ATTRACTIONS

Amusements

• Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery Visitor Center
  six miles west of US-131 on M-43
  269-668-2876
  Offers fish hatchery tours, exhibits on fish and fishing, special programs, walking trails, picnic area, and a display pond where you can feed the fish. Open all year to the public.

Museums & Galleries

• Air Zoo
  6151 Portage Road • Kalamazoo, MI 49002
  269-382-6555
  Though called the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, this aviation museum is officially named the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum. You can view more than sixty restored aircraft, try out a flight simulator, see photographs, dioramas, and other exhibits. This is also the home of the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame and the Guadalcanal Memorial Museum. more...  map

• Celery Flats Interpretive Center
  7335 Garden Lane • Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  One-Fourth Mile East of South Westnedge Avenue
  269-329-4522
  This center celebrates Kalamazoo's history as a celery farming center through its many tours, museums, and exhibits. Included are a turn-of-the-century schoolhouse, a 1930's grain elevator, the Hayloft Theatre, and the 1846 Stuart Mansion. more...  map

• Gilmore Car Museum
  6865 Hickory Road • Kalamazoo, MI 49060
  Hickory Corners
  269-671-5089
  One of the best automobile museums in the nation, this museum features 130 cars that trace the history of American automobiles. Some of the models displayed include Rolls Royces, sports cars, Cadillacs, Corvettes, and Packards. more...  map

• Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
  314 South Park Street • Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  Downtown
  269-349-7775
  Focusing on 20th century American, German Expressionist, and graphic arts, this art facility features a permanent collection of over 3,000 pieces. Its ten galleries showcase the permanent collection as well as numerous temporary exhibits. The Institute is closed on Mondays and major holidays. more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Nature Center
  7000 North Westnedge Avenue • Kalamazoo, MI 49009
  269-381-1574
  Located on 1,132 acres, this Nature Center reaches more than 250,000 people each year through its numerous programs. It offers daily and year-round interactive exhibits, nature trails, and special programs every weekend. more...  map

Science & Technology

• Kalamazoo Valley Museum
  230 North Rose Street • Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  Downtown
  269-373-7990, 800-772-3370
  This outstanding interactive museum offers a large array of hands-on science, history, and technology exhibits. Features include an Interactive Learning Hall, Challenger Learning Center, the Mercantile gift store, and a planetarium. The museum is open daily. more...  map

Tours & Cruises

• Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Dairy Center & Forest
  298 Forty-Second Street • Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  269-671-2510
  Enjoy a self-guided tour through a working dairy farm, a bird sanctuary, and an experimental forest that features more than 150 species of trees.

Vineyards, Wineries & Breweries

• Bell's Brewery, Inc.
  8938 Krum Avenue • Kalamazoo, MI 49053
  Galesburg
  "Bell's Brewery, Inc. formerly Kalamazoo Brewing Company, founded by Larry Bell as a home-brewing supply shop in 1983, sold its first beer in 1985. Although the ""microbrewery"" revolution began on the West Coast in the 1970s, the Midwest saw this brewing development much later. Bell's Brewery stands as the oldest craft-brewer east of Boulder, Colorado. The Eccentric Cafe offers customers a chance to taste many of Bell's well known beers, as well as small batch brews that are not distributed outside of the pub. Visitors enjoy its warm atmosphere and spacious beer garden. The Eccentric also features interesting food, an extensive collection of art and ephemera, and live music Thursday through Saturday. The Eccentric's entertainment schedule is on the web, www.bellsbeer.com, or call 269-382-2332. "  more...  map

• Kalamazoo Brewing Company, Inc.
  355 East Kalamazoo Avenue • Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  269-382-2338
  Known for their unique and creative beers, this brewery offers tours on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. Their pub-on-site lets you taste many of the noted beers that this company produces. There is also a general store on site that sells homebrewing supplies, gifts, and beer-to-go. more...  map

• Peterson & Sons Winery
  9375 East P Avenue • Kalamazoo, MI 49002
  269-626-9755
  Known as one of the few wineries in the world that makes wine without chemicals or preservatives, this commercial winery offers wine tastings year round. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm Monday, Friday and Saturday and on Sunday from noon until 6 pm.  more...  map