If your kids like that sort of thing try the Gilmore Car Museum , too. The Kalamazoo Nature Center features lots of kid-oriented activities. Exhibits include giant prairie flowers and a giant beech tree. Tanks feature live fish, turtles, bugs, and other creatures. Feeders attract a variety of birds in all seasons.
Several nature trails wind through hardwood forests and along a creek.
The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, near Gull Lake, has several ponds full of ducks, geese, and swans. Kids love feeding them. Cracked corn is available at the entry. Open all year. They operate the Skate Park on Ravine.