Museum Development

Areas where people and businesses can contribute

  • The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences is renovating the Schmaltz Museum of Earth History, and we need your help!

  • We have a number of future displays and exhibits, outlined below, that will greatly enhance the museum and its learning capabilities within WMU and the greater Kalamazoo community. Project funding is always in need of an assist and we have provided an opportunity whereby donors can purchase a variety of items for the museum and its outdoor interactive entity ‘Dinosaur Park’. Donations are tax deductible, purchased items will be installed on behalf of an individual or business, and donations will be categorized by incremental value based on the Mohs mineral hardness scale.

  • Categories of donations

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ARC SCIENCE OMNIGLOBE

Photo of ARC Science OmniGlobe, provided courtesy of ARC Sciences Simulations, Inc.

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MASS EXTINCTIONS

Photo of a 'long-term' mass extinction event, provided courtesy of Jeremy D. Owens.

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MICHIGAN BASIN STRATIGRAPHY

Photo of Marathon Oil’s Visionarium, provided courtesy of Christie Digital and AVTG.

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MINERALS

Example of visual and interactive mineral display to be adapted to existing specimens.

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ICE AGES

Photo of Mammoth exhibit from the Royal BC museum in Victoria, British Columbia.

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DONATE A DINOSAUR

Have you ever wanted to buy a dinosaur? Here is your chance!

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JOURNEY INTO THE MICHIGAN BASIN

Photo displaying Geologic Time, provided courtesy of Carolina Bomanite Corporation

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ENDOWMENT

Photo displaying proposed sketch of the mineral collections in the Lloyd Schmaltz Museum.

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