Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra offers Master Class for Springfield Youth Musicians; Nine Springfield schools will participate
Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) will host a master class from the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Wednesday, December 13, from 4:30 to 6 pm. Kennith R. Kimery, Program Director and Musician from the National Museum of American History, along…
A Night in Camelot at the Springfield Museums Hosts Massachusetts Dignitaries; Kennedys will be present
Ted Kennedy Jr. and Joseph Kennedy III will be among the dignitaries addressing a record-breaking number of guests at the Springfield Museums Holiday Gala: A Night in Camelot, December 7th from 6-10 pm. (See full roster of speakers below.) The…
MassMutual CEO Joins Springfield Museums’ Board of Trustees
Roger Crandall is dedicated to arts education and to local volunteerism. The Springfield Museums announce that Roger Crandall, President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), has joined the Museums' Board of Trustees. In making…
Iconic Illustrators: Follow the Trail to Eric Carle * Norman Rockwell * Dr. Seuss
A newly created Western Massachusetts combined ticket promises full immersion in the worlds of three of this nation’s iconic illustrators: Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, and Norman Rockwell. These artists, whose work continues to influence the visual memories of people of…
Focused, Intense, Elegant: Richard Avedon photographs anchor exhibit celebrating the Kennedy White House Years
Organized by the Springfield Museums, the exhibition Jack & Jackie: The Kennedys in the White House (December 8, 2017–March 25, 2018) celebrates America’s 35th President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy by highlighting their White House years, 1961-1963…
Smithsonian Week at the Springfield Museums
Join the Museums December 7-14, 2017 for the 2nd annual Smithsonian Week in Springfield, celebrating the centennial of the birth of President John F. Kennedy, one of Massachusetts’s most notable native sons. Through lectures, exhibitions, and performances, the Springfield Museums…
Two Lives, One Passion: A Story of Love at the Springfield Museums
Emerging from the Boston School of the Fenway Studios at the turn of the century and traveling throughout New England to paint beneath billowing cumulus clouds, William Jurian Kaula and Lee Lufkin Kaula resisted commercial pressures in order to pursue art purely for the love of art—and of each other.
First-Ever Children’s Literature Festival at the Springfield Museums Features Local, Superstar Authors
The Children’s Literature Festival scheduled for October 14 is cancelled.
Dr. Seuss is a Vital Ambassador for Reading and for Imagination and Whimsy
In response to the Cambridge librarian commenting on Dr. Seuss as a “tired and worn ambassador of children’s literature,” we would like to invite press to visit the Dr. Seuss museum display at the Big E, where we are seeing…
Free Books for Kids One of the Many Great Features of Littlefest 2017
Join the Springfield Museums, WGBY, the Springfield City Library, and the Davis Foundation for Littlefest, a celebration of problem solving Saturday, September 23, 10:00 am–5:00 pm. Featuring appearances by the costumed characters Peg + Cat. Peg + Cat is an…
The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss at Mass Building and Big E
New this year in the Massachusetts Building will be a Dr. Seuss themed installation to help celebrate the recent opening of the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum at the Springfield Museums. The installation will showcase the whimsical worlds and…
Announcing the 2017 Annual Ubora and Ahadi Award Nominees
26th Annual Ubora Award: Benjamin Swan The Honorable Benjamin Swan embodies a spectrum of attributes that more than qualify him for the receiving the honor of the Ubora Award, an award whose name in Swahili means “excellence.” Ben Swan is…