A Home Run for Bunny: How a Springfield Team Took a Stand Against Discrimination
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, Springfield History Library & Archives, Lower Level In 1934, Springfield’s American Legion Post 21 sent a baseball team of talented 15-year-olds to the Eastern Regional Championships in Gastonia, North Carolina. The team…
Festival of Flowers 2014 – D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, First & Second Floors Download the map The museum galleries will overflow with stunning floral arrangements as this much-anticipated event returns for a second year. All four museums will burst with color…
Festival of Flowers 2014 – Springfield Science Museum
Springfield Science Museum, First Floor Download the map The museum galleries will overflow with stunning floral arrangements as this much-anticipated event returns for a second year. All four museums will burst with color when over 50 museum objects are creatively…
Festival of Flowers 2014 – Wood Museum of Springfield History
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, First & Second Floors Download the map The museum galleries will overflow with stunning floral arrangements as this much-anticipated event returns for a second year. All four museums will burst with color…
Festival of Flowers 2014 GWVS
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, First & Second FloorsDownload the map The museum galleries will overflow with stunning floral arrangements as this much-anticipated event returns for a second year. All four museums will burst with color when over 50…
Steampunk Springfield: Re-Imagining an Industrial City
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, First & Second Floors Meet the Artists on Sunday, April 27, 1-5 pm! Learn more >> Follow the project on Facebook >> Fantastical large-scale exhibits and happenings guest curated by Steampunk visionary Bruce Rosenbaum…
Steampunk Springfield: Re-Imagining an Industrial City
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, First & Second Floors Meet the Artists on Sunday, April 27, 1-5 pm! Learn more >> Follow the project on Facebook >> Fantastical large-scale exhibits and happenings guest curated by Steampunk visionary…
Rainforest Adventure
Springfield Science Museum, Changing Exhibitions Gallery, Second Floor Rainforest Adventure is a multi-sensory exploration of one of our planet’s most precious resources. Through a variety of interactive experiences and hands on displays, you’ll learn about the amazing diversity of life…
Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Changing Exhibitions Gallery, Second Floor Watch the CBS Evening News Video This ground-breaking exhibition explores some of the most infamous scandals of the past century and the forgers that perpetrated them. The…
The Magic of Gingerbread
Springfield Science Museum, Changing Exhibitions Gallery, Second Floor Enter a realm of fanciful gingerbread houses created by local bakeries, schools, youth groups, individuals and families as part of our annual Gingerbread House Competition. Contestants were inspired by favorite holiday stories,…
The Connoisseurship of Currier & Ives
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Alpert Gallery of Currier & Ives, First Floor Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives branded their company as the creators of “cheap and popular prints” marketed towards middle class Americans. When the…
A Peek Inside Santa’s Sack: Vintage Cast Iron Toys
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor Highly collectable, vintage cast iron toys including fire trucks, horse-drawn carriages and emergency vehicles, airplanes, toy trains and miniature wood and coal stoves. Cast-iron was a common toy material from…