Springfield Museums Announce Major Donation from Smith & Wesson
The Springfield Museums today announced that it has received a $10,000 donation from Smith & Wesson in support of the Then & Now History Program, one of a number of on-site interdisciplinary learning experiences offered to local schoolchildren by the…
Exhibit Honoring Civil Rights Icons Opens this Week at Springfield Museums
This week, a new exhibit is opening at the Springfield Museums that celebrates the dynamic leaders of what become known as the Civil Rights Movement. Created by artist Pamela Chatterton-Purdy, Icons of the Civil Rights Movement will open on Tuesday,…
Museums Offer Free Entry for Military and Veterans on November 11
In honor of Veteran’s Day, the Springfield Museums is offering free general admission to veterans and active duty military on Friday, November 11. At the time of entry, visitors who show a military ID documenting that they are active duty,…
Springfield Museums Awarded Prestigious Grant From Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Springfield Museums have been awarded a Museums for America grant of $106,592 from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to restore and stabilize twenty Tiffany stained glass windows at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum…
Springfield Museums Announce Lecture and Tour Schedule for November
The Springfield Museums’ monthly tour and lecture schedule continues in November with the popular Museums à la Carte lectures, which take place on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.
Museums Exhibit Combines Teenage Mutant Ninjas and Samurai Arms
This fall, the Springfield Museums will host a unique and imaginative exhibit that will bring together original graphic novel art from the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series with colorful Japanese woodblock prints depicting samurai warriors and examples of 19th century armor and swords used by actual samurai.
Families Invited to Experience “The Haunting of the Springfield Museums”
On Saturday, October 29 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., the Springfield Museums will present a full day of Halloween-themed programming titled “The Haunting of the Springfield Museums,” featuring a combination of fun and spooky activities for a variety of…
Museums Seeking Entries for Annual Gingerbread Competition
The Springfield Museums are inviting bakeries, schools, individual bakers and young people to submit design plans for the annual gingerbread competition and exhibit. This year’s theme is “Holiday Magic,” with houses to be unveiled on November 25 as part of…
Springfield Museums Announce Lecture and Tour Schedule for October
The Springfield Museums’ monthly tour and lecture schedule continues in October with the popular Museums à la Carte lectures, which take place on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts. Admission is $4 ($2 for members…
Museums, White Lion Team Up To Honor Theodor Seuss Geisel
In 1876 the grandfather of Theodor Geisel (a.k.a Dr. Seuss) co-founded one of Springfield’s earliest breweries. The company was named Kalmbach and Geisel, which the locals nicknamed “Comeback and Guzzle,” Now, over one hundred years later, beer lovers can again…
Springfield Museums Named Smithsonian Affiliate
The Springfield Museums have been formally accepted as an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Affiliations is a national outreach program that develops long-term, high-quality partnerships with museums and educational organizations in order to share collections, exhibitions, learning opportunities and…
Like Cats? Like Hats? Then You Will Like These “Cats in Hats”
Next summer, the Springfield Museums will open The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss, the first museum to honor Springfield native Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss). In anticipation of that momentous occasion, the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts…