Springfield History Museum News
Springfield museum celebrates civil rights
January 31, 2010
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.
Participants in Springfield’s Civil Rights Movement Tell their Stories in Black History Month Exhibit
January 13, 2010
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.
New Museum’s Great Hall Addition to be Named SIS Hall
December 2, 2009
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.
New Museum of Springfield History to Open October 10
September 24, 2009
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.
Springfield Museums Announce $4.3 Million Gift for the new Museum of Springfield History
September 23, 2009
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.
