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!

Free outdoor activities for all visitors!

Learn more about our ten-night cultural tour through three of the world's most beautiful cities, planned for late October 2017. Museum admission not required to attend session.

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!

Lessons will focus on the fundamental elements of line, composition, proportion, spatial relationships, perspective, volume, light and shadow, and foreshortening.

Instruction will include how to create three dimensional effects, balance and unify painting composition, strengthen brush handling and color mixing skills.

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 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. Begin with demonstrations of composition and perspective through a step-by-step process to complete the image noting every subtle curve, in both the outline and values.

Working in a variety of materials, learn to mix color, identify the crucial aspects which affect color and explore the interaction between colors and how they change according to their surroundings.

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!

Work in the medium of your choice, oil or acrylic, as you learn the basic skills of painting.

Why preserve our family stories and life experiences? How do we capture and preserve our legacies to share with others?

Paint a beautiful silk scarf. Methods explored include color washes, resist painting and stamping. Silk for practice and one silk scarf blank are included.

Recent beginners and slightly experienced students can take the next step towards improving fundamentals and developing an expressive and personal style. Explore and challenge the way we see in order to become more responsive to our surroundings.

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!

Visit four West African Countries - Ghana, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast – to learn about some African indigenous beliefs.

Following the Museums a la Carte lecture with photographer Amy S. Dane, join docent Dan Moraski for further discussion in R.E. Phelon African Hall in the Springfield Science Museum. Museum members only.

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!

Use a variety of techniques to access to your own limitless creativity and means of expressing it. Develop your abstract vocabulary as you strengthen your artwork by learning and incorporating principles of design.

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!

Cosmic activities including rooftop observatory tour, sunspot viewing, and a special display of meteorites with comments by the collector, Jack Megas. Free with museum admission!