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.
Sidewalk Chalk with a Local Artist, 11 am-2 pm
Leave your mark on our campus alongside local artist Amy Reyor! Quadrangle Green (Weather Permitting)
Swirls & Whirls, 11 am-3 pm
Use your imagination to create a pattern using different swirls and whirls! Quadrangle Green (Rain location: Canavan Gallery, Second Floor, GVW Smith Art Museum)
Woven Wonders, 11 am-3 pm
Make a mini weaving to hang at home! Quadrangle Green (Rain location: Art of the Islamic World, Second Floor, GVW Smith Art Museum)
Shape Detectives, 11 am-3 pm
Peek through our shape detective tools to explore! Quadrangle Green (Rain location: Blake Court, First Floor, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts)
Rainbow Sensory Bin, 11 am-3 pm
Quadrangle Green (Rain location: Art Discovery Center, Second Floor, GVW Smith Art Museum)
Bean Mosaics, 11 am-3 pm
Create a colorful mosaic with beans! Quadrangle Green (Rain location: Discovery Lab, Lower Level, Springfield Science Museum)
Butterfly Suncatchers, 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.
