Springfield Museums

Celebrate Family Pride Day ! 🌈

Join us on Saturday, June 13 for a joyful day celebrating diversity, equality, and family. Enjoy a rainbow of hands-on activities for all ages, including face painting, button-making, colorful sunglasses design, community weaving, quilt block creation, and our annual rainbow chain project. Free with museum admission!

Whether you're adding your story to our community tapestry, expressing yourself through art, or simply spending the day with family and friends, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Come create, connect, and celebrate Pride with us! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Discover how innovation on Lake Champlain helped shape the American Revolution during this Thursday’s lecture!

Dr. Kenneth Cohen, Chair of Military History and Curator of Early American History at the National Museum of American History, explores the extraordinary summer construction project that played a pivotal role in preserving the Revolution in “Crafting Independence.”

Join in person or online Thursday, June 4 at 12:15pm:
https://springfieldmuseums.org/program/crafting-independence-how-an-unprecedented-construction-project-on-lake-champlain-preserved-the-revolution/

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Image: Gunboat Philadelphia, National Museum of American History.

Sun Days are back ☀️

Starting Sunday, June 14, we’re teaming up with the Springfield STARS Club to celebrate our shining star through live-viewings, telescope sights, and informational demonstrations! Join us each summer month for , free with museum admission:
https://springfieldmuseums.org/series/sun-day-2/

Note: In the event of clouds there will be no live viewing, instead highlights of past solar activity recorded from our observatory will be shown.

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nature gives us clues when the seasons begin to change? 🌿☀️

From blooming mountain laurels and ripe blueberries to Perseid meteor showers and migrating hawks, summer reveals itself in stages through the plants, animals, and skies around us.

Discover how these seasonal shifts impact wildlife and daily life on the Lower Level of the Springfield Science Museum, where displays for all four seasons help visitors spot the signs of nature’s changing cycle !

The ultimate summer pairing: Art, Literature, and Wine 🎨🍷📚

Join us on Friday, June 26 for “Uncorked & Unbound” in partnership with Rumspringa Books and Provisions!

Enjoy introductions to perfect summer wines, discover current bestsellers and anticipated reads, and go on a guided tour of Donna Castellanos’s “Book of Wonder, Cover to Cover.”

Sip, browse, and explore all in one evening. Reservations required:
https://springfieldmuseums.org/program/uncorked-and-unbound-art-literature-and-wine/

Glasses of wine will be available for purchase and attendees get 10% off all book purchases from Rumspringa Books. Complimentary light fare provided by Nosh Springfield.

Book of Wonder, Cover to Cover is sponsored by PeoplesBank and supported by the Springfield Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council.

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Watch “America in Color” !

As part of our exhibition “Declaration of Innovation”, the Springfield History Theater in the Wood Museum of Springfield History is showing the documentary series “America in Color” all-day, every day throughout the exhibition run!

Presented courtesy of the Smithsonian Channel, the series uses advanced technology to colorize black-and-white archival footage showcasing key 20th-century events, free with museum admission:
https://springfieldmuseums.org/program/america-in-color/2026-05-30/

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Explore the Puerto Rican landscape this Thursday in !

Discover how art, environment, and identity come together to shape Puerto Rico’s cultural image in special exhibitions from Museo de Arte de Ponce . Author and Clark University Professor of Spanish María Acosta Cruz leads this presentation inspired by her book “Disaster Nation: An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture.”

Join us in person or online on Thursday, May 28 at 12:15pm:
https://springfieldmuseums.org/program/puerto-rican-landscape-paradise-and-disaster/

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Today, we remember the bravery and strength of all military members who risked their lives for their country. This lithograph by Currier & Ives details the soldiers, listed by rank and position, of the 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Company E.



The Soldier’s Memorial (1862), hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives (American, 1834-1907). Gift of Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert supplemented with Museum Acquisitions Funds, 2004.D03.452.

ONE WEEK LEFT to snag a discount on the perfect gift for dads and grads! One Museums membership will provide a year’s worth of fun🎉

Use code GIFT10 now through May 31 for 10% off a gift membership :
https://springfieldmuseums.org/membership/