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The Mattoon Street neighborhood features many of Springfield's most prestigious residential addresses, on Mattoon Street, Salem Street, Elliot Street, etc. It also features one of the famous architect H.H. Richardson's first works in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the Hispanic Baptist Church. Early each Fall, the neighborhood hosts a large ...
The Springfield Science Museum is located in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the United States. Founded in 1859, the museum has operated in its current building since 1899. The building has undergone two expansions, in 1934 [1] and 1970. [2] It is also home to the country's oldest operating projection planetarium, Seymour Planetarium. [3] [4] [5]
In 2013, the Springfield Museum consortium achieved national accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums, a distinction awarded to only 6% of national museums in the US. [2] In September 2016, Springfield Museums was named as a Smithsonian affiliate, opening up new opportunities for cultural and historical exhibits, as well as ...
As the Springfield Art Museum prepares to shutter for three years of renovations, museum staff are packing up for a new, temporary location.. The art museum will conclude all programs and ...
"They were so into it. I had only planned on teaching like 20 of them, but they asked to keep going."
The Springfield History Museum's latest exhibit highlights the people and history of early motorcycle culture in the early 1900s.
The Fine Arts museum is facing the Springfield Science Museum; both buildings were designed together as a unit. [5] In 1943, the museum held a mural competition to find an artist to paint a mural in the museum's library, with Honoré Sharrer submitting a design; Sante Graziani ultimately won. [6] Graziani painted his winning mural in 1947. [6]
The museum has several rooms on the main floor which contain a "Seussian version of Springfield", [5] with interactive sculptures, exhibits, and original and reproduced artwork from Dr. Seuss. [6] The upper level has original oil paintings, a recreation of Geisel's La Jolla studio, complete with his drawing board and other original items, and ...