April 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…
Women’s History Month 2021
The Springfield Museums celebrate Women’s History Month by highlighting women of the past, and present who are shaping the future! Women’s History Month is celebrated throughout the month of March…
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…
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,…
Book Recommendation: The Massasoit House and Paramount Theater
The Massasoit House and Paramount Theater is the latest in the Springfield Republican’s pictorial histories of the Valley, and it illustrates the fascinating timeline of a building which has had…
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,…
Book Recommendation: The Muralist
I was eager to read The Muralist by B.A. Shapiro because I enjoyed Shapiro’s “The Art Forger” which intertwined the main character with the unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist…
Stirring the Pot
With the warmth of the rising sun, Nanny rose to her own highest expectation of getting the pots going and igniting the flame that would heat them. She was a…