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    Make Your Own Museum

    Free with museum admission. Visit our Currier & Ives Gallery and be the curator! What prints will you include in your museum?

    Explore GeeBee Airplanes

    Free with museum admission. What is the difference between a GeeBee flyer and a modern commercial airplane? Stand underneath the real thing and take a look for yourself.

    Travel Information Session

    Learn about our extended excursions planned for 2016 in this FREE information session! Peru’s Ancient Civilizations: Lima, The Sacred Valley, Cusco and Machu Picchu From the cosmopolitan capital city of Lima to the mysterious mountain citadel of Machu Picchu, our exclusive Peru tour offers unparalleled access to one of the world’s most intriguing cultures. (April…

    Stars Over Springfield

    Join members of the Springfield Stars Club for skygazing in the Science Museum’s observatory. If overcast, a planetarium show will be presented. Stars Club website

    $3

    The Last Blasket King, Pádraig Ó Catháin, An Rí

    A biography of the last King of the Great Blasket Island located off the coast of Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. This island has special significance in the Springfield area because so many islanders relocated here during the decline of the island in the first half of the twentieth century. Among those who settled in Springfield…

    $4

    Stars Over Springfield

    Join members of the Springfield Stars Club for skygazing in the Science Museum’s observatory. If overcast, a planetarium show will be presented. Stars Club website

    $3

    Why, How and the 343: Better Angels, The Firefighters of 9/11

    The story of why and how “Better Angels: The Firefighters of 9/11” came into being: the inspiration to create it, the long (and continuing) path to completion, and a few of the many lessons learned along the way. The artist knew only one Colorado firefighter when she began, and met hundreds from around the country…

    $4

    Continuing Conversation: Better Angels

    Following the Museums a la Carte program by Dawn Howkinson Siebel, join history docent Jim Boone for a further discussion in the Police and Fire exhibit in the Wood Museum of Springfield History. Museum members only.