Springfield Museums Press Releases

The new Museum of Springfield History will continue its spring lecture series at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 28, with a talk titled “Crystal Products of the Frost King: Ice Harvesting and the Natural Ice Industry in New England.” The program will be held in the museum’s SIS Hall and is free with the price of museum admission.

The Springfield Museums have announced the winners of the “Dr. Seuss Takes the Cake” contest which was held at the museums on March 6 during a Weekend Family Fun program celebrating the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

The Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts will present A Spring Celebration of Watercolor on Sunday, March 21, at 3 p.m. The program will feature a discussion of the art form by Heather Haskell, director of the museum; Julia Courtney, curator of art; and Deborah Rubin, a watercolor artist from Amherst.

The new Museum of Springfield History will kick-off its spring lecture series at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, with a talk on "Slavery in the Connecticut River Valley." The program will be held in the museum’s SIS Hall and is free with museum admission.

Hadley artist Lewis Bryden has donated two landscape paintings to the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts will host the American Watercolor Society 142nd Annual International Exhibition from March 16 through May 23.

The Springfield Museums’ Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, March 6, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with a Birthday Hoedown for Dr. Seuss. The snow date is Sunday, March 7. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904.

The Springfield Science Museum’s large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, March. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums have planned a week of out-of-this-world fun during February school vacation. Spectacular Space Week activities will be offered Monday, Feb. 15 through Friday, Feb. 19 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

Monday is the start of Black History Month. On Sunday the Museum of Springfield History unveiled an exhibit tracing the civil rights movement in the city during the 1960s.

SPRINGFIELD - Habit makes it easy to misread the decimal point on a colorful “Mobilgas ethyl’’ pump in the Museum of Springfield History. Look closely: It advertises fuel not at $1.59 a gallon but at 15.9 cents. That was a good thing, considering that the 1911 seven-passenger Stevens-Duryea luxury touring car displayed around the corner got only seven miles a gallon.

Registration for winter courses for children, and classes and day trips for adults at the Museum School of the Springfield Museums is underway. For complete course descriptions and travel itineraries, call 413.263.6800, ext. 377 or 382, or log on to www.springfieldmuseums.org. Secure on-line registration is available.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in February. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums is seeking nominations for the 2nd annual Ahadi Youth Award and 19th annual Ubora Award. Nominations for both awards must be received by March 31, 2010.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

Paintings by Connecticut artist Daryl Zang will be on exhibit in the Community Gallery at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts from January 19 through April 4, 2010. There will be a reception with the artist on April 1 from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

In honor of Black History Month, the new Museum of Springfield History will host Freedom through Their Eyes: Fifty Years of Civil Rights Perspectives in Springfield, an exhibition conceived and created by ninety 11th-grade students from the class of 2011 at the Springfield Renaissance School. The exhibit will be on view at the museum from February 2-28, 2010.

Black Holes: Space Warps & Time Twists, an interactive exhibit on view at the Springfield Science Museum from January 30 through May 2, will reveal what we know, don’t know, and think we know about one of the great mysteries of the universe.

Wear your favorite Hawaiian shirt and join the fun at the “Aloha Hula” family program at the Springfield Museums on Monday, January 18. Activities will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted. The first 300 visitors will receive a free lei.

The Springfield Museums have been awarded a $28,300 Organizational Support grant for fiscal year 2010 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a state agency.

The Springfield Museums have a received a $15,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to support Family Science Adventures and Art Discovery Center Programs at the Springfield Museums.

When movie directors film a scene in a museum, it is usually not because the characters want to look at art. Clips of museums in movies will be shown on Sunday, Jan. 10 (snow date Jan. 24) at 2 p.m. at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in the program Museums in the Movies: A Film Clip Festival.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in January. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum’s large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Jan. 8, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

Families are invited to enter the magical world of lords, ladies and knights in shining armor during “Medieval Days” at the Springfield Museums from December 27 to 30. Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums are pleased to announce that the great hall addition which is part of the new Museum of Springfield History will be named SIS Hall.

Musicians Lorena Garay and Eugenio Huanca will present a Family Holiday Celebration of music from Latin America and Puerto Rico on Saturday, December 12, at 2 p.m. in the Davis Auditorium of the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte program in December. Because of the holidays, there will be just one program in December.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums' Family Fun series will continue on Friday, November 27, with "Amazing Art Adventures." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

Art historian and critic Gloria Russell will lead a walking tour through the Quadrangle neighborhood where artist Chester Harding once lived on Saturday, November 14, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The tour will begin at the Springfield Museums.

Some of the finest watercolors at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts are now on view through Oct. 24, 2010, in the exhibition Watercolor Highlights from the Permanent Collection.

"Artful Lives: A Living Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe" will be presented by Boston actress Robin Lane at the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. The program is free with the price of admission to the museum.

An exhibition of photographic images called "photograms" by Wilbraham artist Paul Bloomfield will be on view at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts from Oct. 27, 2009, through Jan. 10, 2010. A free reception with the artist will be held on November 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in November. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

Stunning black and white photographs of ancient ruins in rugged deserts, caves, mesas and mountains will be on view at the Springfield Science Museum from October 17, 2009 through January 3, 2010, in the exhibition Sacred Places of the Southwest: Photographs by Claus Mroczynski.

Wear your Halloween costume to the Springfield Museums on Saturday, October 24, for some “Halloween Happenings.” Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

Wood engravings by the celebrated, self-taught artist Asa Cheffetz are on view in the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts through March 28, 2010 in the exhibition Asa Cheffetz: Master Wood Engraver.

In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry, the Springfield Museums will host the panel discussion Emergence of a Radical: John Brown in Springfield, on Sunday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m., in the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts. The program is free with museum admission.

The Springfield Science Museum’s large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in October. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The new Museum of Springfield History will open to the public on Saturday, October 10, at 11 a.m. The 40,000-square-foot museum highlights Springfield’s rich history of innovation and entrepreneurship.

At the close of the annual meeting of the Springfield Museums on September 23, Chairman of the Board Richard B. Collins announced a $4.3 million gift from an anonymous donor. The donor has requested that the gift remain anonymous until the spring of 2010, at which time the Museum of Springfield History will be named in the donor’s honor.

Original paintings of antique waterfowl decoy will be on display in the Massachusetts 2010 Waterfowl Stamp Exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum from Sept. 18 through Oct. 4.

The Springfield Museums will participate in the fifth annual Museum Day on Saturday, September 26, 2009. Museum Day is presented by Smithsonian magazine. The Springfield Museums, along with other museums nationwide, will be open free of charge to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors.

The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums will present the 18th annual Ubora Award and the 1st annual Ahadi Youth Award at a ceremony on Saturday, September 19, at 7 p.m., at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle. Ronald A. Copes has been selected to receive the Ubora Award and Myles Postell-Reynolds will receive the Ahadi Award.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will host “LittleFest of Storytelling V” on Saturday, September 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program is free. Activities planned for outdoors will be held inside if it rains.

Admission to the Springfield Museums will be free for everyone on Friday, September 4. The free admission will also include the special exhibition Grossology: The Impolite Science of the Human Body, which will close on September 6.

Brian Connors, Deputy Director of the City of Springfield's Office of Planning & Economic Development and member of the Springfield Preservation Trust, will lead a walking tour focused on the State Street corridor on Saturday, September 12, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The tour will begin at the Springfield Museums.

The Springfield Museums will resume fall hours on September 1. Hours at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Science Museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Springfield Science Museum’s large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in September. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum at the Quadrangle is recruiting volunteer docents to conduct tours and programs for children and adults.

The Springfield Museums' Summer Festival Days will continue August 10-14 with "Weird and Wacky Science." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Henry J. Duffy, Ph.D., Curator and Chief of Cultural Resources at the
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire, will conduct a Springfield walking tour to see sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on Saturday, August 8, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

The Springfield Museums’ Summer Festival Days will continue August 3-7 with "Grimm’s Fairy Tales." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums' Summer Festival Days will continue July 27 through 31 with "Celebrate Mexico." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums' Summer Festival Days will continue July 20 through 24 with "Magnificent Magic." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Digital collage paintings by artist and teacher Robert Masla will be on view at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts from July 21 through October 18.

The following summer schedule of planetarium shows at the Springfield Science Museum will be in effect through August 30.

Spanish-style architecture in Springfield will be the topic of a walking tour on Saturday, July 11, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Local historian Steve Shultis will point out downtown architectural features that are similar to those found in Spain. Some examples are the Mudéjar-style (Moorish) brickwork on some of the buildings and the alternating red and white stone on the South Congregational Church which is similar to stone work on the great Mosque of Córdoba.

The Springfield Museums’ Summer Festival Days will continue July 13 through 17 with “Bubble Mania.” Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Currier & Ives are known for their idealized images of rural life in America. In keeping with this theme, the firm created many “parlor” prints of young children interacting with household pets and barnyard companions. A selection of these prints will be displayed in the exhibition Feathers and Fur: Animal Companions in Currier & Ives Prints, on view from June 30, 2009, through Jan. 24, 2010, in the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

Family fun is in store for visitors to the Springfield Museums from July 6 through August 14 during “Summer Festival Days,” six-weeks of live performances, puppet shows, art activities, and hands-on science activities.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will be open seven days a week from June 29 through August 31.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in July. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

Hundreds of middle school students from across the Northeast will converge on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on June 14 to compete in the 11th annual Northeast Regional Junior Solar Sprint model solar car competition organized by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). Racing begins at 10 a.m. and is open to the public. Awards will be presented at 3 p.m.

Downtown Springfield's rapid development in the period between the Civil War and World War I led to the loss of most early buildings. On Saturday, June 13, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, local historian Bob McCarroll will lead a walking tour of houses remaining from the first half of the 19th century. Built when Springfield was still a town, these homes represent Federal and Greek Revival styles which predated the Victorian age.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in June. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a multi-gallery exhibition that highlights the history of the museum through the artwork it has acquired, exhibited, and loaned through the years. A Tradition of Excellence: The D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts Celebrates 75 Years will be on view from May 29, 2009, through February 21, 2010.

Eeewww, that's gross! Learn all about the biological functions that go on daily in our bodies at the exhibit Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body,
on view at the Springfield Science Museum from May 23 through September 6, 2009.

Ben Murphy, president of the Springfield Preservation Trust, will lead a walking tour focused on the architecture of the great 19th-century architect Henry Hobson Richardson on Saturday, May 9, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue with Astronomy Day on Saturday, May 2. Activities will take place at the Springfield Science Museum from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

Photo collage by Connecticut photographer George Jacobi is on view in the Community Gallery at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts through July 12 in the exhibition Alternative Visual Energy.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in May. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine.

The Springfield Museums will celebrate Earth Day with the annual Earth Day Festival on April 19 followed by "Earth Week: Go Green," a week of Earth-friendly school vacation week activities. Activities are free with museum admission unless noted.

Guy McLain, Director of the Springfield History Museums, will lead a walking tour on Saturday, April 11, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, to discuss the rise and fall of shopping in the city.

The Springfield Museums' Family Fun series will continue on Friday, April 10, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with "Sylvia and the Magic Trunk." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Woodcuts by the American painter, sculptor and printmaker Elliot Offner will be on view from April 7 through September 27, 2009, at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in the exhibition Wild Life Captured.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in April. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

Teatro Vida will present their second season's original multi-media performance, "...and literacy for all," on Sunday, March 29, at 2 p.m. in the Davis Auditorium of the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle.

William Hosley, executive director of the New Haven Museum and Historical Society, will present a program about The Japan Craze on Saturday, March 28, at 1 p.m. at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield.

Nominations are still being accepted for the 2009 Ubora Award (Swahili for Excellence) sponsored by the African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums. The committee has honored an outstanding African-American in the Greater Springfield community yearly since 1992.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

The Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts will host the American Watercolor Society's 141st Annual International Exhibition from March 3 through May 3.

Registration for spring courses for children and adults at the Museum School of the Springfield Museums begins February 23.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, February 28, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with a birthday bash for Dr. Seuss. The snow date is Sunday, March 1. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904.

The Springfield Museums have planned a week of prehistoric fun during February school vacation. "Dinosaurs, Reptiles & Birds, Oh My!" activities will be offered from February 16 through 20 and are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums' Family Fun series will continue with A Night at the Museum Pajama Party on Wednesday, February 18, from 6-9 p.m. at the Science Museum.

Youngsters are encouraged to wear their favorite pair of pajamas. Admission is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 3-17, including Springfield residents. Admission for members of the Springfield Museums is $4 for adults and $2 for children.

Huge, moving, roaring dinosaurs are invading the Science Museum from Feb. 7 through May 10, 2009, in the exhibition Reptiles, Dinosaurs and Birds: The Real Connection.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Sunday, February 8, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with "Dinosaurs, Reptiles and Birds." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in February. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums is seeking nominations for the 18th annual Ubora Award. The award is presented to an African-American individual who has demonstrated a commitment to the Springfield community and exhibited excellence in the fields of community service, science, education, humanities or the arts. Nominations must be received by March 31, 2009.

The Springfield Museums' Family Fun series will continue on Monday, January 19, with "Under the Sea." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

Although the firm of Currier & Ives is known primarily for its idealized images of rural life in America, the firm also published more than 350 lithographs featuring religious and moralistic themes. A selection of these will be on view at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts from January 20 through June 7 in the exhibition Divinity: Religious Images by Currier & Ives.

Echoes: Portraits of the Female Spirit, an exhibition of mixed media paintings by Amherst, Mass., artist Oriole Farb Feshbach, will be featured from January 13-April 5 in the Community Gallery at the Michele & Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in January. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Jan. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be held rain or shine. If it is overcast, a planetarium show will be presented in place of telescope viewing.

Enter the magical world of lords, ladies and knights in shining armor at the Springfield Museums. "Medieval Days" activities will be offered from December 26 through 30 and are free with museum admission unless noted.

A roundtable panel about African American visual art of the 1960s and 1970s will take place at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in December. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

Seldom-displayed watercolors collected by George Walter Vincent Smith between 1884 and 1887 are on view until October 25, 2009, at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in the exhibition The Allure of Italy: Late 19th-century Italian Watercolors.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Friday, Nov. 28, with "Abra-Kid-Abra II: Magic in Motion." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Friday, Nov. 28, with "Abra-Kid-Abra II: Magic in Motion." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

Richard Buswell: Traces - Montana's Frontier Revisited, an exhibition of more than 50 black and white photographs, will be on view at the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts from November 25, 2008, through February 22, 2009.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Sunday, November 9, with "Celebrate China." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

A collection of panda fine art and crafts will be on view in the Springfield Science Museum from November 9, 2008-January 4, 2009, in the special exhibition A Passion for Pandas.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in November. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, October 25, with "A Halloween Mystery of Springfield History." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums will open be Monday, October 13, for Columbus Day.

The Springfield Museums will celebrate fall with a Native American Pow Wow on Saturday, October 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Quadrangle grounds. The Pow Wow is part of the Museums' Weekend Family Fun series sponsored by TD Banknorth.

Paintings by local artist Holly S. Murray will be on view in the Community Gallery at the Michele & Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts from October 14, 2008-January 4, 2009, in the special exhibition Endangered Species.

Dr. Cecelia Gross, chair of the History/Political Science Department at Springfield Technical Community College, will lead a walking tour to sites of significance in African-American history on Saturday, October 11, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Springfield's World of Wheels car and motorcycle show has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Automobiles from every decade since 1893 will be exhibited along with vintage motorcycles on the museum grounds at the Quadrangle.

The Corporators of the Springfield Museums, at their annual meeting on September 24, elected three new Trustees to three-year terms. They are: Francis J. Cataldo, Jr., Helen R. Caulton-Harris, and Michael Rollings.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in October. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums will pay tribute to Springfield's role in transportation history with the Springfield's World of Wheels car and motorcycle show on Saturday, September 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the museum grounds at the Quadrangle. Automobiles from every decade since 1893 will be exhibited along with vintage motorcycles.

A selection of twenty 19th- and 20th-century color woodblock prints from the permanent collection of the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts will be on view from September 9, 2008, through March 8, 2009.

The Springfield Museums will hold an Open House for principals, teachers and PTO leaders from Pre-K through 12th grade schools on Wednesday, October 1, from 3:30-6:30 p.m. The event will help school educators learn about the Museums and how a field trip can supplement classroom study. Admission is free with a school ID. Teachers may bring one guest free of charge. Refreshments will be served. Advance registration is required.

Space is still available in "Art and History in Our Nation's Capital," a museum-sponsored trip to Washington, D.C., scheduled for Oct. 2-5, 2008.

Mrs. Allyson Gouzounis has been selected to receive the 17th annual Ubora Award from the African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums. The award will be presented at a ceremony on Saturday, September 20, at 7 p.m. at the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. The presentation will be followed by a reception at the Springfield Science Museum across the Quadrangle.

Architect Stephen Jablonski will conduct a walking tour around the Quadrangle-Mattoon Street neighborhood on Saturday, September 13, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will host "LittleFest of Storytelling IV" on Saturday, September 13, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event is free for Springfield residents. Activities planned for outdoors will be held inside if it rains.

The Board of Trustees of the Springfield Museums have voted to proceed with the construction of Phase II of the new Museum of Springfield History.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in September. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, September 5, at 7:30 p.m.

Robert McCarroll, retired city planner and a member of the Springfield Historic Commission, will lead a walking tour past several significant Springfield churches on Saturday, August 9, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Enjoy performances of some of your Favorite Fables during Summer Festival Days from August 12-15 at the Springfield Museums. Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums and the Armoury-Quadrangle Civic Association (AQCA) will host "Wednesdays in the Park," a series of free jazz concerts by local musicians. The concerts will be held on Wednesdays in August from 6:30-8 p.m. on the Quadrangle green.

Summer Festival Days at the Springfield Museums will continue from Aug. 5-8 with "Summer Carnival." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Space is still available for Textile Design for Teens.

In response to summer attendance patterns and visitor interest, the Springfield Museums are expanding their hours to include Mondays through August 24.

An exhibition of watercolor paintings by the late Springfield-born artist Robert Woolfe will be on view from July 22 through September 28 at the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts. A reception with members of Woolfe's family will be held on July 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the museum. The reception is free and open to the public.

Artist Robert Markey will present a two-day Mosaic Workshop for adults at the Springfield Museums on August 7 and 8, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Participants will work with stone, glass and ceramic tiles and learn the techniques of cutting and grouting to complete two pieces. For more information or to register for the class, call the Museum School at 413.263.6800, ext. 377 or 378.

Summer Festival Days at the Springfield Museums will continue from July 29 through August 1 with "Out of This World" four days of space-themed activities for families. Programs are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Summer Festival Days at the Springfield Museums will continue from July 22 through 25 with "Puppet Festival Week." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has reappointed Joseph Carvalho, president and executive director of the Springfield Museums, to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities (MFH). Carvalho is one of only six of the foundation's 25 board members who are appointed by the governor.

Summer Festival Days at the Springfield Museums will continue from July 15 through 18 with "Amazing Adventures Week." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

Ed Lonergan, a local historian and Springfield reference librarian, will lead a walking tour in the Ridgewood Historic District in Springfield Saturday, July 12, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Family fun is in store for visitors to the Springfield Museums from July 8 through August 15 during "Summer Festival Days," six-weeks of live performances, arts and crafts workshops and hands-on science activities.

The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century, an exhibition that compares contemporary Realism painting with its historical predecessors, will be on view at the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts from July 15 through November 16.

Registration is underway for summer courses for children and teens at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call the Museum School at 413.263.6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line registration is available.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in July. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle will be closed for electrical upgrades from Tuesday, June 24 through Friday, June 27. The other three Springfield Museums and the Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden will be open regular hours.

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced yesterday it awarded $600,000 to the Springfield Museums Association for the construction of a local history museum adjacent to the Quadrangle.

The Springfield Museums will hold an Open House for principals, teachers and PTO leaders from Pre-K through 12th grade schools on Tuesday, August 19, from 2:30-5:30 p.m. The event will help school educators learn about the Museums and how a field trip can supplement classroom study.

Springfield architect William Devlin will lead a walking tour in the Quadrangle-Mattoon Street area on Saturday, May 14, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

What was a dinosaur's family life like? Discover the answers in the exhibition Hatching the Past: The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt, on view from June 14 through September 28 at the Springfield Science Museum.

The Springfield Museums have announced the identity of the previously anonymous donors for whom the Museum of Fine Arts is to be named. The museum will now be known as the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts.

Hundreds of middle school students from across the Northeast will converge on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on June 8 to compete in the 11th annual Northeast Regional Junior Solar Sprint model solar car competition organized by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). Racing begins at 10 a.m. and the public is invited.

I Sing My Name!, a multi-media performance by the new theatrical group Teatro Vida, will be presented on June 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. in the Davis Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in June. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The lithography firm of Currier & Ives produced more than 8,000 images, including pictures of newsworthy events and prints that reflected familiar all-American themes such as farm life, home and children, religion, sports and leisure, and westward expansion. To design their prints, the company used staff artists who are unknown today as well as a group of celebrated American artists. The work of some of these well-known artists will be highlighted in the exhibition Behind the Scenes: The Artists Who Worked for Currier & Ives, on view from June 10, 2008 through January 18, 2009, at the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum will celebrate Astronomy Day on Saturday, May 10, from noon to 4 p.m. Weather permitting, visitors can look at sunspots through specially-filtered telescopes set up on the Quadrangle grounds. Jack Megas of the Springfield Stars Club will display his meteorite collection in the museum and give informal presentations throughout the afternoon. Special visits to the museum's large rooftop observatory will also be offered.

Automotive historian Keith Korbut will lead a preview tour of the transportation exhibit in the new Museum of Springfield History at the Quadrangle on Saturday, May 10, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, May 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Springfield high school art students will showcase their work at the Museum of Fine Arts in the special exhibition Creativity Captured: Student Art from the Springfield Public Schools, on view now through July 13, 2008. A free reception with the young artists will be held on Thursday, May 1, from 5-7 p.m. at the museum.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in May. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums will hold a special Teacher Open House for principals, teachers and PTO organizers from Pre-K through 12th grade schools on Tuesday, August 19, from 2:30-5:30 p.m. The event is designed to help school educators learn about the Museums and how a field trip can supplement classroom study.

The Springfield Science Museum will celebrate Earth Day with the annual Earth Day Festival on April 20 followed by "It's Cool to be Green," a week of Earth-friendly school vacation week activities. Activities are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Museums are pleased to announce a $150,000 Capital Campaign grant from MassMutual Financial Group for the new Museum of Springfield History.
Construction of the new museum is underway in the former Verizon office building on Edwards Street, adjacent to the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle.

Richard Colton, historian for the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, will lead a walking tour of the site of Shays's Rebellion on the Armory grounds on Saturday, April 12, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in April. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m.

As Seen Through These Eyes, a documentary film in which Holocaust survivors tell their stories through the art they created during their imprisonment, will be shown at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts on Sunday, March 30, at 1 p.m. The film is part of the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival and is co-sponsored by the Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center.

Reservations are still being accepted for the spring trip to Paris offered by the Museum School.

The Springfield Museums will present an afternoon of dinosaur fun on Friday, March 21, from noon until 4 p.m. The program is part of the Weekend Family Fun series and is sponsored by TD Banknorth. Dino Fun Friday activities are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Museum of Fine Arts will present "The Other Side of Currier & Ives," a two-part teacher workshop on Monday, April 7, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Monday, April 14 from 4 -6:30 p.m. Participants will learn how to teach American history using images from the museum's large collection of 19th-century Currier & Ives prints. The deadline to register for the workshop is March 14.

Stunning photographs of Antarctica will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts from March 25 through June 1 in the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey.

Registration is underway for spring courses and travel at the Museum School of the Springfield Museums.

Space is still available in a one-day watercolor workshop scheduled for Wednesday, Mar. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum on the Quadrangle.

Woodblock prints inspired by animals both real and imagined will be on view at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts from March 4-September 7, 2008, in the exhibition Curious Creatures: Japanese Prints from the Permanent Collection.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, March 1, with a birthday bash for Dr. Seuss. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The lives of two famous members of an African-American family in Springfield will be explored in the special exhibition Blues in Our Blood: The Artistic Evolution of Taj Mahal and Carole Fredericks, on view at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum from February 15 through November 9, 2008.

Space is still available in a one-day Native American drum-making workshop scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum on the Quadrangle.

The Springfield Museums' Family Fun series will continue with "Night of the Disappearing Moon," a special evening program on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Springfield Science Museum. The event has been scheduled in conjunction with a total lunar eclipse and will be held rain or shine.

The Springfield Museums have planned a week of prehistoric fun during February school vacation. "Dynamic Dinosaurs" activities will be offered from February 18 through 22 and are free with museum admission unless noted.

The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums is seeking nominations for the 17th annual Ubora Award. The award is presented to an African-American individual who has demonstrated a commitment to the Springfield community and exhibited excellence in the fields of community service, science, education, humanities or the arts. Nominations must be received by March 31, 2008.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, February 9, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with "Discovering Dinosaurs." Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The special exhibition The Mosquito Fleet: World War II PT Boats, on view at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, has been extended through June 29. (The original closing date was Feb. 24.)

The exhibit Abstract Paintings by Douglas Deihl is on view through April 13 in the Community Gallery at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts.

Giant moving, roaring dinosaurs are invading the Science Museum from Feb. 9 through May 11, 2008, in the exhibition Dinosaurs! Land, Sea and Air.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in February. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, February 1, at 7:30 p.m.

The Worship of Wealth: Stained Glass in the Homes of the Rich will be the topic of a talk by stained glass conservator Julie Sloan on Sunday, January 27, at 2 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts. The talk is free with the price of museum admission. Coffee and cookies will be served.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Sunday, January 20, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. with Animal Adventures.

Exhibits at the Springfield Museums.

Prints showing important 19th-century events and social phenomena will be on view at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts from January 15 through June 8, 2008, in the special exhibition Extra! Extra! Currier & Ives and the Mass Media.

Glass artist Josh Simpson will speak about his work on Sunday, January 6, at 2 p.m. at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts. The talk is free with the price of museum admission.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in January. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums Association announced yesterday that it has received a $725,000 grant from the SIS Charitable Fund to be used for renovations of the new Museum of Springfield History.

Families are invited to enter the magical world of lords, ladies and knights in shining armor during "Medieval Days" at the Springfield Museums from December 26-29. Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

A group of colorful watercolors will be on view in the Starr Gallery at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts from December 4, 2007 through October 26, 2008, in the special exhibition At Play: Leisure Time Portrayed in Watercolor.

The Springfield Museums yesterday announced a $4 million gift, one of the largest donations ever received by the private, nonprofit association.

Hundreds of unusual objects, ranging from a Fijian war club to a little girl's needlework sampler from the early 1800s to "gold" Santa Claus coins handed out by the former Johnson's Bookstore, are on view at the Springfield Science Museum until January 6 in the exhibition 150 Years of Giving: Collectors and their Contributions.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, December 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in December. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue with "AbraKIDabra" on Friday, November 23, and "Winter Wishes" on Saturday, November 24. Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by TD Banknorth.

Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass, 1972-2007, a retrospective exhibition highlighting more than three decades of glassblowing by one of the most acclaimed artists in the field, will be on view from November 20, 2007 through February 3, 2008 at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts.

Joseph Carvalho, president and executive director of the Springfield Museums, and Holly Smith-Bové, the Museums' chief financial officer, recently completed the Achieving Excellence executive leadership program for non-profit cultural organizations in Massachusetts.

The Museum of Fine Arts will present a two-part teacher workshop on Saturday, Nov. 3 and 17 from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. Participants will learn how to teach American history using images from the museum's collection of more than 800 Currier & Ives prints.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, October 27, with "Hairy Scary Halloween." Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, November 2, at 7:30 p.m.

Richard Colton, historian at the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, will lead a walking tour of the grounds of the Springfield Armory on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 10:30 a.m. until noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle, 21 Edwards Street.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in November. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums will celebrate fall with a Native American Pow Wow on Saturday, October 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Quadrangle grounds. The Pow Wow is part of the Museums' Weekend Family Fun series sponsored by TD Banknorth. The event is presented in collaboration with the Native American Intertribal Council of Western Massachusetts.

The Springfield Museums will celebrate their 150th anniversary with a "Big Birthday Bash" on Sunday, October 14, from 1 to 3 p.m. The event will feature free family entertainment and birthday cake. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by T.D. Banknorth.

The Springfield Museums will offer a regular schedule of free drop-in science and art activities for families this fall.

The following schedule of planetarium shows at the Springfield Science Museum will begin October 5.

Springfield historian Robert McCarroll will conduct a walking tour through the area around Classical Condominiums on Saturday, October 13, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums at 21 Edwards Street.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in October. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Ruta Smilskalns, an artist from Wayland, Mass., creates intriguing work form the most common object in her sewing basket, colorful spools of thread. Her "Spool Paintings" will be on view in the Community Gallery at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts from September 18, 2007 through January 13, 2008.

Etchings of bridges ranging from spans across the Thames River to the covered bridges of Vermont will be featured in Cross That Bridge: Prints from the Permanent Collection, on view at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts through March 2, 2008.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will host "LittleFest of Storytelling III" on Saturday, September 29, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event is free for Springfield residents.

The Historical Commission last night unanimously approved a conceptual plan for a $7 million Museum of Springfield History to be built on Edwards Street.

The Springfield Museums will pay tribute to Springfield's role in transportation history with the second annual Automobiles and Motorcycles of Distinction show on Saturday, September 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the museum grounds at the Quadrangle. Automobiles from every decade since 1893 will be exhibited along with vintage motorcycles.

Registration for fall courses for children and teens at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will begin September 10. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call the Museum School at 413.263.6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line registration is available.

Registration for fall courses and trips for adults at the Museum School of the Springfield Museums begins September 10. For complete course descriptions and travel itineraries, call 413.263.6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org. On-line registration is available.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in September. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m.

Architect and historian Stephen Jablonski will conduct a walking tour through the area surrounding Mattoon Street on Saturday, September 8, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums at 21 Edwards Street.

Music lovers can immerse themselves in opera this fall by attending a New York City opera premiere and a Sunday afternoon series of opera on film at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts.

Springfield historian Frances Gagnon will conduct a walking tour along State Street and talk about some of the dramatic events that have taken place on the stretch of the road from the river to Byers Street on Saturday, August 11, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street.

Families are invited to explore ancient cultures at the Springfield Museums from August 14 through 17. The program is the final week of "Summer Festival Days," sponsored by Bank of America and the Eugene A. Dexter Charitable Fund through the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.

"Summer Festival Days" performances and activities at the Springfield Museums will continue with Summer Circus Week from August 7 through 10.

"Summer Festival Days" performances and activities at the Springfield Museums will continue with "Here Be Dragons" week from July 31 through August 3.

Some of the finest examples of prints produced by the lithography firm of Currier & Ives will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts from July 19, 2007 through January 6, 2008 in the special exhibition Currier & Ives' Greatest Hits.

City of Homes, an exhibit exploring the ways Springfield builders, designers, manufacturers, merchants, and residents interpreted the concept of home, will be on view from July 18 through Jan. 20, 2008 at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum at the Quadrangle.

"Summer Festival Days" at the Springfield Museums will continue with The Magic of Science Week from July 24 through 27.

"Summer Festival Days" at the Springfield Museums will continue with African Safari Week from July 17 through 20.

Interpretive naturalist and photographer John Green will lead a walking tour of the often-overlooked wonders of nature in our urban surroundings on Saturday, July 14, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street.

A collection of World War II memorabilia will be on view at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum at the Quadrangle from July 10, 2007, through February 24, 2008, in the special exhibition The Mosquito Fleet: World War II PT Boats.

Family fun is in store for visitors to the Springfield Museums from July 10 through August 17 during "Summer Festival Days," six-weeks of live performances, arts and crafts workshops, hands-on science, and storytelling.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in July. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Vintage household appliances covered with hundreds of colorful pieces of broken tempered glass will be on view from July 3 through October 14 at the Museum of Fine Arts in the exhibition Domestic Reflections: Smashed Glass Assemblage by Mo Ringey.

Registration is underway for summer courses for children and teens at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call the Museum School at 413-263-6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line registration is available.

Registration is underway for summer courses and bus trips for adults at the Museum School of the Springfield Museums. For complete course descriptions and travel itineraries, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org. On-line course registration is available.

A panoramic overview of 20th-century art is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts through October 21 in the special exhibition Seldom Seen: Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection.

The special exhibition The Cat in the Hat Turns 50, on view at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, has been extended until August 26.

Dr. Cecelia Gross, chair of the History/Political Science Department at Springfield Technical Community College, will lead a walking tour to sites of importance to the 19th-century abolitionist movement on Saturday, June 9, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in June. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

An event celebrating the life of community volunteer Janee Armstrong Friedmann will be held on Wednesday, May 16, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at Springfield Symphony Hall. The celebration is open to the public.

The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum at the Quadrangle is recruiting volunteer docents to conduct tours and programs for children and adults.

Black and white photos by a camera artist from Leverett, Mass., are on view at the Museum of Fine Arts from May 8 through September 9 in the exhibition Explorations: Photographs by Robert Hallock. There will be a free reception with the photographer on Wednesday, June 6, from 5-7 p.m. at the museum.

Guy McLain, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, will lead a walking tour of the Quadrangle/Mattoon Street neighborhood on Saturday, May 12, from 10:30 a.m.-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street, off Chestnut Street.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Science Museum will celebrate Astronomy Day on Saturday, April 21, from noon to 4 p.m. Weather permitting, visitors will have an opportunity to look at sunspots through specially-filtered telescopes set up on the Quadrangle by museum staff and volunteers from the Springfield Stars Club.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in May. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, May 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Japanese Children's Day. Activities are free with museum admission. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by TD Banknorth.

Space is still available in the following art classes for adults at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum at the Quadrangle in Springfield.

The Springfield Science Museum will hold its 17th annual Earth Day celebration with a family festival on the Quadrangle green (indoors if it rains) and a city-wide clean-up of Springfield parks and conservation lands.

"Mother Nature/Father Time" will be the theme of April school vacation week activities from Monday, April 16 through Friday, April 20 at the Springfield Museums. Activities are free with the price of admission to the Museums unless noted.

Dr. Donald D'Amato, history professor at Springfield Technical Community College, will lead a walking tour along lower State Street on Saturday, April 14, from 10:30-noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums on the Quadrangle at 21 Edwards Street, off Chestnut Street.

Registration is underway for courses and trips for adults at the Museum School of the Springfield Museums. For complete course descriptions and travel itineraries, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line course registration is available.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Registration is underway for after-school and Saturday courses for children at the Museum School at the Quadrangle. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line registration is available.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in April. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Museum of Fine Arts' Davis Auditorium will be the site of two documentary films presented in cooperation with two local organizations.

The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums is seeking nominations for the 16th annual Ubora Award. The award is presented to an African-American individual who has demonstrated a commitment to the Springfield community and exhibited excellence in the fields of community service, science, education, humanities or the arts. Nominations must be received by March 31, 2007.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, March 3, with a birthday bash for Dr. Seuss. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. The museum's telescope will zoom in on the ringed planet Saturn.

The Museum of Fine Arts' Currier & Ives 2007 lecture series will conclude on February 25, at 2 p.m., with "Currier & Ives and the Emergence of American Mass Media," presented by Daniel Czitrom, professor of history at Mount Holyoke College.

Prints by female artists are on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield through June 24, 2007, in the special exhibition Women in Print: Extraordinary Examples from the 20th Century.

A selection of limited edition artwork from the Dr. Seuss estate will be on view at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum at the Quadrangle from February 17 through May 27 in the special exhibition The Cat in the Hat Turns 50. The exhibition has been planned in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the famous Dr. Seuss book.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Sunday, Feb. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with A Chinese New Year Celebration: The Year of the Boar. Activities are free with museum admission.

The Springfield Museums have planned a week of prehistoric fun during February school vacation. "Dinosaur Daze" activities will be offered from February 19 through 23 and are free with museum admission unless noted.

The Museum of Fine Arts' Currier & Ives lecture series will continue on February 18, at 2 p.m., with "Currier & Ives' Greatest Hits," presented by Robert K. Newman, proprietor of The Old Print Shop in New York City. The talk is free with museum admission.

Patriotic images of American history and heroes are on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield through July 8, 2007, in the special exhibition Liberty & Justice: American Ideals Portrayed by Currier & Ives.

Quilt National '05, the fourteenth in a series of international juried competitions of art quilts, will be on view from February 13 through April 22, 2007, at the Museum of Fine Arts at the Quadrangle.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, Feb. 10, with a day of dinosaur activities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Springfield Science Museum. The event will celebrate the opening of Life Through Time: Dinosaurs & Ice Age Mammals, a display of huge, roaring robotic creatures.

The Museum of Fine Arts has scheduled Perspectives on America, a three-part Sunday afternoon lecture series which will explore what Currier & Ives prints reveal about American history and the role they played as the precursor to the journalistic phenomena we now refer to as the "mass media."

A pack of moving, roaring prehistoric creatures will invade the Springfield Science Museum from Feb. 10 through May 13 in the exhibition Life Through Time: Dinosaurs and Ice Age Mammals.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. The featured speaker will be Springfield Stars Club President Jack Megas, who will present "The Stars and Constellations of Winter."

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in February. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Dancing Partners: Moving Color Reliefs, an exhibit of mixed-media work by Henry Klein of Adams, Mass., will be on view from Jan. 30 through April 29, 2007, in the Community Gallery at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Sunday, January 14, with "Whodunit? A Museum Mystery," an evening event from 5 to 9 p.m. in the Springfield Science Museum.

The Museum of Fine Arts will present the panel discussion Currier & Ives: Visions of America on Sunday, January 7, at 2 p.m. in the museum's Davis Auditorium. The program is free with the price of museum admission.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in January. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, January 5, at 7:30 p.m. The featured speaker will be Springfield Stars Club vice president Michael Kozicki, who will preview the most striking celestial objects and events of 2007, including a total lunar eclipse that will occur on March 3.

The Springfield Museums have received $20,000 from the Verizon Foundation to develop technology-based educational programs for the planned new Museum of Springfield History and Technology. The donation is the first installment of a three-year, $60,000 grant.

Families are invited to enter the magical world of lords, ladies and knights in shining armor at a "Medieval Faire" at the Springfield Museums from December 26-30. Activities are free with the price of museum admission unless noted.

The Museum School of the Springfield Museums is offering the following courses and travel opportunities for adults this winter. Course registration begins December 11. For complete course descriptions and travel itineraries, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org. On-line course registration is available.

The Museum School at the Quadrangle is offering the following courses for young people this winter. Registration begins December 11. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line registration is available.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in December. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Science Museum's large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m. In addition, Edward Faits, former Springfield Stars Club president, will present a show titled "From the Human Eye to the Hubble Space Telescope: Humanity's View of the Heavens."

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, Nov. 25, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with Holiday Happenings. Activities are free with museum admission unless noted. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by TD Banknorth.

Two light-hearted exhibits opening Friday, November 24 at the Springfield Museums will help launch the holiday season.

Current & coming exhibitions at the Springfield Museums.

Donald D'Amato, history professor at Springfield Technical Community College, will lead a walking tour of the grounds of the Springfield Armory on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 10:30 a.m. until noon. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle on Edwards Street off Chestnut Street.

Bring the kids and the out-of-town relatives to the Springfield Museums on the day after Thanksgiving for "Dino-Mite Dinosaurs," a day of prehistoric fun. Activities will take place on Friday, Nov. 24 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission. Grab a quick lunch at the Family Fun Snack Bar in the Museum of Fine Arts and make a day of it. "Dino-Mite Dinosaurs" is sponsored by Westfield Bank.

A few spaces are still available in the Springfield Museums' tour of the cultural highlights and natural wonders of Australia and New Zealand, scheduled for March 4-24, 2007. The trip includes a two-night stay in Hawaii. The deadline for reservations is November 17.

The Springfield Museums have developed a comprehensive, searchable online database of one of the largest public collections of Currier & Ives prints in the world. The database has been funded with a generous grant from the Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, October 28, with "Tricks and Treats: A Magical Halloween." Children are invited to wear their Halloween costume and go from museum to museum for special treats. Activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are free with museum admission. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by TD Banknorth.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in November. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m.

Dramatic black and white photographs of the western landscape will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts from October 24-December 17 in the exhibition Ansel Adams: The Man Who Captured the Earth's Beauty.

The Springfield Museums have received a $12,500 grant from TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation for the Museums' Weekend Family Fun series of educational programs.

The Museum of Fine Arts will host a performance of With Dream Awakened Eyes, an original play about the life and work of a female Jewish artist in Nazi Germany, on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. The program is free with the price of museum admission.

Dr. Cecelia Gross, chair of the History/Political Science Department at Springfield Technical Community College, will lead a walking tour of important sites in the Court Square area from 10:30-noon on Saturday, Oct. 14. The tour will begin and end at the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle on Edwards Street off Chestnut Street.

The Springfield Museums will celebrate fall with a Native American Pow Wow on Saturday, October 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Quadrangle grounds. The event is a traditional Native American harvest celebration with native food, crafts, demonstrations and over 25 singers, drummers and dancers. The Pow Wow is part of the Museums' Weekend Family Fun series and is sponsored by TD Banknorth.

"Ancients Unwrapped" Lecture Series Explores Unusual Aspects of Greek and Roman Culture

Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m.

The Museum School at the Quadrangle is offering the following courses and bus trips for adults this fall. Registration is underway. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line course registration is available.

The Museum School at the Quadrangle is offering the following courses for young people this fall. Registration is underway. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org/learn. On-line registration is available.

Nature photography by camera artist John Green of Belchertown, Mass., will be on view from Sept. 26, 2006 through Jan. 7, 2007 in the Community Gallery at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts. The public is invited to a free reception with the artist on Oct. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. Community Gallery exhibitions are sponsored by The Republican.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in October. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Original paintings of antique waterfowl decoys will be on display in the Massachusetts 2007 Waterfowl Stamp Exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

The Springfield Museums will pay tribute to Springfield's role in transportation history with Automobiles of Distinction, a car show to be held on Saturday, September 23, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., on the museum grounds at the Quadrangle. Fine automobiles from every decade from 1893 to 2007 will be exhibited.

Mrs. Janet Troutman-Simmons has been selected to receive the 15th annual Ubora Award from the African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums. The award will be presented at a ceremony on Saturday, September 16, at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in September. The programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Seymour Planetarium at the Springfield Science Museum will be closed in September for annual maintenance. Planetarium shows will resume on October 1 with the following schedule:

Children and families can learn about the multicultural heritage of the Americas at the Springfield Museums beginning August 8 in the final week of the "Ancient Adventures" summer programs. The programs have been planned to celebrate the new Ancient Treasures gallery in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.

Children and families can explore the wonders of Greece and Rome at the Springfield Museums the week of August 1 during "Ancient Adventures" summer programs. The programs have been planned to celebrate the new Ancient Treasures gallery in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle are recruiting volunteer docents to lead tours and programs for children and adults in the Museum of Fine Arts or the Springfield Science Museum.

"Ancient Adventures" summer programs for families at the Springfield Museums will continue the week of July 25 with activities centered on ancient China. "Ancient Adventures" programs have been planned in conjunction with the opening of the new Ancient Treasures gallery in the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.

A few spaces are still available in the Springfield Museums' cultural tour of the art and music of Austria from October 9 through 17, 2006. The trip has been planned in recognition of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.

"Ancient Adventures" summer programs for families at the Springfield Museums will continue the week of July 18 with activities centered on ancient India.

"Ancient Adventures" summer programs for families at the Springfield Museums will continue the week of July 11 with activities centered on ancient Africa and Egypt.

One of the most important events in American history is commemorated in the exhibition A Nation Divided: The American Civil War Depicted by Currier & Ives, on view from June 30 through December 31, 2006, at the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums have announced the following summer hours.

The Springfield Museums will open the following exhibitions this summer.

Choose your adventure this summer at the Springfield Museums.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in July. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Springfield Science Museum to Host Teacher Training Institute.

Museum School Announces Summer Courses for Children and Teens

Museum School Offers Summer Courses and Trips for Adults.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in June. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Connecticut Valley Historical Museum will be the host site of the second annual Markus J. Johnson Memorial Fund scholarship award ceremony on Thursday, June 1, at 5:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums have announced that the popular exhibition Currier & Ives: An American Panorama, on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, has been extended until September 10, 2006. (Original closing date was June 4.)

The Springfield Science Museum will celebrate Astronomy Day on Saturday, May 6, from noon to 4 p.m. Weather permitting, visitors will have an opportunity to look at sunspots through specially-filtered telescopes set up on the Quadrangle by museum staff and volunteers from the Springfield Stars Club. Visits to the museum's large rooftop observatory will take place throughout the afternoon.

The work of a Southwick artist will be on display in the Community Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts from May 23 through September 17 in the exhibition New England Vistas: Paintings by Carolyn Avery.

The Springfield Museums are among 56 museums and cultural institutions in the Northeast that are participating in Bank of America's Museums On Us! program in May.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in May. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m.

"Swamp Things" will be the theme of April school vacation week activities at the Springfield Museums. The museums will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, April 17 through Friday, April 21. (Science Museum open until 5 p.m.) Activities are free with the price of admission to the Museums unless noted.

The Springfield Science Museum will hold its 16th annual Earth Day celebration with a family festival on the Quadrangle green and a city-wide clean up of Springfield parks and conservation lands.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, April 1, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with Outrageous Robots: Technology at Play.

The Currier & Ives lecture series at the Museum of Fine Arts will continue on
April 2 at 2 p.m. with Currier & Ives: Constructing What It Meant to Be American. The talk will be presented by Barry O'Connell, professor of English at Amherst College.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in April. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m.

The Currier & Ives lecture series at the Museum of Fine Arts will continue on
March 19 at 2 p.m. with Emancipation Day: Postbellum Visions of African Americans in Currier & Ives' Darktown Prints. The talk will be presented by James Smethurst, associate professor in the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in March. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, March 4, with a birthday bash for Dr. Seuss. Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield on March 2, 1904.

Activities are free with museum admission. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by T.D. Banknorth.

The Museum School at the Quadrangle is offering the following courses for children and adults this spring. Registration begins Feb. 28. For complete course descriptions and information about scholarships, call 413–263–6800, ext. 377, or log onto www.springfieldmuseums.org. On-line course registration is available.

The Springfield Museums have scheduled several bus trips this spring. For complete itineraries, please call the Museum School at 413.263.6800, ext. 382.

The African Hall Subcommittee of the Springfield Museums is seeking nominations for the 15th annual Ubora Award. The award is presented to an African American individual who has demonstrated a commitment to the Springfield community and exhibited excellence in the fields of science, education, humanities or the arts. Nominations must be received by March 31, 2006.

The Springfield Museums will kick off school vacation week on Saturday, February 18 with the opening of the special exhibition Earth Attacks! Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis. A variety of family activities and performances will explain the science behind nature's fury. Activities are free with the price of admission to the Museums.

The Springfield Museums have received a gift of $1,000,000 from Mr. Allen Swift of West Hartford to purchase the Verizon building at 85 Chestnut Street in Springfield for the purpose of creating a new history museum. Swift also donated his 1928, one-owner, Springfield-built Rolls-Royce automobile to form the basis of the new museum's transportation collection.

Following the devastating tsunami that hit Indonesia in December 2004, the violent hurricanes which destroyed vast sections of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, and the horrific earthquake in Pakistan, concern about natural disasters has soared. The Springfield Science Museum will explore the causes and effects of some of the disastrous events that plague our planet in the special exhibition Earth Attacks: Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis, on view at the museum from February 18 through September 3, 2006.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with Young at Heart: Valentine's Day Delight. Activities are free with museum admission. Weekend Family Fun programs are sponsored by T.D. Banknorth.

Dr. Adolfo Roitman, curator of the Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scroll collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, will present "From Serpent to Satan: The Story of Paradise in Literature and Art" at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts on February 2 at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is free to the public and will be followed by a reception with Dr. Roitman.

The Museum of Fine Arts has scheduled Currier & Ives: Defining America, a four-part Sunday afternoon lecture series which will explore the social and artistic impact of the 19th-century printmakers Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series continues.

Members of the Springfield Stars Club will set up telescopes for public sky-gazing on the Springfield Museums' Quadrangle on Friday, January 6, at 7:30 p.m.

The Springfield Museums will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in January. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

Once Upon a Time in a Castle Far, Far Away..." a local collector created an intricate diorama of a besieged castle in France during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).

Enter the magical world of lords, ladies, and knights in shining armor with the Museums' December School Vacation Week programming.

The Springfield Science Museum is currently showing the holiday exhibit It's a Wonderful Life: A Doll's Story, which showcases dolls from different cultures around the world. The exhibit will be on display through January 8, 2006.

The Springfield Museums have received a $10,000 grant from TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation for the Museums' Weekend Family Fun series of educational programs.

The Museums will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in December. Museums à la Carte programs are held on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. in the Museum of Fine Arts.

"The Creative Spirit" of the Connecticut Valley now on display at Springfield Museums.

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue with Dinosaur Day on Friday, November 25, and a special Holiday Season Kick-Off on Saturday, November 26.

OH! THE PLACES YOU'LL GO – RIGHT IN THE COMFORT OF HOME!

Revamped Springfield Museums website brings new worlds to your desktop.

Life-like figures by Springfield sculptor Lisa Lichtenfels will be on view at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.

One of the largest public collections of Currier & Ives prints in the country will be unveiled for the first time in the special exhibition "Currier & Ives: An American Panorama."

The Springfield Museums are getting into the spirit of Halloween with "Spirits and Savories."

For the second year in a row, the Springfield Museums have received a grant in the amount of $95,000 from MassMutual Financial Group for "Learning Together."

The Springfield Museums' Weekend Family Fun series will continue with "Hoot 'n' Howl Halloween."

The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts is currently showing prints by famous modern artists.

The Corporators of the Springfield Museums, at their annual meeting on Sept. 28, elected three new Trustees to three-year terms.

The Springfield Museums will host a trip to the Cabot Street Cinema in Beverly, Mass., on Sunday, October 30, 2005.

The Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle will present the following Museums à la Carte programs in October.

Ronald E. Harrell has been selected to receive the 14th annual Ubora Award.

Photographs by Leonard Seeve will be on view in the Community Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts.