Science Museum Celebrates Astronomy Day
The Springfield Science Museum will celebrate Astronomy Day on Saturday, May 6, from noon to 4 p.m. Weather permitting, visitors will have an opportunity to look at sunspots through specially-filtered telescopes set up on the Quadrangle by museum staff and volunteers from the Springfield Stars Club. Visits to the museum's large rooftop observatory will take place throughout the afternoon.
New England Landscapes by Local Artist on View at Museum of Fine Arts
The work of a Southwick artist will be on display in the Community Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts from May 23 through September 17 in the exhibition New England Vistas: Paintings by Carolyn Avery.
Get Free Museum Admission in May with your Bank of America or MBNA Card
The Springfield Museums are among 56 museums and cultural institutions in the Northeast that are participating in Bank of America's Museums On Us! program in May.
May 2006 Museums à la Carte Programs
The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in May. 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, May 5, at 7:30 p.m.
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.