association is a grassroots organization building a
4,600 mile long hiking trail from New York to North Dakota. The Chief Noonday
Chapter sponsors an approximately 120 mile section just southeast of Grand Rapids,
thru the Middleville State Game Area, the Paul Henry-Thornapple Trail, the Yankee
Springs Recreation Area, the Barry State Game Area, the north east corner of
Kalamazoo County, the Kellogg Experimental Forest and Kellogg Biological Station,
Ft. Custer National Cemetery, through Battle Creek, Marshall, and Homer in south
central Michigan. 269-945-5398.
Michigan Farmers' Hall of Fame
The Michigan Farmers' Hall of Fame is located on the 80 acre farm owned by
Bill and Maggie Aukerman at 7990 Milo Road, 3 miles south of Delton. They host
many events throughout the summer, including the "Prairieville Old Fashioned
Farm Days and Country Music Shows", held every year over the Labor Day weekend.
269-623-2485.
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute occupies 661 acres at 701 West Cloverdale Road. An
Ecological Research and Education Institute to foster stewardship of ecosystems
and species by way of preservation, management, and restoration of natural
landscapes. 269-721-4190.
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
Michigan State University's W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) is located in
southwestern lower Michigan on the eastern shore of Gull Lake, 12 miles northwest
of Battle Creek and 15 miles northeast of Kalamazoo. A 4,065-acre site, KBS is
jointly managed by the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the
College of Natural Science. 269-671-5117.
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