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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Kalamazoo Valley Museum has been sending Team VP this magazine called MuseON for a spectacularly long time, but I usually just flip through the pages, wondering about our child free life, play the What Is It? game and recycle the whole deal.<\/p>\n
<\/a>MuseON What Is It?<\/p><\/div>\n
This week the exhibit called Wild Music attracted my attention and before Mr. MVP knew what hit him, we were at the door of the museum on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
The Kalamazoo Valley Museum or the KVM as I like to call it because it’s much simpler to type, has something for everyone, especially if you’re visiting with Mr. MVP. First up, some of our favorite stuff. Almost immediately after we walked in was an exhibit called Decades of Dazzling Dresses, which showcases actual dresses worn by women who lived in and around Kalamazoo. These dresses absolutely fascinated me. Seriously, I was transfixed. The dress above, is a silk crepe number that belonged to Ruth Pennell. Ms. Ruth would have worn this as an afternoon dress in 1926. Ms. Ruth had style I cannot even begin to imagine having.<\/p>\n The KVM is, in part, a children’s museum, so touching is encouraged in quite a few places. In the dress exhibit I touched the dress dummy and nearly knocked it over. Mr. MVP has fast hands!<\/p>\n Going up the stairs there is a neon sign that I love. I just thought I’d point that out.<\/p>\n The second floor is all about Kalamazoo and the surrounding area. If you are not sure about what was manufactured in Kalamazoo, who started Kalamazoo, Parchment, Richland or Mattawan or you’d like to know what year Upjohn stopped being Upjohn, the KVM is the place to go.<\/p>\n Of course there are always Gibson guitars too.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n