The Common Zebra
The Common Zebra at the Springfield Science Museum was purchased by the Museums from the Jonas Brothers Studio in Mount Vernon New York in 1981 as part of a taxidermied…
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,…
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…
A Close Look at Camille Pissarro’s Winter, the Outskirts of Lower Norwood
Departing from the rectangular constraints of a typical canvas, Camille Pissarro’s gouache and watercolor painting titled Winter, the Outskirts of Lower Norwood takes the unusual shape of a folding hand…
Book Recommendation: Vermeer’s Hat
How simple and benign a porcelain dish may seem in a seventeenth century Dutch painting. An object of beauty and luxury? Sure. But the key into an entire world of…
Kids Activity: Coding Maze
Learn how to write your own code like a computer programmer! Coding is writing a set of instructions for a computer to follow to make sure that it performs actions…
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!…
The North American Moose
Welcome to Mammal Hall in the Springfield Science Museum! The North American Moose is a Mammal. Mammals have some distinct characteristics. Most mammals have hair or fur, are warm blooded,…
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…