The Springfield Museums have announced the identity of the previously anonymous donors for whom the new Museum of Springfield History is to be named. The museum will now be known as the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History.
The story of State Street, from its Revolutionary War-era origins as the “Boston Post Road,” to its current transformation sparked by construction of the new Federal Courthouse, is being told in the exhibition and documentary The State Street Corridor Project: Road to Renewal. The exhibit will open on Sunday, May 23, with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. at the new Museum of Springfield History at the Quadrangle. A short preview of the documentary produced by WBGY Public Television for Western New England will accompany the exhibit.
If you build it, they will come. And New York artist Nathan Sawaya has built some amazing sculptures out of common LEGO® building bricks. The Art of the Brick, an exhibition of Sawaya’s work, will be on view from June 16 through September 5 at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle.
Local historian and retired city planner Robert McCarroll will lead a walking tour to see Springfield’s Art Deco-style buildings on Saturday, May 8, from 10:30 am to noon. The tour will begin at the Springfield Museums.
The Board of Trustees of the Springfield Museums, at its meeting late yesterday, appointed Holly Smith-Bové as the new president of the Museums, effective May 1. Smith-Bové succeeds Joseph Carvalho who is retiring after 34 years at the organization and 16 years as its president.
The Springfield Science Museum’s large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.
People of all ages were having fun both inside and out at the Springfield Museums.
The Springfield Science Museum is holding its 20th annual Earth Day Clean-up on Saturday, May 1, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in May. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.
The Mechanics of Introspection, an exhibition of paintings by East Longmeadow artist Kris Ludwig, is on view in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts through July 11, 2010.