Schedule of Events:

April 4, 2024

5:00 pm-8:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: After Hours

Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails while touring the interpretive floral arrangements in all four museums. Experience floral fashion, make your own mini bouquet, and get creative with floral printmaking and origami. Live music, complimentary food, and cash bar.

Cost: $25
Cost for Members: $15

April 5, 2024

11:15 am-4:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: Docent Tours

Join experienced docents as they discuss the interpretive floral arrangements and the museum objects that served as inspiration. Meet in the lobby of each museum.  Free with museum admission.

11:15 am: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
12:15 pm: Springfield Science Museum
1:15 pm: GWV Smith Art Museum
2:15 pm: Wood Museum of Springfield History
3:15 pm: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts

10:30 am-4:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: The Flower Lab

Hands-on learning with real plants in Spark!Lab. Pull-apart dissections, a please touch table, and sculpture building with recycled floral packing materials. Free with museum admission.

Floral materials generously provided by Springfield Florists Supply.

April 6, 2024

10:00 am-5:00 pm: Festival of Flowers Family Day

Tour the galleries to view extraordinary floral designs inspired by objects in the Museums, then explore the world of flowers through hands-on activities. Free with museum admission.

U.S. Fish & Wildlife, 10 am-3 pm
Visit our friends from Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge to learn about our world! Habitat Hall, First Floor, Springfield Science Museum

The Flower Lab, 10:30 am-4 pm
Spark!Lab, Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum

Link to Libraries, 11 am-3 pm
Stop in for literacy activities and a book giveaway thanks to our partners, Link to Libraries!

Mini Bouquets, 11 am-3 pm
Make a mini bouquet with flowers courtesy of Springfield Floral Supply Inc. Science Workshop, Second Floor, Springfield Science Museum

Butterfly Notebooks, 12-4 pm
Craft your own custom butterfly notebook. Art Discovery Center, Second Floor, GWV Smith Art Museum

10:30 am-4:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: The Flower Lab

Hands-on learning with real plants in Spark!Lab. Pull-apart dissections, a please touch table, and sculpture building with recycled floral packing materials. Free with museum admission.

11:15 am-4:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: Docent Tours

Join experienced docents as they discuss the interpretive floral arrangements and the museum objects that served as inspiration. Meet in the lobby of each museum.  Free with museum admission.

11:15 am: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
12:15 pm: Springfield Science Museum
1:15 pm: GWV Smith Art Museum
2:15 pm: Wood Museum of Springfield History
3:15 pm: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts

April 7, 2024

10:30 am-4:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: The Flower Lab

Hands-on learning with real plants in Spark!Lab. Pull-apart dissections, a please touch table, and sculpture building with recycled floral packing materials. Free with museum admission.

11:15 am-4:00 pm: Festival of Flowers: Docent Tours

Join experienced docents as they discuss the interpretive floral arrangements and the museum objects that served as inspiration. Meet in the lobby of each museum.  Free with museum admission.

11:15 am: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
12:15 pm: Springfield Science Museum
1:15 pm: GWV Smith Art Museum
2:15 pm: Wood Museum of Springfield History
3:15 pm: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts

Date: April 4-7, 2024

Location: Springfield Museums - 21 Edwards Street Springfield, MA 01103

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