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The Springfield Science Museum, founded in 1859 in City Hall, officially opened in 1899 in a classical revival building, expanded in 1932 with an Art Deco addition, and expanded again in 1970 with the Tolman addition that included a public observatory.
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The Springfield Science Museum was founded in December 1859 at Springfield's City Hall, originally as a natural history museum and curiosities collection. It was moved to the City Library in 1871, when the library gained its own building separate from City Hall.
The Springfield Science Museum is a premier STEM and STEAM informal learning center, with the Smithsonian Spark!Lab hands-on invention space along with the Seymour Planetarium and soon to open International Space Station exhibit. The Science Museum also has a live animal center and dinosaur hall.
Springfield Science Museum. This museum possesses a respectable, if slightly outdated, range of natural history and science exhibits. The Dinosaur Hall has a full-size replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex, the African Hall covers evolution and ecology, and the Seymour Planetarium has shows daily.
Jul 16, 2021 · The Springfield Science Museum was founded as a natural history museum in 1859 – the same year Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.” It houses over 200,000 objects, artifacts, and ...