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
Top 10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in , Greater Springfield
Discover the best top things to do in , United States including Amherst College Museum of Natural History, Yiddish Book Center, Berkshire Brewing Company, Polish Center of Discovery and Learning, Yankee Flea Market, Springfield Union Station, Smith College Botanic Garden, Thornes Marketplace, City Stage, Emily Dickinson Museum.
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1. 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!
2. 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
3. Berkshire Brewing Company
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By V8314VRlornam - Reston, United States
Staff was great, and we had a lovely lazy daze and a session ipa with the hubby, sat in the sunshine . Wonderful!
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. Yankee Flea Market
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 17 reviews
Yankee Flea Market is the leading indoor flea market in New England. We boast over 165 vendor booths inside our 15,000 square ft market. At Yankee our inventory is ever changing. Selling an average of 7,500 items per month inventory is always fresh, and plentiful. We offer something for everyone whether you are looking for something new or old you are sure to find it at Yankee Flea Market. We offer antiques, collectibles, memorabilia, jewelry, furniture, primitives, home décor, and so much more! We operate 6 days a week Tuesday through Saturday 10-5, and Sunday 11-5. Want to become a vendor? Give us a call today to get on our waiting list. Wait time for a booth is approximately 4 months.
Reviewed By Slimshaddy99
Great place to wonder around and find your next treasure we have been a few times and it is ever changing!!
6. Springfield Union Station
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 13 reviews
The story of the rebirth of Springfield’s Union Station was a 40-year saga that began with a promise to save a landmark that was teetering on the brink of extinction. On December 19, 1926, an estimated 30,000 people toured Opening Day of Union Station. The new facility with its gleaming terrazzo floors, had a restaurant, lunch counter, barbershop, shoeshine parlor and small shops to service hundreds of daily passengers who boarded up to 130 trains every 24 hours. The reconstruction of Union Station lasted four years and one month finishing in 2016. The great hall was gutted to the bare walls and rebuilt. The historic clock that hung at the entrance to the tunnel since the building opened, to a wooden train schedule board and 90-year-old baggage carts the original Terrazzo floors were all preserved. In addition to the train station there is an intermodal transportation center with local and long-distance buses, a new parking garage, office, retail and restaurant space.
Reviewed By NohoSteve51
I visited the Union Station in Springfield MA again recently, for the first time since the COVID-19 crisis began. I wanted to update my thoughts and impressions of the place and see how they were handling things. I'm happy to report that the station continues to be convenient and welcoming for all travelers by train, city bus and long-distance bus lines. They are taking appropriate measures to prevent the spread of disease, including requiring masks and allowing only ticketed passengers into the main concourse. They also are blocking off seats so you will not be too close to the other people. Benches are off-limits for now. Dunkin remains open as well as the convenience store where you can get all kinds of snack items. You can also purchase tickets from either ticket counters or machines located on the property. You can now also buy tickets through apps from Amtrak, CTrail and now even PVTA (local bus service) as well as Peter Pan and Greyhound. I recommend this place to all travelers. Clean and safe and taking proper precautions in this time of pandemic.
7. Smith College Botanic Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 313 reviews
There are ten different garden types and a greenhouse in this Botanic Garden.
Reviewed By olivias33 - Southampton, United States
This place is a really cool place. The suggested donation is $2 per person. They have There is meter parking on the street.There are about 4 different greenhouse. The door tells you if it is hot or cold. The plants and trees are spectacular. There is also an outside area that you can walk around.
8. Thornes Marketplace
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 93 reviews
An assemblage of twenty-five locally owned shops. Explore the eclectic mix of clothing boutiques, home decor, fine dining and so much more. With 25 places to explore there is always more to discover at Thornes.
Reviewed By Cosmopolitan383995
You can wander through the several floors of this 'interior parade of shops" with both a great sense of exploration and a constant reward of finding whatever you came to buy. Thornes is, in a word UNIQUE.
9. City Stage
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 14 reviews
10. 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).
