Ahadi Youth Awardee Sees a Bright Future
Kareem Wedderburn, The 11th annual Ahadi Youth Award 2020 recipient, was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. An independent scholar more than ready to explore new ways of thinking and…
Ubora Award Winner Prioritizes Good of Community
Representative Bud L. Williams, a lifelong resident of Springfield, Massachusetts, exemplifies community service through his devotion to civic duties, his unflinching advocacy for the people he represents, and his unrelenting…
Rolls-Royce in America
The Springfield Museums are featuring How People Make Things, a hands-on exhibit that explores manufacturing inspired by Mr. Rogers’ Factory Tours through May 9. The exhibit also features many Springfield…
Winter 2021 Treasures at the Springfield Museums
The Museums are honored to be able to share pieces from the collections and images from around the Quadrangle in the weekly column Treasures at the Springfield Museums in the…
Black History Month 2021
The Springfield Museums celebrate Black History! In honor of Black History Month, celebrated throughout the month of February, the Museums highlighted Black leadership in Springfield across all social media platforms,…
Remembering Pres Blake, a Great Friend to the Museums
Prestley “Pres” Blake was a great friend of the Springfield Museums. We are saddened to hear of his passing and we celebrate his remarkable 106 years as an entrepreneur, philanthropist,…
1960s Scrap Book Helps Tell Space Story
I was in half-day kindergarten at Memorial School (now Mary A. Dryden Veterans Memorial School) in Springfield when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. Prior to his death,…
Art of the Islamic World: More to Discover
Welcome to the Art of the Islamic World Gallery at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum! The gallery features objects created between the 9th and 19th centuries in Iran,…
Christmas Cookbooks Provide Sweet Activities
[Daniel Webster Punch] is definitely for stay-at-home consumption only. Maybe it should be re-named Pandemic Punch! With December here, many of us find ourselves re-thinking how to celebrate the holidays…
What’s Up with All of the Headlines about Christmas Star?
By now many people have seen headlines online or on air about a “Christmas Star” and they wonder what all the hype is about. The event or “star” they refer…