Restoring the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts’ Historic Front Doors
When the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, now called the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, opened to the public in October of 1933, the building was praised…
Albany: The New York State Capitol Building and The Albany Institute of History & Art
Museum School Bus Trip
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…
Women’s History Month 2020
March is Women's History Month and the Springfield Museums have been celebrating by featuring women on our Instagram account (@springfieldmuseums). We have also been highlighting women artists in our weekly…
Black History Month 2020
To honor Black History Month this year, we shared artwork by Black artists in our weekly series Treasures at the Springfield Museums in the Sunday Republican and on our Instagram page, @springfieldmuseums…
Unfinished Things: The Use of Drawing in Isabel Bishop’s Paintings
Rather than creating stereotypical or sexualized images as some of her male contemporaries did, Bishop produced beautiful representations of real women going about their daily lives. Isabel Bishop (American, 1902-1988)…