Program Calendar

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

The artist behind the special exhibit Icons of the Civil Rights Movement provides insights into her work and her personal belief in the arts as a vehicle to achieving a more peaceful world. The exhibit features luminaries such as Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks presented in “Iconic” form (gold leaf with red background on wood panels) to represent the sacred nature of their sacrifice in the fight for racial equality.

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

Instruction will build on painting composition, brush handling and color mixing skills. Subject matter includes still life, drapery, flowers and landscape.

Come learn what she is up to at the Museums! Activities may include meeting a costumed character, face painting, magic, balloon animals, comedy, and getting to know the permanent collections. Free with museum admission! The Horace Moses Charitable Trust, Bank of America, Trustee

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

Both the novice and serious writer will find a comfortable spot in this group. Participants will work with memoir, personal essay, poetry, short stories, novels, or just a creative exploration with words.

Learn the basic techniques for drawing both in line and tonal values.

Come explore hands-on play and activity stations, make new friends, and learn about our world. Open to all children 0-5 with their caregivers. Activities may include dressing up in kimonos, light table play, changing art projects, a reading corner, a Tanabata wish tree, and Chinese New Year activities, and storytelling.

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

All three of these books are part of The Republican Heritage Series. This series was created to inform the people of Western Massachusetts about their ethnic heritages and cultural contributions.

Register by January 12! Visit the recently renovated Center for British Art which houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom exploring art, life and thought from the Elizabethan period onward. Next door, tour the Yale University Art Gallery’s extensive collection representing Eastern and Western cultures from ancient times to the present…

Visit the recently renovated Center for British Art which houses the largest collection of British art outside the United Kingdom, featuring art, life and thought from the Elizabethan period onward.

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

Draw, paint and create like the “masters" using acrylic paint, pastels and found objects.

Explore the Science Museum and find the Roving Scientist. You never know what kind of demonstrations and hands-on activities they have in store for you! Free with museum admission!

Microbes and Microscopes, 11 am-2 pm
Analyze and sketch some specimens through the museum’s microscopes.
Live Animal Demo, 11 am-2 pm
Learn about the characteristics and adaptations of the scaly residents that call the Springfield Science Museum home.

Science in Motion! A mesmerizing blend of comedy and science that enthralls both children and adults. Robert Rivest comically explores how scientists and artists see the world around us. Through an exciting use of mime, comedy and informative science tie-ins, Rivest inspires his audience to see science in a new light. Free with museum admission!…