Laughter Goes Wild: Playful Wildlife Photo Exhibit Opens This Weekend
The Springfield Museums presents The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, on view June 7 through September 14 at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. Sixty light-hearted photographs showcase the comedic sides of creatures great and small, including winners and finalists…
Legendary Creatures Come to Life at the Springfield Science Museum
The Springfield Museums presents Here Be Dragons, on view May 24 through September 14 at the Springfield Science Museum. This one-of-a-kind immersive exhibition brings visitors face-to-face with live reptiles, touchable models, and paleontological discoveries that blur the lines between fantasy…
The Springfield Museums is a 2025 Blue Star Museum
Free admission for military personnel and their families from May 17- September 1 The Springfield Museums is pleased to once again participate in Blue Star Museums, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their…
Springfield’s Forgotten Witch Trial Resurrected in New Exhibition
The Springfield Museums travels back to a time when accused witches walked among us in Witch Panic! Massachusetts Before Salem, on view May 17 through November 2 at the Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History. Forty years before…
Springfield Museums Brings the Cosmos to the Community: Astronomy Day 2025
The Springfield Museums presents Astronomy Day 2025, an annual event part of a nationwide, grass-roots movement to bring astronomy to the people, happening Saturday, May 3, from 10 am–5 pm. Attendees will enjoy hands-on astronomy activities for all ages, planetarium…
Celebrate Earth Day with Free Family Festival of Nature, Music & Discovery
The Springfield Museums presents Earth Day Festival 2025, Sunday, April 27, from 11 am to 4 pm. This annual celebration of clean air, land, and water features hands-on, environmentally focused activities on the Quadrangle Green. Free and open to the…
It’s ‘Gogh’ Time: Activities Inspired by Vincent van Gogh Offered for School Vacation Week
School vacation week is the perfect time for a trip to the Museums! From Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25, the Springfield Museums presents Art for All, a series of family friendly activities designed to enhance the special exhibition…
A Powerful Tribute to Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples
The Springfield Museums is honored to present Portraits in RED: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples Painting Project, on view through September 7, 2025, at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts. In this striking series of portraits, artist…
The 12th Annual Festival of Flowers Blossoms at the Springfield Museums
The Springfield Museums welcomes spring with the 12th Annual Festival of Flowers, on view from Thursday, April 3 to Sunday, April 6. More than 60 floral arrangements will fill the galleries of the art, history, and science museums, making this…
Immersive Vincent van Gogh Exhibition Returns to the Springfield Museums
Update 3/27/2024: New start date for planetarium show: Vincent's Starry Sky Additional Van Gogh offerings include an exhibit of related works from the permanent collection, an original planetarium show, and Museum School classes The Springfield Museums is excited to announce…
Museums Celebrate Hometown Hero Dr. Seuss on His Birthday
The Springfield Museums presents its annual Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration, on Saturday, March 1, from 10 am to 5 pm, rain, shine, or snow. Join the Museums for an all-day salute to beloved children’s author and Springfield-native Theodor Seuss Geisel…
Springfield Museums to Auction Coveted Low-Number Dr. Seuss License Plates
The Springfield Museums is excited to announce an online auction of low-number Massachusetts license plates featuring Dr. Seuss’s iconic Cat in the Hat. The auction will run from Friday, February 28, 2025, at 12 pm through Monday, March 10, 2025,…