Tiffany-Engraved Firearms
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, Second Floor These four guns beautifully engraved revolvers are part of the Wood Museum's permanent collection and are on view for a limited time. They feature a silver overlay decorated by Tiffany…
In Company with Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor The stained glass windows of angels in this exhibition were created in 1902 for a Swedenborgian church in Cincinnati. The rare windows were displaced when the church was razed in…
Tiffany Lamps: Articles of Utility, Objects of Art
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor This exhibition celebrates Louis Comfort Tiffany’s (1848-1933) revolutionary contributions to modern decorative lighting. More than 40 lamps in an array of colors, sizes and decorative styles are featured in sections…
Contemporary Sparkle: Art Glass from the Permanent Collection
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the development of studio art glass in America. To commemorate this milestone and recognize the may talented artists the Art Alliance for…
50th Anniversary Celebration of Studio Glass: Pioneers of Studio Glass
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Blake Theater, First Floor The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the development of studio art glass in America. To commemorate this milestone and recognize the may talented artists the Art…
Room by Room: An Original Sculpture by Patrick Dougherty
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Outside on the Quadrangle Green In June 2012, the Springfield Museums commissioned artist Patrick Dougherty to create this remarkable Stickwork sculpture. Using saplings collected by museum staff and volunteers from managed forestry…
LEGO® Castle Adventure
Springfield Science Museum, Changing Exhibitions Gallery, Second Floor Children are invited to explore the inside of a royal castle filled with LEGO brick decorations, the king’s and queen’s thrones, secret passageways, and the dragon’s lair. To defend the castle, kids…
Storm Stories: Path of Fury
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, Springfield History Theater, Second Floor A multi-media exhibition exploring the stories of people who saw their lives dramatically change in a few brief minutes as a result of the June 1, 2011…
Love, American Style: The Art of Lisa Hoke
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Community Gallery, First Floor This intriguing and vibrant exhibition took two years to build and is an amalgam of a series of smaller site-specific installations that artist Lisa Hoke has created in…
Conscious Impressions: Green Printmaking from Zea Mays Printmaking Studio
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Print Gallery The Zea Mays Printmaking Studio in Florence, Massachusetts, is a nationally-recognized leader in the art of printmaking. Directed by Liz Chalfin, the studio features world-renowned printmakers who both teach and…
Wandering Folk Artists: Family Portraits in the Early 19th Century
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, Springfield History Theater, Second Floor In the digital age it is hard to believe that at one time images of family members were hard to obtain, expensive, and relatively rare. Before the…
The Real Housewives of Currier & Ives
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Alpert Gallery of Currier & Ives, First Floor Just as contemporary television and other media portray and define popular culture today, the ideals of Victorian culture permeated the visual media of that…