Museums Plan April Vacation Week Activities
"Swamp Things" will be the theme of April school vacation week activities at the Springfield Museums. The museums will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, April 17 through Friday, April 21. (Science Museum open until 5 p.m.) Activities are free with the price of admission to the Museums unless noted.
Science Museum Celebrates Earth Day
The Springfield Science Museum will hold its 16th annual Earth Day celebration with a family festival on the Quadrangle green and a city-wide clean up of Springfield parks and conservation lands.
April 2006 Museums à la Carte Programs
The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in April. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.
Stars Over Springfield at the Springfield Science Museum
Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Lecture Examines How Currier & Ives Prints Helped Define America
The Currier & Ives lecture series at the Museum of Fine Arts will continue on April 2 at 2 p.m. with Currier & Ives: Constructing What It Meant to Be American. The talk will be presented by Barry O'Connell, professor of English at Amherst College.
Have Fun with Robots at the Springfield Museums
The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, April 1, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with Outrageous Robots: Technology at Play.
Lecture to Examine Depictions of African Americans in Currier & Ives Prints
The Currier & Ives lecture series at the Museum of Fine Arts will continue on March 19 at 2 p.m. with Emancipation Day: Postbellum Visions of African Americans in Currier & Ives' Darktown Prints. The talk will be presented by James Smethurst, associate professor in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
March 2006 Museums à la Carte Programs
The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.
Stars Over Springfield at the Springfield Science Museum
Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.
Come One & All, Come Old & New, Dr. Seuss is 1-0-2!
The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, March 4, with a birthday bash for Dr. Seuss. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904. Activities are free with museum admission. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by T.D. Banknorth.
Springfield Museums Plan Trips
The Springfield Museums have scheduled several bus trips this spring. For complete itineraries, please call the Museum School at 413.263.6800, ext. 382.
Museum School Announces Spring Courses
The Museum School at the Quadrangle is offering the following courses for children and adults this spring. Registration begins Feb. 28. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org. On-line course registration is available.