Top Things to do in
Top Hotels in Greater Springfield
- 1. D. Hotel Suites and Spa
- 2. Red Roof PLUS+ South Deerfield - Amherst
- 3. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Springfield MA
- 4. Hampton Inn Chicopee/Springfield
- 5. MGM Springfield
- 6. Hampton Inn Hadley-Amherst Area
- 7. Inn on Boltwood
- 8. Hilton Garden Inn Springfield, MA
- 9. Fairfield Inn & Suites Springfield Northampton/Amherst
- 10. Hampton Inn & Suites Springfield/Downtown
10 Museums in That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in , United States including R. Michelson Galleries, Amherst College Museum of Natural History, Yiddish Book Center, Polish Center of Discovery and Learning, Memorial Hall Museum, Historic Deerfield, Keep Homestead Museum, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Emily Dickinson Museum, Springfield Armory National Historic Site.
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1. R. Michelson Galleries
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 39 reviews
Reviewed By Cosmopolitan383995
The Michelson Galleries are full of surprises for both what is on display at length there and for their special exhibits. Many major artists choose to show their work at Michelsons, whose owner, Richard Michelson, is also a poet, a playwright, a children's book writer and so much more .... and a significant national prizewinner!
2. Amherst College Museum of Natural History
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By 661maryannh
This museum was originally a "time-filler" between activities while we were visiting our son at UMass for the weekend. Once we arrived at the museum, we were pleasantly surprised at the variety of topics covered. Although many of the exhibits were display molds, a good number were genuine artifacts discovered through archaeological digs and findings. the museum is located in a great area - centrally located to anything we needed. Added bonus that the exhibit was free; we'll be back!
3. Yiddish Book Center
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 83 reviews
The Book Center’s 37,000-square-foot heymish-modern building in Amherst, MA, is a lebedike velt – a lively world – featuring an open Yiddish book repository, theatres, art galleries, museum exhibitions about Yiddish language and culture, and programs in literature, music, art, film, and theater
4. Polish Center of Discovery and Learning
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By judylY3074QK
This museum is a gem. Wonderful displays of folk art, traditional costumes, Christmas crèches, and so much more. The executive director Stas escorted me and my husband through each room, giving us very interesting and informative details about the restored building, the history of Polish immigration to America, the Polish customs and culture, Poland’s involvement in WWII including Wojtek, the Polish Soldier Bear, and so much more.
5. Memorial Hall Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By Connecticutosprey - Guilford, United States
While in Deerfield many rimes while participating in craft shows as a vendor, I never had time to visit the upper two floors of this exciting museum. which has excellent oermanent collections of antique tools, toys, quilts, china, native American artifacts, historical documents, and many other things. The docents are well informed and offer detailed information about the collections. There are are special exhibits and activities as well as the permanent exhibits warrantying return visits,and in season the exquisite flowers planted around the building add much to the enjoyment of the visit.
6. Historic Deerfield
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 287 reviews
This New England museum of history and art is presented as a preserved 330-year-old western Massachusetts village, which features a collection of 18th- and 19th-century houses.
Reviewed By GAlsager - Alsager, United Kingdom
I was driving the Mohawk Trail as part of a long drive but I'd read about HIstoric Deerfield and wanted to visit but the guide books did little to prepare me for just how amazing this place is! It really is like stepping back in history a few hunderd years. Simply stunnig. Sadly, I had very little time so just drove slowly through town and stopped to take a few photos before having to leave - I would have loved to spend much longer here to visit some of the museums and just to wander around taking in the atmosphere. This place is an amazing step back in time and is really worth setting aside some time to visit.
7. Keep Homestead Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 8 reviews
Home to nine generations of the Keep family, this farmhouse is now a museum housing, among other things, one of the largest button collections in the United States.
8. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
9. Emily Dickinson Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 285 reviews
Open for tours from March to mid-December, the birthplace of Emily Dickinson is registered as a National Historic Landmark.
Reviewed By NIcoleLarry - Greenwich, United States
Although the house museum is currently closed due to Covid, when things return to normal, this is an important stop for anyone planning to attend performances at Tanglewood, Jacobs Pillow or the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Conveniently close to these Berkshire cultural destinations, an afternoon spent at the home of America’s most famous woman poet, is a fabulous way to celebrate the talent of the woman who penned lines like “ There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away” and “I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there’s a pair of us - don’t tell”. If you have somehow missed the magic of her words or forgotten them, what an introduction. The docents are professional and full of Emily Dickinson trivia. You’ll love your afternoon acquainting or reacquainting yourself with this revolutionary poets life and work. Allow two hours. We stayed across the street at the charming and very affordable Amherst Inn, but if you’re looking for fancier accommodations, the Inn at Boltwood is a block away ( the former Lord Jeff).
10. Springfield Armory National Historic Site
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 297 reviews
The Armory, which manufactured and tested firearms for the U.S. military from 1794 to 1968, houses the country's largest collection of US military small weapons. The displays include rare weapons and the largest collection of confederate weapons anywhere. When it started, the Armory was the first high tech manufacturing to occur in the country, and the advancements in mass production and the ability to create interchangeable parts that started at the Armory, initiated the development of the countries first high tech manufacturing corridor.
Reviewed By oldbonesgenealogy - Chicopee, United States
Incredible collection and history of the Armory which was an integral part of the War for Independence
