MIMichigan field entry
Call of the Wild Museum & Gift Shop
Gaylord, MI
A Gaylord wildlife museum attached to a 5,000-square-foot shop selling gifts, boots, fudge, clothing, jewelry, home décor and educational toys, with Michigan-history displays, an interactive Great Lakes exhibit and seasonal go-karts and adventure golf outside.
Call of the Wild combines a substantial independent retail floor with a long-running wildlife and Michigan-history museum, then adds seasonal miniature-golf and go-kart attractions to the same roadside property.
Field notes
Why it belongs
Gift shop, footwear retailer, fudge shop, clothing-and-jewelry store, home-décor shop, educational-toy store, wildlife museum, Michigan-history exhibit, interactive science/history experience, go-kart attraction and adventure-golf course.
The shop is far larger than the token retail corner of a museum, while the surrounding attraction turns the same property into a full roadside destination.
Call of the Wild in Gaylord combines a year-round wildlife museum with a 5,000-square-foot gift shop selling souvenirs, moccasins and boots, fudge, clothing, jewelry, ornaments, home décor, educational toys and other merchandise. The museum focuses on North American wildlife and Michigan history and now includes an interactive Great Lakes display alongside additional educational exhibits and a small theater. During the warmer season, the property expands again with go-karts and adventure golf. Those amusement attractions have their own seasonal schedule and should not be confused with the year-round museum and gift-shop operation.
Store contents
What you will find
Directory categories
Known for
- 5,000-square-foot gift shop
- Gifts and souvenirs
- Moccasins
- Work and cowboy boots
- Fudge
- Clothing
- Jewelry
- Ornaments
- Home décor
- Educational toys
- Wildlife museum
- Michigan history
- Interactive Great Lakes display
- Small theater
- Seasonal go-karts
- Adventure golf
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