Performance: Mr. Vinny
Little Puppet Show Mr. Vinny, founder of the popular Toe Jam Puppet Band, tells the story of "The 12 Lil' Pigs and the Big Bad Pineapple" and invites the audience to play a game of 'What's that Shadow?"
Performance: Malik the Magic Guy
Malik is a full time comedy magician with over 25 years of experience performing for family, corporate and college audiences. Come and enjoy this laugh filled magic show featuring magic with sports equipment, sleight of hand, and other fun surprises.
Fun & Games in the Galleries
Pokemon Go!, 10 am-5 pm We’ll be dropping 3 lures per day across our campus. Grab your smart phone, load up on pokeballs, and start searching! Design Your Own Board Game, 11 am-3 pm We’ll provide boards, spaces, spinners, and cards – everything you need to get started to create and play your very own board game!
Africa Playgroup
Come explore hands-on play and activity stations, make new friends, and learn about our world. Open to all children 0-5 with their caregivers. Activities may include playing with Galimotos, building our own African Safari exhibit from Legos, printing Adinkra symbols, handling furs and skins from different animals featured in the museum’s Africa Hall, and creating a different clothespin animal each week.
Gallery Activities
Microbes and Microscopes, 11 am-2 pm Analyze and sketch some specimens through the museum’s microscopes. Live Animal Demo, 11 am-2 pm Learn about the characteristics and adaptations of the scaly residents that call the Springfield Science Museum home.
Performance: Robert Rivest
Science in Motion! A mesmerizing blend of comedy and science that enthralls both children and adults. Robert Rivest comically explores how scientists and artists see the world around us. Through…
Super Gallery Activities
Wall of Heroes, 10 am-5 pm Let the world know who your hero is! Whether he or she someone famous or someone right from your own home, tell us who your personal hero is and why! Super Hero Photo Booth, 10 am-5 pm Dress up in super hero gear and take a photos in front of our City Scape backdrop. Share your photos with the hashtag #atthemuseums.
Meet the Turtles
What do all reptiles have in common? How are turtles different? Learn all about the turtles that call the Springfield Science Museum home. A museum educator will be on hand to answer your questions.
Spidey Senses and Adaptations
Meet the museum’s Chilean rose tarantula and learn all about arachnid adaptations, like spinning sticky webs, venom, quick movements, and special senses. A museum educator will be on hand to answer your questions.
Puppet Showplace Theater
Five original stories brought to life using nothing but cardboard and the power of your imagination. With help from the audience, puppeteer and artist-in-residence Brad Shur transforms simple cardboard shapes into elaborate puppet characters, then brings them to life right before your eyes