The Springfield Museums Summer Festival Days series will continue July 12-16 with “Amazing Animals” week. Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted. Summer Festival Days is sponsored in part by Berkshire Bank.

Monday, July 12
Make an animal doorknob hanger, noon-3:45 pm

Tuesday, July 13
Performance, 1 pm: Exotic Animals from around the World, a live animal presentation that features fun facts about unusual creatures.

Wednesday, July 14
Performance, 1 pm: Penguins! Fascinating Facts and Tantalizing Trivia by Dyan de Napoli, “The Penguin Lady”

Thursday, July 15
Make an animal doorknob hanger, noon-3:45 pm

Friday, July 16
Performance, 1 pm: Premium Live Animal Show by Animal Adventures – Adventure guides will introduce a South American Coati, a Kinkajou, a Ring-Tailed Lemur, an African Desert Fox, a Wallaby, a Common Marmoset, and a Eurasian Eagle Owl, the largest type of owl in the world.

Daily Activities:
See the special exhibit of LEGO® sculptures, The Art of the Brick, at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts and create your own LEGO masterpieces in The Brick Lab at the Science Museum. (additional fee)
Hands-on Family Science Adventures, 10 am-1 pm
Planetarium shows, 11:15 am, noon, 1 & 2 pm, Science Museum (additional fee).
Scavenger Hunts, 11 am-3:45 pm
Pan for gems and minerals at the Museum Mining Company, noon-3:45 pm (additional fee)

Upcoming programs in the “Summer Festival Days” series are:
July 19-23 – African Adventures
July 26-30 – Mythical Creatures
August 2-6 – Puppet Potpourri
August 9-13 – Super Science