Summer Festival Days at the Springfield Museums will continue from Aug. 5-8 with "Summer Carnival." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Tuesday, Aug. 5 Color carnival scenes and clown masks, and make a pinwheel. Wednesday, Aug. 6 Performance: Butterworth Productions presents "Carnival of the World," a colorful, multi-cultural marionette show, 1 p.m. Strolling magic on the Quadrangle Green, 1:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Live animal demonstrations, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Balloon animals on the Quadrangle Green, 2-3:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 Mr. Magichead will perform walk-around magic on the museum grounds, 12:30-1 p.m. Performance: Mr. Magichead presents "The Super Stupendous Magic Show," 1 p.m. Live animal demonstrations, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Friday, August 8 Performance: Sing and dance with Yuri, "Prince of Color," 1 p.m. Ongoing activities, Tuesday through Friday: Pan for gems and fossils at the Museum Mining Company, noon-4 p.m. (additional fee) Art-making workshops, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Hands-on Family Science Adventures, Tues. – Thurs., 2-4 p.m.; Fri., noon-2 p.m. Planetarium shows, 11:15 a.m., noon, 1 & 2 p.m., Science Museum (additional fee). Crafts and Costumes in the Art Discovery Center, noon-3:45 p.m. The final week in the "Summer Festival Days" series is: August 13-15 – Favorite Fables "Summer Festival Days" are funded in part by the Springfield Cultural Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council; by MassMutual Financial Group; by the Horace A. Moses Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, Trustee; and by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dept. of Business and Technology/Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism. The Butterworth Productions performance is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts organizations.