Roger Crandall is dedicated to arts education and to local volunteerism. The Springfield Museums announce that Roger Crandall, President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), has joined the Museums' Board of Trustees. In making…
A newly created Western Massachusetts combined ticket promises full immersion in the worlds of three of this nation’s iconic illustrators: Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, and Norman Rockwell. These artists, whose work continues to influence the visual memories of people of…
Organized by the Springfield Museums, the exhibition Jack & Jackie: The Kennedys in the White House (December 8, 2017–March 25, 2018) celebrates America’s 35th President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy by highlighting their White House years, 1961-1963…
Join the Museums December 7-14, 2017 for the 2nd annual Smithsonian Week in Springfield, celebrating the centennial of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, one of Massachusetts’s most notable native sons. Through lectures, exhibitions, and performances, the Springfield Museums…
Emerging from the Boston School of the Fenway Studios at the turn of the century and traveling throughout New England to paint beneath billowing cumulus clouds, William Jurian Kaula and Lee Lufkin Kaula resisted commercial pressures in order to pursue art purely for the love of art—and of each other.
The Children’s Literature Festival scheduled for October 14 is cancelled.
In response to the Cambridge librarian commenting on Dr. Seuss as a “tired and worn ambassador of children’s literature,” we would like to invite press to visit the Dr. Seuss museum display at the Big E, where we are seeing…
Join the Springfield Museums, WGBY, the Springfield City Library, and the Davis Foundation for Littlefest, a celebration of problem solving Saturday, September 23, 10:00 am–5:00 pm. Featuring appearances by the costumed characters Peg + Cat. Peg + Cat is an…
New this year in the Massachusetts Building will be a Dr. Seuss themed installation to help celebrate the recent opening of the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum at the Springfield Museums. The installation will showcase the whimsical worlds and…
26th Annual Ubora Award: Benjamin Swan The Honorable Benjamin Swan embodies a spectrum of attributes that more than qualify him for the receiving the honor of the Ubora Award, an award whose name in Swahili means “excellence.” Ben Swan is…