“It’s Not Easy Being Green” at the Springfield Museums
The Springfield Museums’ Culture & Cocktails series will continue with “It’s Not Easy Being Green” on Thursday, April 5, from 5 to 8 pm in the Springfield Science Museum.
Museum to Host Jewish Film Festival Screening
The D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts will host a showing of The Forgotten Refugees on Sunday, March 25, at 2 pm. The movie is part of the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Know Thyself: The Van Gogh Self-Portraits – Decoding an Artist’s Life
Self-portraits by Vincent van Gogh will be the topic of the Museums à la Carte program at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, March 22 at 12:15 pm. The program will be presented by art historian and lecturer Charles B. Hayward, M.F.A.
Springfield Museums Install Climate Control System to Preserve Historic Art Thanks to Cultural Facilities Fund Grant
MassDevelopment and the Massachusetts Cultural Council have provided a $250,000 Cultural Facilities Fund grant to the Springfield Library & Museums Association, which has a downtown campus of five art, science, and history museums in addition to the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden. The organization will use the grant to install climate modification systems and repair the roof and skylights of the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.
Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s 108th Birthday at the Springfield Museums
The Springfield Museums’ Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, March 3, from 10 am-4 pm with a Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Celebration. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904.
Enjoy a Celtic Night at the Springfield Museums
The Springfield Museums’ Culture & Cocktails series will continue with “Celtic Nights” on Thursday, March 1, from 5 to 8 pm in the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History.
March 2012 Museums à la Carte Programs
The Springfield Museums will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 pm in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.
See Moon Rocks and Lunar Soil at the Science Museum
The Springfield Science Museum and the Springfield Stars Club will celebrate the historic Apollo moon landings of four decades ago on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 pm.
Wandering Folk Artists: Family Portraits in the Early 19th Century
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 advent of photography around 1850, the only way to capture a likeness was to hire an artist to paint a portrait. A selection of these paintings by artists James Sanford Ellsworth and Joseph Whiting Stock are on view at the Wood Museum of Springfield History through May 6 in the exhibition Wandering Folk Artists: Family Portraits in the Early 19th Century.
Exhibit Presents “The Real Housewives of Currier & Ives”
Hand-colored Currier & Ives lithographs that illustrate the changing role of women in the 19th century are on view through June 25 at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in the exhibition The Real Housewives of Currier & Ives.