The boundaries between craft and art are often a matter of contention, especially concerning ceramics, or objects made of clay and hardened by heat. Throughout time people have worked with clay to shape tools useful to life: bowls, spoons, water…
Join the Springfield Museums Saturday March 3rd for an all-day, record-breakin’, green-eggs and ham eatin’, Cat in the Hat meetin’ fabulous celebration of Springfield-native Dr. Seuss’s birthday! Plus, the Museums have twelve hundred Seuss Learning Library books to give away;…
Join the Springfield Museums for a week of fabulous performances, Paleontology explorations, and fantastical imagining at DINOSAURS & DRAGONS February School Vacation Week (Feb. 19-23, 10 am-5 pm)! Special performances each day, a chance to meet Danny's Dinosaur from the…
Ready to do something a little adventurous, very fun, definitely enlightening, and in the company of great people? Once again the Museum School of the Springfield Museums offers a variety of exciting day trips and extended excursions. Complete itineraries at…
Prints are often considered “the people’s art” as they were reproducible in great number, often inexpensive, and very popular. This is particularly true for Currier & Ives prints, which hung in innumerable living spaces throughout the nation at the turn…
The Springfield Museums is pleased to announce a series of science-themed lectures for 2018: From Mars to Molecules: Quirky Scientists Who Put the Valley on the Map. The Pioneer Valley has long been home to remarkable scientists. This winter and…
The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums is seeking nominations for the 27th annual Ubora Award and the 9th annual Ahadi Youth Award. The African Hall Subcommittee is a volunteer group comprised of educators, business people and community leaders…
Opening Celebration: Human Plus Lots of Hands-on STEM Exploration SPRINGFIELD (MA)—Is controlling technology with your mind really possible? There’s a unique field of engineering you may not know about . . . and it’s helping people achieve their dreams by…
Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) will host a master class from the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Wednesday, December 13, from 4:30 to 6 pm. Kennith R. Kimery, Program Director and Musician from the National Museum of American History, along…
Ted Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Kennedy III will be among the dignitaries addressing a record-breaking number of guests at the Springfield Museums Holiday Gala: A Night in Camelot, December 7th from 6-10 pm. (See full roster of speakers below.) The…