Dino-Mite Fun with Chomp, Stomp, and Roar: Dinosaur Week
The Springfield Museums present Stomp, Chomp, and Roar: Dinosaur Week during April School Vacation April 15-19, 10-am – 5 pm at the Springfield Museums. Why dinosaurs? Because kids LOVE dinosaurs! Even parents love dinosaurs—because dinosaurs help their kids learn about…
Springfield Museums Announce Spring Lectures: Popular lunchtime series continues through June
The Springfield Museums’ popular lunchtime lecture series Museums á la Carte announces its spring lectures. Bring a lunch to enjoy during the program. Cookies and coffee are provided. Members $2, nonmembers $4. Free onsite parking is available. For more information…
Museum School Announces Spring and Summer Classes and Travel Schedule
Creativity is one of the essential ingredients to innovation, and innovation often leads to positive change. Attending classes at the Springfield Museums’ Museum School is a wonderful way to nurture creativity and keep yourself nimble for all that you hope…
Springfield Museums Host Earth Day Festival
The Springfield Museums present the Earth Day Festival, Sunday, April 14, from 11 am to 4 pm with tons of FREE hands-on, environmentally focused activities on the Quadrangle Green! (In the case of inclement weather the Festival will be moved…
Floral Works Speak of Scientific Inquiry as well as the Simple Joy of Spring
The Springfield Museums present In Bloom: Floral Works from the Collection, April 4–September 1, 2019, in the Starr Gallery of the D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. Acting Curator of Art Maggie North could have filled many, many galleries with works…
Flowers, Flowers, and More Flowers: The Springfield Museums Celebrates Seventh Festival of Flowers
Welcome spring and join the Springfield Museums for the annual Festival of Flowers, Thursday, April 4–Sunday, April 7, 2019. This beautiful and creative annual celebration attracts more than 4,000 people to the Museums where visitors can bask in the beauty…
Oh the Places You’ll Go with the Cat in Tow!
Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito Announces Dr. Seuss License Plate Need to secure 750 applications to go into production “This plate is an opportunity to celebrate all that makes learning fun. Dr. Seuss once wrote: ‘Think and wonder. Wonder and…
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Party Packed with Seussian Activities
“When we celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday, we’re celebrating the joy his work brought into learning to read for generations!”—Jenny Powers, Family Engagement Coordinator for the Springfield Museums It’s fun to have fun and we’ll show you how at the Springfield…
Audrey Geisel Helped Make Springfield History with First-Ever Museum Dedicated to her Husband Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss’s Wife Celebrated His Springfield Roots “Audrey Geisel helped make it all happen; she honored Ted’s Springfield roots. We are saddened by her passing.” —Kay Simpson, President and CEO of the Springfield Museums Springfield (MA) December 21, 2018—It is…
Pop! Culture and Smithsonian Week in Springfield
Popular culture by its very definition both influences and expresses the sentiments of the people. From generation to generation pop culture is redefined and embraced with treasured identity and wonderful nostalgia. The Springfield Museums exhibition Pop! Icons of American Culture…
Isabel Bishop’s Working Women Elevate the Everyday while Defying Convention
Part of the City-Wide Collaborative Women@Work Complementary Exhibit Taking Care of Business in Wood Museum of Springfield History In a world saturated with idealized and sexualized depictions of women, the work of Isabel Bishop (1902-1988), who painted from the 1920s…
Painting, Politics, and Performance Enliven the Springfield Museums
Fake News? Finding the Truth Panelists Include Brooke Hauser, Jill Kaufman, Kathy Roberts Forde and Wayne Phaneuf Journalists from The Daily Hampshire Gazette, New England Public Radio, UMass Amherst, and The Republican SPECIAL PROGRAMING Thomas Hart Benton’s World October 25-November…