Spark! Your Imagination at Springfield Museums
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 04/19/2024
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Special Guests on various days include:
Fourth Wall Ensemble presents Fruit Flies Like a Banana!, 1:30 pm (April 15)
Watch music come to life in this entertaining show! The Fourth Wall Ensemble will delight you with a new hybrid of the performing arts in which musicians are also actors and dancers. Davis Auditorium, Lower Level, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge, 10 am-3 pm (April 16, 17)
Hands-on learning about the Connecticut River Valley Watershed with our friends from the Silvio O. Conte U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge. Watershed Table, Lower Level, Springfield Science Museum
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, 11 am-3 pm (April19)
Join our friends from the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian.
Amazing Nano Brothers, 1:30 pm (April 19)
Explore nanoscience and technology through an exciting and engaging juggling performance with the Amazing Nano Brothers! Davis Auditorium, Lower Level, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
Ongoing Activities
Animationland, 10 am-5 pm
Explore the inventions and techniques behind your favorite movies and TV shows in this special exhibition. Changing Exhibits Gallery, Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum
Spark!Lab, 10:30 am-4 pm
Visit our Smithsonian inventor’s space where you can create your own vehicle prototypes. Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum
Invention Challenge Wheel, 11 am-3 pm
What can you create? Spin the wheel and take on invention challenges. Discovery Lab, Lower Level, Springfield Science Museum
Pattern Mimicry, 11 am-3 pm
Create designs, tweak twisting paths, and practice pattern making. Mammal Hall, First Floor, Springfield Science Museum
Trashin’ Fashion, 11 am-3 pm
Design your own fashion statement using recycled materials! Science Workshop, Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum
Marble Maze, 12-4 pm
Create your own boredom buster with a few simple materials. Art Discovery Center, Second Floor, GVW Smith Art Museum
*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.