Doling Park History Museum

Doling Park History Museum reopens for the season Sunday, April 9, 1-4 p.m. Come see us!
Weekly schedule for 2023 is:
• Tuesdays 1-5 p.m.
• Fridays 11-4 p.m.
• Sundays 1-4 p.m.

Happy 92nd birthday, Doling Park!
On April 8, 1929, the then-named Springfield Park Board purchased Doling Park from the Springfield Amusement Company.
Doling had previously functioned as a privately owned park and amusement park since 1883, under multiple owners.

The April opening of the museum is currently delayed due to the Stay-Home order.

Heads up: the Doling Museum Car Show is Sunday, Oct. 13, 1-4 p.m. (not Saturday.)

The Doling Museum family and the Springfield-Greene County Park Board are remembering our friend, Gail Mitchell, who passed April 11. Gail was involved with the museum for many years, having had a family connection to the park in its heyday. She was the lead researcher and author of the History of Doling Park, a 400+ page book published in 2016, detailing the park's early days, amusement park, roller rink and more. We are indebted to Gail for compiling Doling Park's history into this book, insuring that generations to come may learn about this unique park and all the experiences and memories associated with it. Thank you, Gail.
Service details are below.

Obituary for Gail Marie Mitchell at Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home at White Chapel Gail Marie Mitchell, 76 of Springfield, Missouri, went Home to be with her LORD Jesus Christ early in the morning on April 11, 2019 in the Neuro Trauma ICU at Cox South in Springfield, Missouri. Gail was born in Springfield, Missouri on November 1, 1942 to her parents, John and