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Create a Gingerbread Fairy Tale for the Springfield Museums Holiday Exhibit

Springfield Museums Gingerbread Fairy Tales Exhibition & Competition Inspires Creative-Free Play in the Kitchen What does your fantasy fairy tale castle look like? Are there turrets? A moat? Maybe a drawbridge? Now, what if it was made not out of stone, but of gingerbread, icing & candy? – Gingerbread houses are a great way to engage in creative-free play with your family, and the Springfield Museums is inviting community members of all… Read More

Category: Hampden County, Springfield Museum, Suggested Activity Tags: Creative Free Play, Fairy Tales, Gingerbread House Competition, kitchen skills, Springfield Museums, Springfield Science Museum

Cold-blooded Creatures Invade the Springfield Science Museum

Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly The Springfield Science Museum will have the special exhibit Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly, on view from January 15 through May 22, 2011. The world’s largest traveling reptile exhibition, Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly is an interactive zoological exhibition bringing visitors face to face with living reptiles from around the world. Colorful lizards, bizarre turtles, deadly snakes, alligators and crocodiles are exhibited in naturalistic habitats. Families… Read More

Category: Museum, Science, Springfield, Springfield Museum, Suggested Activity Tags: Massachusetts, Pioneer Valley, Reptiles, Springfield, Springfield Science Museum, western massachusetts

Public Night Sky-Gazing at the Springfield Science Museum on May 7th, 2010

Stars Over Springfield at the Springfield Science Museum The Springfield Science Museum’s large rooftop telescope will be open for public sky-gazing on Friday, May 7th, 2010, 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. Christopher Lyons, museum astronomy educator, will present “The Life Cycle of Stars.” Stars, like humans, are born, live their lives… Read More

Category: Museum, Science, Springfield, Springfield Museum, Suggested Activity Tags: Astronomy, Family Activity, Springfield Science Museum, Star Gazing, Things to do in Western Massacusetts

Summer Biology Lessons at the Springfield Science Museum

Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body Springfield Science Museum through September 6th, 2009 Grossology is based on a popular series of books by science teacher Sylvia Branzei. The exhibit is an interactive, larger-than-life biology lesson that harnesses children’s natural curiosity about themselves and explains how the human body functions. Grossology engages young children by appealing to their fascination with the stinky, slimy, noisy functions of their bodies. Visitors enter Grossology… Read More