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Downtown is the [[Kalamazoo Valley Museum]], a "hands-on" museum aimed largely at children which also has a [[planetarium]] and a nationally recognized [[Challenger Learning Center]]. It also features a mural painted by renowned artist James "Jungle" Powell. Northeast of town is the [[Gilmore Car Museum]], which includes cars used in [[Walt Disney]] movies.

In 2002, the [[Kalamazoo Public Library]] was awarded "Library of the Year" by ''Library Journal''. The city's library system is comprised of four branch libraries in addition to its central ___location, as well as the [[bookmobile]] system.[http://www.kpl.gov/]

Kalamazoo is also the birthplace of the [[Moped Army]], a nationwide moped club. The Kalamazoo branch, the Decepticons, hosts an annual Memorial Day event which attracts riders from all over the United States.<ref name="moped">{{cite web | title=Swarm and Destroy is Motto of Moped Army |work=Kalamazoo Gazette | url= http://www.mopedarmy.com/resources/articles/kzoogazette/ | accessdate=2006-11-16}}</ref>

Despite the name and a [[Woody Woodpecker]] cartoon, there is no zoo in Kalamazoo, besides the mentioned aviation museum called the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. The City closed its only zoo in 1974 when the [http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikalama/milhampark.htm Milham Park Zoo], located within the large city-owned park of the same name, was closed.