Wacky Wednesday Gallery Activities
Art, history and science tributes to our favorite author and the brand new Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum!
Performance: Below the Gaff
Traditional Irish folk songs, sea shanties and original pirate tunes played rustically on a fiddle and mandolin.
The Roaming Railroad
Kids and grownups can come take a ride around the Quadrangle on this trackless train!
A Friendly Life
Rose Slate, ”the Friendly Historian,” will share the history of Friendly Ice Cream—the ice cream shop and restaurant founded right here in Springfield—interweaving aspects of its founder Pres Blake’s life.
You’ll Like It Here: The Story of Donald Vitkus, Belchertown Patient #3394
Through the eyes of young Donald Vitkus, You’ll Like It Here exposes the de-humanizing environment of a Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation institution of the mid-1900’s.
Lost Springfield
At the end of the nineteenth century, the U.S. Armory opened in Springfield, spurring rapid growth. With that golden age of progress came iconic buildings and landmarks that are now lost to time.
Theodor Geisel: A Portrait of the Man Who Became Dr. Seuss
After graduating from Dartmouth, Theodor Geisel used his talents as an ad-man, political provocateur, and social satirist, gradually but irrevocably turning to children's books.