Be the Dinosaur and Dinosaur Dig Lab
Springfield Science Museum, Changing Exhibition Gallery, Second Floor New members get two free passes! Enter code DINO at checkout. Experience the day-to-day world of dinosaurs through cutting-edge computer simulation! Be the Dinosaur recreates life as it existed 65 million years…
Project 35
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Blake Theater, First Floor An exhibition of contemporary videos, produced and circulated by ICI (Independent Curators International), New York. In recognition of ICI’s 35th anniversary, 35 curators from around the world were…
American Legacy: Our National Parks – On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Second Floor This exhibition includes 94 paintings of the most beautiful natural scenery in the United States by members or guests of the Plein-Air Painters of America. Each of the 35 artists…
The Founders’ Legacy: Artifacts from Early Springfield
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, First Floor Planned in celebration of the city's 375th anniversary, this display features documents and objects from the era of Springfield’s founding in 1636. The highlight of the exhibit is Springfield founder…
In the Footsteps of the Masters: Painting by Christina Mastrangelo
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Community Gallery, First Floor A collection of paintings that evoke the work of the “old master” artists of the Renaissance.Christina Mastrangelo is a classically trained artist who grew up in Wilbraham, Mass.,…
Printmakers from the Bauhaus School: 1919-1933
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Print Gallery, First Floor A collection of rarely-seen works by American and European artists who were associated with the Bauhaus School, including Josef Albers, Walter Dexel, Lyonel Feininger, Vassily Kandinsky and Paul…
Women's Work: The Untold Story
Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, Springfield History Theater, Second Floor Developed with the assistance of local historian and guest curator Frances Gagnon, this exhibition describes the challenges and accomplishments of a dozen women from Springfield’s past. From…
The Legacy of Currier & Ives: Shaping the American Spirit
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Wheeler & Changing Exhibitions Galleries, Second Floor Exhibition Catalogue Available! Often found on calendars, cookie tins and Christmas cards, Currier & Ives images strike a nostalgic chord in many people. This exhibition…
Currier & Ives and the Majesty of the Sea: Clipper Ships and Steamboats
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Alpert Gallery of Currier & Ives, First Floor This exhibition features 28 hand-colored 19th-century lithographs from the museum’s permanent collection, including images of majestic clipper ships, powerful steamboats and great maritime races.Currier…
Re-collections: Found Object Quilts by BZ Reily
Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Community Gallery, First Floor A series of found-object quilts inspired by traditional quilting patterns from cultures as diverse as the Gee’s Bend quilters’ collective in Alabama, the central Pennsylvania Amish, and Underground…
Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly
Springfield Science Museum, Changing Exhibition Gallery, Second Floor Join today and get 2 free passes to Reptiles! Enter code TURTLE at checkout. An interactive zoological exhibition that brings visitors eyeball to eyeball with living reptiles from around the world. Colorful…
Sugar & Spice: The Land of Gingerbread
Springfield Science Museum, Changing Exhibit Gallery, Second Floor Ring in the holidays with a visit to a magical storybook realm filled with fanciful gingerbread houses, candy canes, gum drops and other sugary confections. Gingerbread houses created for the Museums’ first…