The Springfield Museums’ Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, April 2, with “P is for Puppet.” Activities will take place from 10 am to 4 pm and are free with museum admission unless noted.
Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by TD Bank through the TD Charitable Foundation.
Performance, 1 pm
- Pinocchio presented by the National Marionette Theater – Follow Pinocchio as he goes on a series of adventures and learns that only by being truthful, selfless and kind can he realize his dream of becoming a real boy.
Ongoing Activities
- Hands-on art activity – Color a canvas zoo animal hand puppet, 11:30 am-3 pm
- Hands-on art activity – Make a butterfly finger puppet, noon-3:45 pm
- Scavenger Hunts – Locate objects in the galleries of the art and history museums, 11 am-3:45 pm
- Roving Scientist Demonstrations, 1-3:30 pm
- Planetarium Shows – 11:15 am, noon, 1 and 2 pm (additional fee)
Special Exhibit
- Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly, twenty exotic live reptiles from around the world ($5 special exhibit fee for all visitors ages 3 and up in addition to museum admission.)