For over 150 years, the Springfield Museums have been collecting objects of importance in all sizes. Join Maggie North, Curator of Art at the Springfield Museums, for a journey through the Museums’ collection with a focus on the monumental and the minute. In this talk, North will discuss some of the largest and smallest artworks at the Springfield Museums—from a nearly 13-foot-wide painting that is too large to remove from the building to a set of miniature cloisonne vases—and touch on the problem-solving opportunities associated with displaying these pieces. The talk will also include stories behind select artifacts from the Museums’ science and history collections.
Presented by Maggie North, Curator of Art, Springfield Museums
Image: Installation of Horton Sculpture for Horton Court, 2002, image courtesy of Lark Grey Dimond-Cates
Join us in-person or online!
If you plan to attend in person at the Museums, tickets are available on the day of the lecture in the Welcome Center.
Members: FREE
Springfield residents: FREE
Nonmembers: $4
To attend via ZOOM, please register in advance.
Free admission to the Museums a la Carte lectures for all museum members made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the #SHARP program.
