Congratulations to the Winners of Our 2020 Gingerbread Competition!
The results are in--here are the winners of the 2020 gingerbread competition. Thanks to all the talented bakers who headed down the rabbit hole and joined our mad tea party!…
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…
Native American Heritage Month 2021
The Springfield Museums would like to first begin with a land acknowledgement. The Museums are located on the traditional land of the Eastern Algonquian peoples–including the Pocumtuc, Agawam, Nipmuc, and…
Creative Writing Students Present a Virtual Reading
Participants in the Creative Writing Museum School class share their work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZxNFjqdp8E Stories and Authors Featured: "Lillian" by Robert Butler "Amerikan Kiz Koleji – Izmir, Turkey, 1961: My First Year…
A Space to Wonder
Have you ever wondered why? WHY is the world—and everything on it and around it—so complex? Maybe you have wondered HOW complex things work? And maybe: WHAT impact does all…
Ubora Award Winner Webb Left Legacy of Civic Duty
Bettye (Wright) Webb passed away peacefully, with her son and daughter by her side, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, MA. The daughter of Eugene…
2018-2019 A Year in Review at the Springfield Museums
On September 11, the Museums held their Annual Meeting of the Corporators. In addition to voting in new Trustees and Committee Members, the Museums reflected on the past year. Enjoy…
In Gratitude to David Starr (1922-2019)
"As a catalyst and a visionary, David Starr leveraged his considerable skills, influence and expertise to preserve and expand the Springfield Museums for generations to come," said Kay Simpson, CEO…
Congratulations to the Winners of Our 2018 Gingerbread Competition!
The results are in--here are the winners of the 2018 gingerbread competition. Thanks to all the talented bakers for making the holidays "pop"! If you're interested in participating in next's…
Help Us Continue a Winning Streak
Popularity contests have probably been around as long as people have gathered together. Although we don’t have concrete evidence of an official caveperson popularity contest, we can imagine that once…