The Museums are open seven days a week and we invite you to play, explore, and create with us. Free with museum admission!
Don’t forget about our special exhibits!
Note: Activities, locations, and times subject to change. Please pick up a daily schedule in the Welcome Center for the most up to date information.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife, 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Visit our friends from Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge to learn about our world! Quadrangle Green (Rain Location: Mammal Hall, First Floor, Springfield Science Museum)
Egg Hatch Match, 11 am-3 pm
Match the Alaskan Native Birds to the egg they hatched from! Quadrangle Green (Rain Location: Habitat Hall, First Floor, Springfield Science Museum)
Glacial Glide, 11 am-3 pm
Explore what a glacier takes and leaves behind as it melts! Quadrangle Green (Rain Location: Discovery Lab, Lower Level, Springfield Science Museum)
Clothespin Planes, 11 am-3 pm
Learn about Ellen Paneok, the first Alaskan woman of Indigenous Ancestry to become a pilot & the importance of bush planes while making your own! Quadrangle Green (Rain Location: Wood Museum of Springfield History)
I-Spy, 11 am-3 pm
Use binoculars to explore the campus in this game of I-Spy! Quadrangle Green (Rain Location: African Hall, Springfield Science Museum)
Alaskan Adventure Obstacle Course, 11 am-3 pm
Help Molly’s pup Suki traverse an obstacle course! Quadrangle Green
A New Way to See the Sun, 11 am-3 pm
Is there a safe way to look at the sun from Earth? Yes! Observe the sun using the museum’s new hydrogen alpha filter and transmitting from the rooftop observatory. Science Workshop, Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum
Mandalas, 12-4 pm
Art Discovery Center, Second Floor, GWV Smith Art Museum)
Introduction to Seymour Planetarium, 12:30 pm
Join us for a 5- to 10-minute program to learn what you can see in a planetarium and how it works. Discover a constellation and see how our projectors work together to display the heavens for you. Seating is limited; available first come, first serve. Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum.
Summer Spectacular is sponsored by Baystate Health, Florence Bank, M&T Bank, and Charles H. Hall Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.
